Have any of you given up your regular jobs (like mine is sitting in an office all day) to focus on your jewelry-related business whether it be beads, glass, or whatever? I'm giving it serious consideration and trying to get a feel for what other people have done or when they decided to make a...

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I can't keep quiet any longer - I am bursitng at the seams. On October 31st - Halloween - my DDIL and I made a trip to the drug store - after ruining 3 tests we finally got the results - and now the doctor has confirmed - A new baby is on the way - here is a pic of the couple just moments after...

I don't post here too often nowadays, but I wanted to share the photos of my son's wedding with you. I flew to Maryland in October for the wedding and got stuck there for an additional 3 days thanks to Hurricane Wilma. Finally got back home to devastation, no water and no power. Everything's back...

hello ladies and gents . i own a small rock shoppe here in southwest oklahoma. currently i trade rocks shells indiand artifacts and beads with people from about 18 states and 4 different countries. i have been cutting and polishing rocks and making jewelry for yrs. if there is anyone out there...

GOD told me to craft a divine bead, because I am the Chosen One and I the divine bead is the sign of GOD, people will see it and follow me. But I don't know how to craft the divine bead. Can you help me?

I mean... come on! I just finished watching 'Kingdom of Heaven' and it was GREAT! IMO! When this movie was released it seems there was a lot of brouhaha from scholars etc criticizing the portrayal of Arabs as good guys and the crusaders (some of them) as baddies, and for a lot of other...

Anybody in Oz know where I can get in touch with the people who had the Primal Instinct stall at the bead shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane? I've tried the show organisers, but they don't answer. They had a lot of horn and bone beads, and mother of pearl stuff.

Hello all I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving day and for those that don't do Thanksgiving, PLEASE come over and eat the rest of the turkey, because we have been eating it for days now! After all the cooking and cleaning and company it was a relief to get back to the torch and design some...

Something new this week: a set of 5 tea cup beads: cute and colorful - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5059737287&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/bayoubeads/TeaRow.jpg Check them out! Thanks! - Mary Jarvis www.bayoubeads.com

I had this brainstorm a year or so ago, that my daughter would sell my designer polymer clay beads on eBay, and she would get to keep whatever money she sold them for. It didn't work out--she is happily too busy with her own life--so now I am looking for someone to help me with this. Is managing...

Okay, I was early before but I'll chime in now - warbling Happy Birthday to Sooooooooz! Cheers, Carla Shirley Shone wrote: Join me again singing

Singing once again. Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday dear Jerri Happy birthday to yoooooooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. I hope you have a lovely day Love Shirley

A little later, but here's a few Christmas offerings of Santa cats, a poinsettia, a Christmas mix, and some Christmas roses (my favorite). Thanks for looking! -- Jerri www.beadbimbo.com To subscribe to my mailing list, send an e-mail to: with "Subscribe" in the subject line.

Hi Y'all, At last!.... My new dream studio is finally complete! Today is the 3rd day of making beads in my new space and I feel inspired already. It's so nice to make beads without sweat dripping off the end of my nose. I've updated my website with the new pictures. I left two pictures of what it...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone: A couple months ago Kalera mentioned the grey beads always sell well for her. I have been meaning to make some grey beads for a while, since she mentioned this, and finally got around to it. We'll see if I'm as successful as she has been with grey beads. I have...

Mike's beads are featured in Beadwork's The Challenge column in the Dec/Jan issue! Congrats! Also, local (to me) beadmaker Fae Mellichamp is featured in this issue, too. -- ------- Barbara

I just found this site, Lampwork etc.: http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/ So I got to wondering how many other places am I missing? I see a lot of familiar faces there but have never heard it mentioned before. Anywhere else I should be lurking? - Sandy

Wow, this has been my busiest Christmas with my jewelry...and I loved it. The only bad thing is I haven't been very consistent with my listing for lampwork. I am really happy with this set. As you may have guessed it is a 'big one'. This is a big variety of some of my favorite color...

I just wanted to point you to an auction that I have a personal interest in it doing well. :o) http://snipurl.com/k38d It's a long story but I just want to see this auction go up up up. Sorry to Karen, who is currently high bidder. :o) And just so you know....you better get it while you can...