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OT Can we have a roll call.
He's doing great, Shirley. Made the Honor Roll last semester, which is
amazing since he was only in Kindergarten for 3 week before advancing to first grade. He's enjoying soccer, dinosaurs (still) and the new passions are model rockets and SUPERHEROS. I swear, if I hear one more thing about Batman.... Stay well and warm! Think of you often! Barbara Bead & Polymer Clay Habitué There is a very fine line between a hobby and mental illness. (Dave Barry) http://www.penguintrax.com http://www.polymerclayworkshops.com Shirley Shone wrote: Great to have you drop by. The watches are very fine How is my little man doing. Hugs Shirley In message , Barbara Forbes-Lyons writes Barbara Forbes-Lyons here. Been posting on RCB since about 2000 (according to Google Groups). Don't do much beading these days - but still love them. Working in Polymer Clay, Metal Clay and Chain Maille as well as altered art/mixed media. Some pics at http://www.flickr.com/penguintrax I can also be found on Facebook and Twitter. My day job is in tech: web site hosting & design, documentation, testing, etc. Mama to the bright light of my life, Avner. Married to Jon, a guy that's as handy as a pocket on a shirt (according to my friend Ellen). Fur kids include the dawgs Bubba & Babes and a stuck-up cat, Scimitar. My dear feline friend Ubu left us 3 years ago, come 2/21. Barbara Bead & Polymer Clay Habitué There is a very fine line between a hobby and mental illness. (Dave Barry) http://www.penguintrax.com http://www.polymerclayworkshops.com Shirley Shone wrote: This group is getting less and less postings lately. Just checking on google it say that there are 938 people subscribed. We must have a lot of lurkers. Can we have some to de-lurk and can the regulars sign in. I am of course Shirley with several aka's One Madame Tassel, Queen of the Swaps, Founder of Shirley's Spoon Club. I have many hobbies as some of you will know which includes bead work. At the moment I am working on the family history. Since both our sons were born in Malta whilst DH in the Royal Navy. There is no record of their birth in UK. So I thought anyone trying to do the FH in the distant future could come unstuck. So I thought I had better set to work on it while I can. Since our back garden is still in the throes of a makeover to make it easier to maintain, I took the pictures down on my web site. I have replaced them with pictures of the wild robin I tamed to feed from my hand. Alas though it is with us no more. Keep hoping another will come bobbing along for me to try my luck with. So come on lots hear from you and build the ratings back up on this group. Hugs Shirley |
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OT Can we have a roll call.
Holy moly, I was wrong. Seems I've been posting around here since at
least 1997!!! Yowza! Barbara Bead & Polymer Clay Habitué There is a very fine line between a hobby and mental illness. (Dave Barry) http://www.penguintrax.com http://www.polymerclayworkshops.com Barbara Forbes-Lyons wrote: Barbara Forbes-Lyons here. Been posting on RCB since about 2000 (according to Google Groups). Don't do much beading these days - but still love them. Working in Polymer Clay, Metal Clay and Chain Maille as well as altered art/mixed media. Some pics at http://www.flickr.com/penguintrax I can also be found on Facebook and Twitter. My day job is in tech: web site hosting & design, documentation, testing, etc. Mama to the bright light of my life, Avner. Married to Jon, a guy that's as handy as a pocket on a shirt (according to my friend Ellen). Fur kids include the dawgs Bubba & Babes and a stuck-up cat, Scimitar. My dear feline friend Ubu left us 3 years ago, come 2/21. Barbara Bead & Polymer Clay Habitué There is a very fine line between a hobby and mental illness. (Dave Barry) http://www.penguintrax.com http://www.polymerclayworkshops.com Shirley Shone wrote: This group is getting less and less postings lately. Just checking on google it say that there are 938 people subscribed. We must have a lot of lurkers. Can we have some to de-lurk and can the regulars sign in. I am of course Shirley with several aka's One Madame Tassel, Queen of the Swaps, Founder of Shirley's Spoon Club. I have many hobbies as some of you will know which includes bead work. At the moment I am working on the family history. Since both our sons were born in Malta whilst DH in the Royal Navy. There is no record of their birth in UK. So I thought anyone trying to do the FH in the distant future could come unstuck. So I thought I had better set to work on it while I can. Since our back garden is still in the throes of a makeover to make it easier to maintain, I took the pictures down on my web site. I have replaced them with pictures of the wild robin I tamed to feed from my hand. Alas though it is with us no more. Keep hoping another will come bobbing along for me to try my luck with. So come on lots hear from you and build the ratings back up on this group. Hugs Shirley |
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OT Can we have a roll call.
