Please forgive me if you've seen this a dozen times already........ A Politically Correct Christmas Poem Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck... How to live in a world that's politically correct? His workers no longer would answer to "Elves", "Vertically Challenged" they were...

Hi to all, Here's my little story about something that happened and generous people who made a bad thing, become a good thing. Recently an order I made was lost/stolen in mail again (this is second time in 10 months !) ... and I had no insurance 'cause on a 40$ order, 20$ shipping (to Canada)...

Design wise, here's what I've accomplished today. 1. Designed and finished a FWP, Bali silver & abalone necklace 2. Re-designed a coral, bamboo, onyx, gold bead necklace. Doing another one for a customer who ordered the wrong size. I wish I could figure out how to post pictures, but ..... Now, I'm...

Recently Margie asked whether I'd posted an intro. I told her that I'd briefly introduced myself when I joined the group and promised to post a 'proper intro.' For those of you who are interested, here goes: My name is Peggy Galdi, and I live in a tiny town in south Georgia with my husband of 22...

I received bead money for Valentine's Day. I used some of it to purchase 3mm cube beads from the LBS. I was disappointed with the irregular shapes and had to cull way too many. Today I received an eBay order for 3mm cubes and they're just as irregular as the beads purchased at the LBS. I suppose...

I ask this question in total ignorance of the processes you go thru to make lampworked beads. Almost total. I know there is melted glass involved, and mandrels, and release stuff....and flame.. My question is, what are the most labor intensive type of beads? I see florals, and stripes that appear...

Ok. I've never really worked much with wire. Not at all, in fact. I barely even work with headpins/eyepins/ect. So a customer requested some earrings that may require a bit of wire wrapping. I'd be using 14K gold filled wire, about 28 gauge (the beads are 4mm "dancing" pearls with teensy holes)....

I sell beads on Ebay, and every once in a while, I buy some as well. I spend quite a bit of time wording my auctions, and used to spend quite a bit more time at it than I do now. You know, a good description, size, color, whether the beads would make a good bracelet, necklace or focal, etc. I try...

I know I'm having a reactionary moment about the Ebay prices, etc. However, I've been considering ditching Paypal for quite a while. Paypal works okay for online sales, but does me no good whatsoever doing shows. I haven't BEEN doing many shows recently, but I'm making plans to do more, more often,...

Tink in an earlier message about kilns you mentioned having a toolbox kiln. I"ve seen a picture of one in an instruction book but where can they be found? I thought I'd ordered every jewlery, tool, etc catalog and have yet to see one for sale. I am still trying some websites but no luck...

I have a question for all you beaders, or maybe several. As some of you have noticed, I make pressed flower arrangements. I am now experimenting with ways to make jewelry with the pressed flowers by encasing them in clear form fitting gook . As I'm working on these I'm sort of seeing that...

Hi all, I've not been on the group much because, as you can imagine, preparations for the move to NZ are full steam ahead. Brook flies out next Sunday to start house hunting etc. Just to make things interesting, we are being married on Sunday the 7th of December prior to flying out on the 10th....

My mother-in-law recently opened a small bead shop in Keizer, OR (it's next to Salem). She has been doing reasonably well but we still have a lot of questions. There are likely also some questions we don't yet know enough to ask. I have followed this newsgroup for awhile now and believe...

A quicky chain lariat: http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3241159&postcount=7 -- Barbara

Hi everyone! Well, the Tucson Bead Frenzy is well underway. G It's been a bit slow out at Best Bead II (and damn, f-ing cold in our outdoor tent space) but it's been fun. We've had some major sightings, including Loren Stump, my personal hero, Henry Grimmett (Glass Alchemy dude), and a newly...

Hi everyone! This is short & sweet (relative to me anyway). Got set up with Debi Washburn (RedDogDesigns) yesterday. The space looks great and there's plenty of room for our beads and even some jewelry. Chatted with some other beadmakers, including Carolyn Driver and her cutiepie daughter, Mavis...

Hello everyone. I've been very busy the last couple of months, teaching, working on a couple of commissions and working at the store. Remodelling the studio was hard work which I had to finish on my own because Brook came down with a nasty dose of flu. It's now a light, sunny, big space which is...

A couple of coffee cans! I need a couple of coffee cans (to keep my mandrrels in in sand) and I don't drink coffee! Anyone want to help out?? I'd be happy to trade something and of course I'll pay postage and shipping. I'm still having to use google and there is delay in the posts showing up...

You know how ya'll bid on a beautiful bead, knowing that you will be outbid, its just a matter of time? Well, sometimes we get bonked on the head with the wand of the good Bead Fairy and this was one time. I have here a lovely lady bead from SJ. Its just scrummy!!! I have loved these beads ever...

Hi, I finnished a new necklace yesterday and took some pictures. Here it is: http://porro.claymountain.com/fossil3.html (This is also an advertisement: the leftover beads are for sale :) PöRRö