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April 27, 2004
Its time for fun!
while i'm getting caught up on my orders, I'm going to continue making Pickings and eBay sets..so today is 'fun' day, since yesterday was 'order' day...Expect some fun things tomorrow morning...!
Its wonderful here today - sunny, 65, birds are chirping, cats are playing...i have to go get some printer ink, check on an overseas shipment and swing by the PO box and hit the bank...errand morning!
We went to Alamo Drafthouse and saw Amelie last night..cute French film that is whimsical and very French...I've mentioned Alamo before -they serve pizza/drinks during the movie (the only way to watch movies!) and last night the promo with the movie was some free Creme Brulee...what a treat..and on a Monday - who ever goes to the movies on Monday night? not me, typically...
I answered another qeustion from Sheila (keep them coming, i'm happy to explain what i'm doing if you're curious) on yesterday's Comments, but I'll post it here, in case you don't go back and read old comments...
From Sheila:
Good Morning, Miss Donna-
Question for you: What is your lentil shaper of choice? I love the size of your lentils-and your round beads and everything that comes out of your torch!! Am still trying to get a nice, lovely, squat, and fat yet small round bead. The balance between trying to get a good footprint size without too much glass or, not enough glass is evading this frustrated woman here in Indiana. Practice, practice, practice, I know. Why does my family need to eat anyway?
My response:
i've not tried all the lentils tools out there - TapCraft, ChristyL, Target Ice Tongs, Mag's Mashers and probably others...but the one that I use and enjoy is the Corina Bead Stamp (CBS). You can find them on her website (www.corinabeads.com) and they offer various sizes/designs. I have almost all of them (just got the Saturn in, am waiting on the sparkly spacer one) and the size I use the most is the XS lentil maker. It makes lentils about 12mm in size and I like how they fit w/ the rest of my beads.
To get a fat ROUND bead, make a foot print thats a *barrel* and add disks of glass to either end of it, so it looks like a wooden spool. Heat the center of the spool and the disks will melt into a round shape. Corina shows this in her PTF book and it works great. I can draw or take pics if you need them...
Posted by Donner at April 27, 2004 10:00 AM
Comments
Thanks Donna! I've been debating over whether to buy the CBS and didn't know which one to try if I did. Sounds like a good Mother's Day gift to myself . . I'm going to keep trying your round bead method. Thanks for sharing! Sheila
Posted by: Sheila at April 27, 2004 04:41 PM