Hardware store update

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 14:07:02 -0800, vj wrote:

Being that I am dumber than a bucket of rocks....
What is or are Swarovski crystals anyway?

i know many of you have heard about how the best place here to get
beading supplies is the local ACE Hardware store.

stopped in today on an errand, and just for the fun of it, wandered
down the "beading" aisle to see what had changed. i've never known a
store to keep changing things so frequently.

there, in front of my eyes . . .

"Swarovski crystals, made in Austria"

$1.99/14

way more expensive than i buy them for . . . but IN A HARDWARE STORE!
last time i checked [admittedly a while ago] even Michael's didn't
have them.


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Lead crystal beads made in Europe.
Roxan
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 14:07:02 -0800, vj wrote:

Being that I am dumber than a bucket of rocks....
What is or are Swarovski crystals anyway?

i know many of you have heard about how the best place here to get
beading supplies is the local ACE Hardware store.

stopped in today on an errand, and just for the fun of it, wandered
down the "beading" aisle to see what had changed. i've never known a
store to keep changing things so frequently.

there, in front of my eyes . . .

"Swarovski crystals, made in Austria"

$1.99/14

way more expensive than i buy them for . . . but IN A HARDWARE STORE!
last time i checked [admittedly a while ago] even Michael's didn't
have them.


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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:09:22 -0800, vj wrote:

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Harry :

]Being that I am dumber than a bucket of rocks....
]What is or are Swarovski crystals anyway?

http://www.swarovski.com/SVK_Relaunch/CDA/index/

leaded crystal made in Austria.

they were first known for their telescope lenses.


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So are these natural crystals, as in quartz, or manmade?




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manmade. Leaded glass for extra sparkle, faceted. They come either in
flatback, pointed back glue-on types or in other shapes and colors, most
lovely and sparkly!

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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:09:22 -0800, vj wrote:

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Harry :

]Being that I am dumber than a bucket of rocks....
]What is or are Swarovski crystals anyway?

http://www.swarovski.com/SVK_Relaunch/CDA/index/

leaded crystal made in Austria.

they were first known for their telescope lenses.


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It's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you;
it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

So are these natural crystals, as in quartz, or manmade?




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My Ebay Auctions

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Vicki,
That is bizarre.
KathyH
"vj" wrote in message
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i know many of you have heard about how the best place here to get
beading supplies is the local ACE Hardware store.

stopped in today on an errand, and just for the fun of it, wandered
down the "beading" aisle to see what had changed. i've never known a
store to keep changing things so frequently.

there, in front of my eyes . . .

"Swarovski crystals, made in Austria"

$1.99/14

way more expensive than i buy them for . . . but IN A HARDWARE STORE!
last time i checked [admittedly a while ago] even Michael's didn't
have them.


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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 19:09:30 -0800, vj wrote:

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "mkahogan"
:

]Vicki,
]That is bizarre.

**grin** that's what i thought, too.
i even dragged DH over to show him how much they were and explain that
even though they were expensive, i was getting them for 1/3 that!
Where do you get them from at a reasonable price? lol

but . . . A HARDWARE STORE?


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Swarovski is a manufacturer of optical glass and lead crystal in Austria.
They make lenses for hunting scopes and for observatories. It is the
optical quality of their glass that made their cut crystal beads so
brilliant. They also have some wonderful colours. Eg, their pale colours
still have very true colours. More expensive, but worth it.

Tina


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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 14:07:02 -0800, vj wrote:

Being that I am dumber than a bucket of rocks....
What is or are Swarovski crystals anyway?

i know many of you have heard about how the best place here to get
beading supplies is the local ACE Hardware store.

stopped in today on an errand, and just for the fun of it, wandered
down the "beading" aisle to see what had changed. i've never known a
store to keep changing things so frequently.

there, in front of my eyes . . .

"Swarovski crystals, made in Austria"

$1.99/14

way more expensive than i buy them for . . . but IN A HARDWARE STORE!
last time i checked [admittedly a while ago] even Michael's didn't
have them.


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My Ebay Auctions

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Does Ace have a craft section???? questions this Canadian, who
doesn't have Ace stores up here, but will be in Florida in a
month....Sharon

vj wrote:

i know many of you have heard about how the best place here to get
beading supplies is the local ACE Hardware store.

stopped in today on an errand, and just for the fun of it, wandered
down the "beading" aisle to see what had changed. i've never known a
store to keep changing things so frequently.

there, in front of my eyes . . .

"Swarovski crystals, made in Austria"

$1.99/14

way more expensive than i buy them for . . . but IN A HARDWARE STORE!
last time i checked [admittedly a while ago] even Michael's didn't
have them.

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it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

the one here doesn't have a craft section, but it does have a cooking
section, with a TON of pots and pans and etc. Plus a nice selection of
Yankee Candles, etc.

Mary


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"vj" wrote in message
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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from biig :

] Does Ace have a craft section???? questions this Canadian, who
]doesn't have Ace stores up here, but will be in Florida in a
]month....Sharon

well, MINE does.
and to the best of my knowledge, they all do, but mine seems to get a
wee bit carried away . . . mostly because we are such a small town, i
think.


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We have an Ace about every half mile here in Los Angeles (well, my part,
anyway), and none of them have craft or cooking sections. Weird!

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Kyla
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"biig" wrote in message ...
Does Ace have a craft section???? questions this Canadian, who
doesn't have Ace stores up here, but will be in Florida in a
month....Sharon

vj wrote:

i know many of you have heard about how the best place here to get
beading supplies is the local ACE Hardware store.

stopped in today on an errand, and just for the fun of it, wandered
down the "beading" aisle to see what had changed. i've never known a
store to keep changing things so frequently.

there, in front of my eyes . . .

"Swarovski crystals, made in Austria"

$1.99/14

way more expensive than i buy them for . . . but IN A HARDWARE STORE!
last time i checked [admittedly a while ago] even Michael's didn't
have them.

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It's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you;
it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis