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October 24, 2006
Dangerous surfing..
Its always dangerous for me to surf other beadmakers sites, because it tends to make me a little crazy...there are so many beadmakers who can't make a decent round bead - their raised dots have undercuts, their stringer is applied terribly, they can't get nice puckered ends - and yet they are asking upwards of $10 a bead for these things...
now, granted, I don't know if they are selling any ugly beads at this price- I would hope that the general public is getting wiser to what a bad bead looks like, but it still makes me go cross eyed...No wonder so many beadmakers are just mashing beads in a press - no need to worry about undercut dots or puckered ends that way!! I make my share of bad beads too - but they are fed into my Bad Bead Jar (or I give them away, I would never sell a crappy bead knowingly), so I don't claim to make only perfect beads...but really, I hope that YOU don't buy beads that aren't executed properly from whoever you buy from...
I've finally found where I need to go to register my vehicle (yes we are in a different county), so today I'm heading over to make the Vampyre and truck legal on the road...how exciting is that??
I've ordered some glass from Val Cox lately, so maybe I need to go find my 100lbs of frits and play..she's had some really cool beads for sale lately, I ordered a couple of sets and they arrived yesterday..one in particular has caught my eye and I'd love to make some myself...sparkly and delicious...
Are you watching that new DIY show called "B. Original"? I've kinda got sucked into it, even tho I'm tickled that so much of what is made is stuff we were doing back in the 70's...she made some jewelry out of rocks and lock washers that I thought were pretty cool...it reminds me of when I would take a black adhesive glue and glue beads on a Cool Whip container to hold all my trinkets...awesome...
Posted by Donner at October 24, 2006 10:59 AM