I'm here ... I live in the Pacific Northwest with my dh, two young adult
sons, and we share our home with two dogs and a cat. I started reading r.c.b. in early 2007, and have only been beading / stringing since then. Lately, I've been trying to do more beading than reading or posting. I prefer bead weaving to stringing, and want to learn brick stitch, square stitch, and looming this year. And I'm still practicing herringbone or Ndebele, as some variations continue to be a challenge for me. I just started testing patterns for a bead pattern designer, and am also working on squares for Jeannette Shenigan's breast cancer bead quilts http://shanigansbeadshenanigans.com Oh, and check out my contribution to the Beading for a Cure foundation auction at http://www.beadingforacure.org/galle...ery9Kathy.html and check out the rest of the 2009 Gallery while you're there. These pieces will be auctioned off through eBay beginning March 1. This was a fun challenge, coming up with a piece based on the colors / beads provided in the kit. I'm already looking forward to trying the challenge again this year. Bead well, -- KathyZ "Shirley Shone" wrote: This group is getting less and less postings lately. Just checking on google it say that there are 938 people subscribed. We must have a lot of lurkers. Can we have some to de-lurk and can the regulars sign in. |
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OT Can we have a roll call.
Hi, my name is Carl and my wife and I live in Las Vegas, NV - originally
from Portland, OR. Although we sometimes miss the green landscape and all the water of the Pacific NW, we certainly don't miss the rain or days of shoveling snow off the house front entrance. Although we did get 4 inches of snow in Las Vegas in December, thankfully it was gone the next day. Being a new beader I read this newsgroup and appreciate all the tips and techniques that are shared. I have attempted lampwork beads - um, don't think that is my calling. I am concentrating on fused glass pendants and incorporating these with gemstones for necklaces and bracelets. I am exploring new ways to attach the pendants, other than drilling a hole and attaching directly or with a bail, and I am practicing wire wrap techniques. I have completed one pendant with wire wrapping "Queen of the Eggs" - My other hobbies/crafts include quilting (my wife likes to help pick out the fabric), cross stitch and polymer clay. My wife and I have been fusing glass for about 3 months - we took a class at the local community center and got hooked! I've listed our websites below if you would like to take a look at our designs. I look forward to continued reading on the newsgroup and hopefully one day I will have some input to the questions that are asked. Carl For glasswork/beaded jewelry http://members.cox.net/car-kar/carkar.htm For other crafts http://members.cox.net/carl-ryan/index%2008.htm "Shirley Shone" wrote in message ... This group is getting less and less postings lately. Just checking on google it say that there are 938 people subscribed. We must have a lot of lurkers. Can we have some to de-lurk and can the regulars sign in. I am of course Shirley with several aka's One Madame Tassel, Queen of the Swaps, Founder of Shirley's Spoon Club. I have many hobbies as some of you will know which includes bead work. At the moment I am working on the family history. Since both our sons were born in Malta whilst DH in the Royal Navy. There is no record of their birth in UK. So I thought anyone trying to do the FH in the distant future could come unstuck. So I thought I had better set to work on it while I can. Since our back garden is still in the throes of a makeover to make it easier to maintain, I took the pictures down on my web site. I have replaced them with pictures of the wild robin I tamed to feed from my hand. Alas though it is with us no more. Keep hoping another will come bobbing along for me to try my luck with. So come on lots hear from you and build the ratings back up on this group. Hugs Shirley -- Shirley Shone http://www.allcrafts.org.uk |
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Welcome Carl and good lady.
