Project planning

you can lay your project (or finished piece) out on one piece of the wrap.
You lay another piece on top, then take your finger, and trace around the
items (or pile) to be "sealed". Do it in gridline form, and you can lay out
a bunch.

Don't specifically know if I would put seeds in it, for travel, but that's
personal opinion...I would be scared of losing them. but larger, it should
work perfectly! And it's semi-transparant, so you can match colors (and
take it apart if you need more close matching). If you take it apart, it's
easy to "seal" again.

mary


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"Christina Peterson" wrote in message
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It's something I read about here in the group. Kathy NV mentioned
enclosing
a project in it to take it from place to place.

Tina


"Bungadora" wrote in message
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You mean to use the glad as a cover for a board or as a board alone?
Dora

"Christina Peterson"


I bought a box of that new Glad wrap, thinking about some sort of
rolled
up-able "board". Haven't used it yet, though.

Tina


"Bungadora" wrote in message
...
The lady in the store was using a felt cloth, not a board, but the
necklace was
in such a precise semi-circle that I think the cloth was marked. A
roll
up
board would be extremely handy.
Dora

"Christina Peterson"

I've never used a lay out board, but I'm planning to get a couple.
Mostly
for the measuring function.

My goodness. That is an interesting concept.
Dora

"meijhana"

you can lay your project (or finished piece) out on one piece of the wrap.
You lay another piece on top, then take your finger, and trace around the
items (or pile) to be "sealed". Do it in gridline form, and you can lay out
a bunch.

Don't specifically know if I would put seeds in it, for travel, but that's
personal opinion...I would be scared of losing them. but larger, it should
work perfectly! And it's semi-transparant, so you can match colors (and
take it apart if you need more close matching). If you take it apart, it's
easy to "seal" again.

mary


--
"Today is not the beginning of what's to come...
It's a new beginning to what already is."
================
MeijhanaDesigns - Unique Earrings and More!
http://www.meijhanadesigns.com
mary at meijhanadesigns dot com

HandcraftedJewelry.com
http://snipurl.com/45w5
check out my store!
"Christina Peterson" wrote in message
news:1080593899.52785@prawn...
It's something I read about here in the group. Kathy NV mentioned
enclosing
a project in it to take it from place to place.

Tina


"Bungadora" wrote in message
...
You mean to use the glad as a cover for a board or as a board alone?
Dora

"Christina Peterson"


I bought a box of that new Glad wrap, thinking about some sort of
rolled
up-able "board". Haven't used it yet, though.

Tina


"Bungadora" wrote in message
...
The lady in the store was using a felt cloth, not a board, but the
necklace was
in such a precise semi-circle that I think the cloth was marked. A
roll
up
board would be extremely handy.
Dora

"Christina Peterson"

I've never used a lay out board, but I'm planning to get a couple.
Mostly
for the measuring function.

I think one of the greatest barriers I encountered in design was the notion
that I must visualize everything in advance. I think I find the notion that I
must know everything in advance a little overwhelming. So my approach is
probably much like yours.

At new year, a friend made me draw a scrap of paper from many scraps of paper
with single words on them. My word for the year was 'play' which I quite like.
Much more pleasant to live up to compared to something like dignity or
knowledge.

Dora

(Amber)

I very rarely think out a specific project. I have many boxes of
beads, and what ends up happening is I'll eventually end up
buying..say..a focal bead that would work perfectly with some of the
beads in my boxes. and often times when I think up a project in
advance, it ends up changing so much by the time I'm actually done
with it that it bears little to no resemblance to the original idea. I
just like playing with colors and textures and shapes far too much to
lay out a necklace and have that be exactly what I'm going to do.

I actually drive myself a bit nuts sometimes, cause I'll be stringing
a necklace, look at it, and think "hmm..that looks nice..but you know
what would look better? taking the whole thing apart and adding some
of those other beads!"

it's like the cell phone bag I recently did. I purchased the thread
with the original intention of making the little beaded crochet purse
featured in bead and button magazine this month. then my mind piped up
with "y'know...it'd be easier to make that cell phone purse you need
out of crochet rather than peyote. and you DID buy two balls of that
thread, so you have enough for the tiny purse and a cell phone bag."

and when the body of the bag was done, I thought "hmm..netting might
be nice."

which ended up becoming beaded flowers.

so then I thought "ok, I'll make a spiral rope of beads for the strap"

which ended up being made out of crochet as well.

I'm rather scattered about my projects, but I'm always completely
happy with the end results, so as annoying as I am to myself
sometimes, I guess I wouldn't have it any other way.

In article ,
uppies (Dr. Sooz) writes:

I don't understand the laying-out in the LBS thing. Does anyone here
do that?

I've done that for people that have come in to the shop where I work. Sometimes
they bring a bead (or beads) with them, and want something(s) that "match",
sometimes they get all their beads for a project. For some people, they seem to
be so afraid to choose or arrange that they "can't"; others just want to make
sure they have everything they're going to need, and don't want to "shop" any
more than minimally necessary.

Kaytee
"Simplexities" on
www.eclecticbeadery.com

Marisa Exter wrote:

[snippage]

I have recently gotten to the point where I feel overwhlemed by all of my beads
and sometimes wish I could get rid of them and start fresh again (with all of
the money back, of course. I would make much beter choices this time around)!

Actually, I hit this point just recently and began purging beads -
yikes! I still had loads of stuff that I had picked up at Michaels',
Hancock Fabrics, etc., from when I first started beading (back before I
knew the difference between, say, Tiger Tail and SoftFlex g). I
finally agreed with my DH that, yes, I have "enough" beads, and wouldn't
be buying any more for awhile, except for a couple of pieces I need to
make for customers.

On the other hand, I've been stocking up on clay to *make* new beads

Cheers,
Carla
(coming soon - carliecraftdesigns.com)

"Critical mass". Yup, that's it. I have a critical mass of beads.
Actually, usually when I need something it's a finding. And I usually end
up having to place an order to get what I want anyway.

Tina


"Marisa Exter" wrote in message
...
Bungadora wrote:

"roxan"

Many times the things I think I may
want to make with the beads I have chosen sometimes don't work and I
have to
change to something else. This would be difficult to do if you don't
have
beads on hand.

Yes, even if the beads are the right color, they might be the wrong size
or
shape. I finished stringing my necklace tonight, but my eyes go straight
to the
beads I have coming directly out of the purse. They are a bit too orange
and a
bit too square. So I'll let it sit overnight, look at it in a different
light,
and probably restring that strand tomorrow. If I had to go shopping
again the
purse would sit in the drawer for another year, or at least another
month, but
I can restring using the beads on hand.

I suspect the LBS stringer made changes once she got the necklace home
and on
the worktable.
Dora


I think at some point you reach "critical mass" where you have enough
beads to
do tuns or projects and if you go shopping (LBS or online) you are either
looking for one or two special things you want for a particular purpose,
or you
are just window-shopping and something may catch your eye, which may or
may not
go with a bunch of stuff you already have.
I have many of my beads organized by color and type already and tend to
have a
bunch in the colors I like to work with.

I have recently gotten to the point where I feel overwhlemed by all of my
beads
and sometimes wish I could get rid of them and start fresh again (with all
of
the money back, of course. I would make much beter choices this time
around)!

marisa2