My paua from Harry arrived this week, and I have been drooling and playing with it since. In the end I made a couple of pendants with a kind of waterfall of crystals and pearls on them. One of the pendants is on my website now - what do you think? I shall go out at the weekend and get a chain...

I am looking for some of the sterling silver cube letter beads. I've found a couple of sources online - www.gemsow-online.com do them for 65c each and www.rings-things.com who do them for $136/144 (though I dont know I want that many to start with. Has anyone ever used these? Has anyone got any...

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You are probably all going to say 'so what?' but I saw a single sample of the Fire Opal colour on a card and was absolutely stunned by it so went on a search of eBay and found a really nice seller, carefully picked 6 packs of crystals (2 being Fire Opal and Fire Opal AB) making sure they came to...

I e-mailed Starlia off-list but haven't heard back... Anyone heard from her lately? Mavis -- http://linuxathome.ath.cx/~mavis/blog/index.php

Hi Dawn! And Welcome... Good on you for logging your learning experiences with lampwork! I reckon you have a bright future ahead in lampworking... I've only done stringing but I'm going to have a go at some stage - don't know if I have the guts to log my learning curve though LOL Mavis

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:23:30 -0500, Kathy N-V wrote: snip I'm delighted with my makeshift board, and am passing this along in the hope it might help some other tightwad beader like myself. Kathy N-V LOL.. This is what I love about NGs.. The information swap..

Well, hasn't my life been just sucky lately! Last night at work I was confronted by a low-life who decided he wanted my takings for the evening! Wow! What adrenilin can do!! Didn't know I had fighting skills like that... Needless to say, I'm now a nervous wreck! I only hope they catch...

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 01:06:55 -0700, vj wrote: this is the purse Johnny's girlfriend carries. http://www.vickijean.com/images/cate_purse.jpg Oooohhh WOW!!!! What shade of green is this? Mavis

DH was googling around and found this. http://www.rockhounds.com/ Don't know if anyone has seen it or if it's of any use.. but there it is.. Mavis

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 01:53:13 -0500, Kathy N-V wrote: This is the kokoshnik that never ends, It just goes on and on my friends, I started looking at the kokoshnik a little more, and put some peralsmboth here and there and more, because it's the kokoshnik that never ends....(repeat until...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=34070&item=4109215857&rd=1 I'm in love. can't buy it though..but it's oh so nice to look at. -amber.

I've often found that some people are clueless about beads to the point of all common sense abandoning them. My boyfriend is apparently one of these people. I've been house sitting for my sister for the past week while she's been out of town. My dear boyfriend, Adam, has been keeping me...

I just finished this piece last night. I'm rather pleased with how it turned out. http://www.serpentsdance.com/picture.gif hopefully it'll show up. my server has been on the blink lately, for some reason. -Amber.

I've recently become addicted to making beaded hair sticks. I figured I'd put a couple up and see if they sell: http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=serpents_dance_designs&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50 -Amber.

The only thing I see wrong with it are the breasts. They're a bit too high and round for their size. Some women do have breasts that are naturally that perky, but they're generally on the small side. But even that is a very minor complaint..had you and others not pointed it out, I may not have even...

I just found some of the coolest lampwork sculptures while...

I've been busy making necklaces this week. I have three so far..a very simple one, and two slightly more elaborate ones. there's also a new bead gremlin that was done last week for a lady who had admired one I'd made before. http://www.serpentsdance.com/thisweekswork.htm -amber.

http://www.serpentsdance.com/thisweekswork.htm -amber.

I bought a really nice sterling silver clasp at a bead show yesterday. It's an S hook, but instead of the hook connecting to plain rings, it connects to two dragon heads. There are loops on the back of the heads for attaching the clasp to the piece of jewelry, but I didn't notice until today that...