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May 27, 2005
Garden Stakes!
Janice Peacock has instructions for sale for those groovy Sprout bracelets...you'll enjoy making these, they're addictive...
First, lemme give you a preview of what I'm working on...I'm not ready to reveal the entire set, cause I only have a few beads made, but I hope you like it - 
So, what is a garden stake you ask? Well, its common knowledge in the beadmaking world that if you get glass on a mandrel w/out any bead release to separate it, the glass will stick permanently...The 'joke' is that when you have a bead you love that won't come off the mandrel, you call it a 'garden stake' and stick it in a planter...
Another common occurance in beadmaking is that overtime the mandrels we use will bend or become unusable with wear and tear, so we have to set them aside, or cut them down to get them straight again...I decided instead of just letting them sit around, I'd make plant stakes on PURPOSE with them...So, using the clue from my buddy Maggie O'Leary, I made two brightly colored, silly plant stakes yesterday...they are big and tall and will brighten up the garden w/out needing to be watered...I plan on making more of these..perhaps with themes or something - like gnomes or wizards or creatures...weird!
Lastly, I have been having fun with my organic experimentation and came up with a groovy looking turquoise stone effect, like the "Ancients" auction that I have on eBay right now, only this time I squeezed the beads and made a couple of bracelets from them...no stringer work, I wanted them to look like natural stones instead...simple but pretty..
Today looks to be busy, lunch plans, Dex is coming home this afternoon, guests who want to buy beads and a class later tonight...the kiln is on, we'll see if anything actually enters it...hmmm..and I have so much stuff I want to do...
Posted by Donner at May 27, 2005 04:47 PM
Comments
Oh, my goodness! Love the preview beads--want 'em, want 'em, gotta have 'em!! Also the garden stakes are wonderful!! You're just too creative, my friend!!
I'll check in again later :).
Posted by: Vanda White at May 27, 2005 11:36 AM
Well those plant stakes are just about the coolest things ever! I hope to see them for sale soon. My mom would just break her neck trying to get one.
Posted by: Marsha at May 27, 2005 11:41 AM
I think you need to sell some of those garden stakes. Those are cool. I like the colors of the beads you are working on. You made me a set of Wild West beads that were the turquoise and tan. The first bracelet I made sold immediately. I just used the rest of the beads to make another. I'll have to send you a pic.
Posted by: Gail Lannum at May 27, 2005 01:17 PM
Gorgeous preview beads!!! I love those colors together, Donna - YUM!!!
Posted by: Kandice Seeber at May 27, 2005 07:24 PM
I love love love the garden stakes and would buy them. Beautiful.
Posted by: Anissa at May 27, 2005 11:21 PM