I love your "Queen of Eggs" so very unusual. The quilts are fantastic. I have had a go at quilting. Just keep us up to date on the things you are doing. Shirley (Matriarch) In message , Carl R writes Hi, my name is Carl and my wife and I live in Las Vegas, NV - originally from Portland, OR. Although we sometimes miss the green landscape and all the water of the Pacific NW, we certainly don't miss the rain or days of shoveling snow off the house front entrance. Although we did get 4 inches of snow in Las Vegas in December, thankfully it was gone the next day. Being a new beader I read this newsgroup and appreciate all the tips and techniques that are shared. I have attempted lampwork beads - um, don't think that is my calling. I am concentrating on fused glass pendants and incorporating these with gemstones for necklaces and bracelets. I am exploring new ways to attach the pendants, other than drilling a hole and attaching directly or with a bail, and I am practicing wire wrap techniques. I have completed one pendant with wire wrapping "Queen of the Eggs" - My other hobbies/crafts include quilting (my wife likes to help pick out the fabric), cross stitch and polymer clay. My wife and I have been fusing glass for about 3 months - we took a class at the local community center and got hooked! I've listed our websites below if you would like to take a look at our designs. I look forward to continued reading on the newsgroup and hopefully one day I will have some input to the questions that are asked. Carl For glasswork/beaded jewelry http://members.cox.net/car-kar/carkar.htm For other crafts http://members.cox.net/carl-ryan/index%2008.htm "Shirley Shone" wrote in message ... This group is getting less and less postings lately. Just checking on google it say that there are 938 people subscribed. We must have a lot of lurkers. Can we have some to de-lurk and can the regulars sign in. I am of course Shirley with several aka's One Madame Tassel, Queen of the Swaps, Founder of Shirley's Spoon Club. I have many hobbies as some of you will know which includes bead work. At the moment I am working on the family history. Since both our sons were born in Malta whilst DH in the Royal Navy. There is no record of their birth in UK. So I thought anyone trying to do the FH in the distant future could come unstuck. So I thought I had better set to work on it while I can. Since our back garden is still in the throes of a makeover to make it easier to maintain, I took the pictures down on my web site. I have replaced them with pictures of the wild robin I tamed to feed from my hand. Alas though it is with us no more. Keep hoping another will come bobbing along for me to try my luck with. So come on lots hear from you and build the ratings back up on this group. Hugs Shirley -- Shirley Shone http://www.allcrafts.org.uk |
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OT Can we have a roll call.
Wow, Kathy. I'd looked at that Layne's Legacy site in past years, and
didn't realize you were a part of that! Very cool. I remember admiring the work there many times! -- Jerri www.beadbimbo.com "Zk" wrote in message ers2... I'm here ... I live in the Pacific Northwest with my dh, two young adult sons, and we share our home with two dogs and a cat. I started reading r.c.b. in early 2007, and have only been beading / stringing since then. Lately, I've been trying to do more beading than reading or posting. I prefer bead weaving to stringing, and want to learn brick stitch, square stitch, and looming this year. And I'm still practicing herringbone or Ndebele, as some variations continue to be a challenge for me. I just started testing patterns for a bead pattern designer, and am also working on squares for Jeannette Shenigan's breast cancer bead quilts http://shanigansbeadshenanigans.com Oh, and check out my contribution to the Beading for a Cure foundation auction at http://www.beadingforacure.org/galle...ery9Kathy.html and check out the rest of the 2009 Gallery while you're there. These pieces will be auctioned off through eBay beginning March 1. This was a fun challenge, coming up with a piece based on the colors / beads provided in the kit. I'm already looking forward to trying the challenge again this year. Bead well, -- KathyZ "Shirley Shone" wrote: This group is getting less and less postings lately. Just checking on google it say that there are 938 people subscribed. We must have a lot of lurkers. Can we have some to de-lurk and can the regulars sign in. |
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Nice to meet you and your wife, Carl!
I am totally in awe of your quilts! Wow! What beautiful work! That's something I would like to try if I had more hours in the day, or if I ever give up beading and glass! I've done some fusing, but not recently. Another thing I need to get back to. It is a lot of fun. Your wire wrapping looks very nice. I've taken several classes at the Wm. Holland school, and plan to go up there again this summer. -- Jerri www.beadbimbo.com |
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OT Can we have a roll call.
