Hi! Need some of your expert help identifying the color of some vintage beads that I am going to auction off. The beads are vintage Swaro, Article 5100 (aspirin) and they are solid silver on both sides. I can find the gold color, called Aurum and Aurum Comet light (and those beads will also...

I am completely taken with the Loominosity project in Bead and Button. Has anyone bought the lantern frame? Did you have any problems and are you happy with the frame? I am thinking seriously about buying the frame - it was love at first sight with the design but would like to know if there...

I got up late. The week flew by, but we were extremely busy and shorthanded due to vacations, and I am tired...yawn. Today I hope to: design a necklace and bracelet set using various shapes of Fire Agate beads. Also to do some more dichro slide pendants. The firing time is so long on these that...

Marion and I were just in Hungary and Romania for two folk music/dance camps - I posted a long report to rec.travel.europe and uk.music.folk which I will not repeat here. Both camps involved local folk crafts, and Marion got fascinated by the kind of beadwork done by the Csango Hungarians of...

Hi group! Long time no chat. I have been working hard on my portfolio application and it hasn't left me any time for beady stuff. I'm really in love with this necklace...absolutely! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=977234&id=21736992061&ref=mf Speaking of Facebook, anyone on...

Hi, We are taking our first cruise to Bermuda this coming weekend. Does anyone know if there are any bead shops in Bermuda. Thanks. Roxanne

My computer crashed a few days ago. So I'm writing this from my husband's computer via Google. Maybe it will get me accustomed to using Google and I'll use it while I'm gone South. Tina

I was following a link someone posted in rec.crafts.jewelry ng and found a site selling table top photo "cubes" for photographing jewelry - at a way better price than I'd seen else where. http://www.nilecorp.com/products.asp?sku=OS-012B $55.00 to $57.00 is a much better price than say.........

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I wanted to share my newest video I made. I also do custom vids with pictures of your work... NEW VIDEO... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbHzyLPnlO0 Matthew

Just checking in to say I'm still around. Have been super busy doing some dichro slide pendants for Bead Fest. If anyone from rec.crafts.beads is going to Bead Fest on Friday, I'll be there, and would love to get together! Remember, you have to have cash to eat in the food service area - I had to...

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Hi Did a couple of loom beading projects: http://www.craft2style.com/jewellery-making/12-bracelets/206-chart-checks-bracelet-a-loom-beading-project http://www.craft2style.com/jewellery-making/12-bracelets/36-bracelet-watch-a-loom-beading-project Just something to share.

For some reason, the "State Fair" is held in several locations here in Alaska every year. Yesterday we went to the one here in Fairbanks, though it was raining. Always does at fair time. This year is rainier than usual,though, and we're building a fire most days already. In a way, I go to the...

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I just put up new pages on my website about a week long polymer clay class I did in Jackson Mississippi and blog posts too that you can view from he http://polyclay.com We made lots of masks, with all sorts of faces and molds that we made with silicone Amazing Mold Putty. from Alumilite. And...

This bead reminds me of Harry Potter and magic spells. http://cgi.ebay.com/WHISTLER-Lampwork-Beads-Focal-Sapphires-Firelight_W0QQitemZ320281427634QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320281427634&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A4%7C65%3A10&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318 Tina

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