To all you PC artists: I received these questions today about my husband's beads/pendants: "A question regarding the finishing of the polymer clay beads if you will: just how are they finished? Are they sanded with various grades of sandpaper? By hand? On a wheel? Are they sealed/finished with an...

I am new to this group and hope that my ? has not been asked and answered 1000 times. However, what I need to know is what size are Mill Hill Glass Seed beads? There are numbers on each pkg label ( diagonal on the lower right) which I thought referred to the bead color. The beads called for...

I'm seeing a lot of awesome lampwork beads lately with silvered dots on the outside as accents, apparently REAL silver. Won't these tarnish though? That would be a bummer. -- Karleen Page Member International Jewelry Designers Guild (IJDG) Vibrant Jewels:...

I belong to several yahoo groups such as beadshop and joolcrafting, and have enjoyed them all. Some days all I get done is reading their email and checking out sites and sales! I also have gotten a lot of cool ideas from them and have been encouraged to try new things and buy new materials. So I'm...

I'm teaching a class on making memory wire bracelets. I would like to buy a goodly quantity of mixed colors and shapes of glass beads to supplement some of the Czech glass I have. Halstead Bead used to have bulk mixes, but they now have a $100 minimum order. Does anyone have any ideas of websites...

I'm thinking about adding some dichroic glass cabochons to my website - would anyone from rcb be interested in cabs? Or do you prefer to buy them on EBay? Thanks for your input, Patti www.pattiwhiteley.com

my Dear Daughter wants to make bookmarks with beads on them! DD (9 yrs old) has to make 20 of something for a "shop" for the 3rd graders in her school. they are learning about economics and will be earning "money" this next month to spend at the shop. Each 3rd grader is making 20 of whatever they...

I have been making some beaded necklaces and have a nice selection built up and I'm planning on going to a craft show the begining of December. I'd like to display them in gift boxes and I think it must makes it nicer for the buy to take them home that way. I'm wondering where the best place...

You are right...there is a definite bonus to having a thicker center. The press I am interested in is the dual crunch and isn't part of the deal with presses...as it is a new press. I am debating if I can manage this press with no base!?!? Thanks for your suggestion. I didn't know they sold...

I have a request to make a bracelet for a friend's niece who's 6. I've never made a bracelet for a kid - so - what would be the best material to use? I want it to be strong but also safe. Thanks! Kathy K

I am just slowly learning about them...has anyone see a good link where they can be bought? I just want to really see what they look like. Thanks in advance!! -- Cindy www.uniquecreationsbycindy.ca eBay ID: UCBYCINDY

One of the main reasons I lurk in this newsgroup is to check out the eye candy in people's ads and auction-surfing expeditions. (The other main reason is Kathy N-V's stories, of course). So this is a big thank you!! to everyone who posts. I've kept quiet about this (not wanting to jinx anything?)...

are there any fool proof tricks to taking good pics of jewelry? I will be using my good digital camera for now, my 35 mm Pentax is broken until i can afford to fix it... I know to use diffused light and/or morning light, and i will most likely lay the pieces on some good felt. should i make a...

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Does anyone know of a Bali silver seller (not wholsale) who has Bali silver crosses? Not tiny ones...I am trying to do a rosary entirely in Bali, but I need to find crosses or crucifixes to match. I've tried matching some "non-Bali" ones with the Bali beads and spacers, but it just doesn't...

You are in your bed, alone, nude. Suddenly and without warning, a bead comes in your bed!!! What do you do?

Has anyone else seen this? Auntie's Beads is goin' onna cruise! Mannnnnnnnn would I love to go! http://www.auntiesbeads.com/beadcruise/ ~Candace~ your local hemp goddess :)

In all the years I have made quilts I have never dreamed a design, but now I have had two bead dreams. The first was for a pair of chandelier type earrings and I regret I didnt think to sketch it for later reference. The second came during my nightly self story telling (a ritual to help me...

Ok, so most of you probably have read about my 5 yr. old cousin with cancer. And I'm sure some of you know about the necklaces they have the kids make. Where they give a different bead for each procedure they have done. I understand that Becca has her necklace started. The other day they...

I told DD we could get a pole and run it down the back of her shirt and through a hole in the seat of her pants, and she could go as a bead on a mandrel. I said I'd walk behind, holding a flashlight beam on her, being the torch. She proceeded to give me her reasons for NOT going as a bead. ...