Barbara Forbes-Lyons wrote:
Barbara Forbes-Lyons here. Been posting on RCB since about 2000 (according to Google Groups). Don't do much beading these days - but still love them. Working in Polymer Clay, Metal Clay and Chain Maille as well as altered art/mixed media. Some pics at http://www.flickr.com/penguintrax I can also be found on Facebook and Twitter. My day job is in tech: web site hosting & design, documentation, testing, etc. Mama to the bright light of my life, Avner. Married to Jon, a guy that's as handy as a pocket on a shirt (according to my friend Ellen). Fur kids include the dawgs Bubba & Babes and a stuck-up cat, Scimitar. My dear feline friend Ubu left us 3 years ago, come 2/21. Barbara Bead & Polymer Clay Habitu? There is a very fine line between a hobby and mental illness. (Dave Barry) http://www.penguintrax.com http://www.polymerclayworkshops.com Melinda, dropping by... Probably been around as long as Barbara, maybe, but only recently started making earrings, mostly, for myself, family and friends http://melinda-mullen.fotopic.net/c1358481.html I'm on Facebook, DH got me to sign up recently -because my sister did- and now I'm there more than here... DS Josh started school this year, we're Downunder the school year starts around the end of January, so once we settle in a routine I should have more time to do stuff. I dabble in several different crafts so I don't end bored with any, if that sounds illogical - I'm Gemini. -- Melinda http://cust.idl.com.au/athol |
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OT Can we have a roll call.
Hi gang,
I had to write when I heard about Patti. Got Google working. So then I needed to respond here too. I'm Tina, living in my log cabin in Alaska with my husband and his Queensland heeler (crazy ankle biting bitch). Pete does massage, Reiki, shamanism, etc and also cots trees and has fibromyalgia. I am a happy person with organic Depression (my brain gets too full too fast). I'm a recovering alcoholic (18 years) who thinks most drugs should be decriminalized if not legal and taxed. I'm involved in a new engine that weighs about 50 lbs for 200+ hp. I'm a pacifist who eats Rudolph and Bullwinkle (no Bambis up here). I'm a crafter with almost sub-normal manual and digital dexterity. And I've been around here for at least 10 years (until my computer crashed last fall). Oh yes, and I love OT posts. I do quite a bit of stringing. My favourite bead weaving stitch is peyote. I crochet very durable beaded purses. Made jewelry for my daughter's wedding last Sept. I love the silver spoon I got from Shirley. Pete tells me it's supposed to get down to -30F again tomorrow night. Last month we had 3 weeks of minus 35 to minus 55. And then the temp went from 45 below to 48 above in about a week. That's the same temperature difference at going from 20 degrees to 110 degrees in a week. We had to bring all our frozen foods in from our outdoor freezer (the wooden box on the porch) to the electric freezer in the garage. Interesting comments here about Face Book. I've never even looked at it. Isn't it cool that there is such a variety among us in our craft/bead/ jewelry projects. Thanks for this post. Tina On Feb 4, 2:53*am, Shirley Shone wrote: This group is getting less and less postings lately. Just checking on google it say that there are 938 people subscribed. We must have a lot of lurkers. Can we have some to de-lurk and can the regulars *sign in. I am of course Shirley with several aka's One Madame Tassel, Queen of the Swaps, Founder of Shirley's Spoon Club. I have many hobbies as some of you will know which includes bead work. At the moment I am working on the family history. Since both our sons were born in Malta whilst DH in the Royal Navy. There is no record of their birth in UK. *So I thought anyone trying to do the FH in the distant future could come unstuck. So I thought I had better set to work on it while I can. Since our back garden is still in the throes of a makeover to make it easier to maintain, I took the pictures down on my web site. I have replaced them with pictures of the wild robin *I tamed to feed from my hand. Alas though it is with us no more. Keep hoping another will come bobbing along for me to try my luck with. So come on lots hear from you and build the ratings back up on this group. Hugs Shirley -- Shirley Shone |
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OT Can we have a roll call.
Hi Jerri,
This is the first year I've participated in the Layne's Legacy project. I stumbled onto the site while looking for info on the bead quilt squares. When I needed some inspiration a couple months later, I ordered the bead kit. Then it sat for a bit while I thought about what I could do with those colors ... and it just all fell together. I'm really looking forward to the surprise of the colors / beads in this year's kit, and hoping it's something I can use some new skills to put together. The bead kits go on sale to new participants on February 16. -- KathyZ "Beadbimbo" wrote: Wow, Kathy. I'd looked at that Layne's Legacy site in past years, and didn't realize you were a part of that! Very cool. I remember admiring the work there many times! -- Jerri |
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