I'm on this "let's try different stringing materials" kick lately. I've seen waxed linen cord and I'm thinking about trying it. Anybody ever used it? It seems to be a good diameter for certain things, and I just can't seem to find a smaller diameter cord (like bug tail or even mouse tail) anywhere....

I am contemplating the purchase of the Nortel Minor Burner - however, I have done a glassblowing course (the _real_ glassblowing with furnace and all) and I know I can do small scale at home with a torch. However, I am not sure that the Minor will fit the task. Any opinions? I mostly want to work...

How many of you guys are using Paint Shop Pro? Jocelyn has been using Paint Shop Pro since Version 5, About 6 years now and has written Hundreds of tutorials (previous website) with that said, Jocelyn is now writing more tutorials geared towards editing and displaying your digital images all...

Does anyone know anything about this site and/or program for wire wrapping? http://wire-sculpture.com/ I really want to learn, but it is impossible for me to take any classes anywhere and I was wondering if anyone has this program and if it is good to learn with. Thank you. Harry

Had my first item stolen at an event this past weekend. We were at the Medfair in Norman, OK, and a pair of rainbow earrings disappeared. I didn't sell them and neither did Russ, and they weren't on the ground under the table -- we looked multiple times, including going over the whole area with a...

Brook picked me up from work and on the way home I noticed a bead store I haven't been to yet and pointed it out to him. He jerked his head in the direction of the store and said, "Yeah, it just opened.... they heard you were in town." Uh huh. Laugh it up chuckle head. -- Marisa...

Happy Sunday, all! It is GLORIOUS here! Warm... breezy... sunny... I actually left the basement for a while today and went to the Museum for a glass center meeting. Then Prairieson and I went shopping for a tree. Which we didn't find. When I got home, I finally had a second to photograph the...

http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?selected=857378 This is the URL for a photo of a corsage/hairpiece Kerry is developing. This one is still rough, but I thought I would get some opinions before investing a lot more time. The cone next to it is so you can see it in full detail. Kerry...

I left some imperfect beads on the counter, where they'll sit until someone carries them off, or I give them to my daughter and her buds............ Later on, DD left some unused craft sticks on the counter, where they sit until mom yells to put them away or mom puts them away........... This...

Well, I finally took the plunge and actually made a piece of jewelry. I love the way it came out, and as I have said before I LOVE the crystals, so used a bunch of them! It is a simple design, which suits me fine. I was inspired by some bracelets in Bead Style magazine, but changed it up to suit...

Check out this utterly PERFECT bead. I was overjoyed to break my lampwork-buying moratorium on eBay.....Having not bought any for oh so long! http://snipurl.com/4hud Halfway through the Buy It Now process, I was told it had been bought by another! Oh, how my heart aches. Oh, how my sobs wrack...

Does anyone here make and sell items with mainly seed beads? I've been making things for a craft sale and am curious as to whether this stuff sells very well. A lot of it is teen stuff mostly daisy chain designs with variations, but I've done a few necklace and earing sets with a combination of...

I want you all to know that I'm not posting much because life here is so unstable. Mike is in trouble, again - and my life is miserable... I was up untl 5 am last night dealing with him.... I can't post in public all the problems here - but I really really need some support....

My Thanksgiving Day present to myself was to spend the afternoon in the studio, rather than packing, and I was in a purple mood. These are my favorites: http://www.justbeads.com/listings/details/index.cfm?itemnum=750718256 I've just put all three sets I made yesterday up on JustBeads. Sitting here...

I should have put this in the last post but last year - a group of women did a calendar called "Wearing Wool" you can find out about it here http://www.wearingwool.com/ which was to raise money for cancer research --- I bought three copies - gave two as gifts--- One was for my 80 something great...

Different, and very flowery. Thought you might like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2670525670&category=11316 Becki "In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right." -- Counting Crows

I have some lampwork beads, they are the "manufactured" type (cheap beads, LOL ;o) They're very pretty, but they have gobs of release inside. I have tried to get it out with a needle file, a piece of wire that was wrapped hangman-style (for more grabbing texture), and with a pointy stylus...

With shaky hands and trembling knees I try to find the words I need. On this day a very sharp knock as I answered.. I wonder what's in this box! The post lady was very pleased and asked, would you mind to sign here please? I carefully scratched out my name... Signed, printed as they are the same. I...

Hehehehe - **all the freaking time**. I have no willpower. At all. To speak of. Beads are my bliss!! -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net ever plan a whole bunch of errands including a stop at the post box, find that your huge bead order arrived and discover that...

I am in need of a few glass colors and I have a lot I can trade with. What I need are Vetrofond clear, the new Lauscha transparent light purple, streaky pink, and Lauscha lavender opaque. To trade, I have lots of things, including opaque Lauscha purple (the one that's out everywhere), the newer...