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May 09, 2007
I'm somewhere in the middle
I've had folks ask me who this beadmaker is and I can't name names, although I will say she's someone I've never heard of before and don't know how long she's been on the beadmaking scene...granted, I don't know ALL the beadmakers, but I know many of the 'old' ones who've been around as long as me and longer...Suffice it to say, I guess I just think if you make bad beads, you shouldn't charge $10 a piece for them...but then again, everyone can buy (or not) whatever they want...its a free country...
Oh, I was gonna go off on a rant about lampworkers who are asking WAYYY too much money for their beads, but I won't...I don't have the energy to worry about other people...I look at other lampwork rarely, I have my favorites and I check them out and after that, I just walk away...I like looking at well made beads...I like paying for well made beads...when people ask a lot of money for crap beads, it makes me shiver...
thankfully I run across very few crap beadmaker websites...I just don't look...and it keeps me happy and sane...I made the mistake this morning of checking out a page of rather unfortunate beads that have rather unnessarily high prices, but I will just walk away...don't look...stay focused...
And on that note, I've been making some of the more 'typical' round beads that I used to make and just have gotten away from...I'm happy with them...I've got more to make, sure...I'll letcha know when they're ready to go...
I'm excited, my Apple treats are supposed to arrive tomorrow...yeehaw...no powerbook this time, tho...still gives me something to look foward to down the road...
I bought the complete Ambrosia and America 'best of' albums on iTunes the other day...reminds me of when I was a kid in middle school...I listened to a lot of radio back in the day..and now I don't know any of the pop acts on the scene...I guess we do kinda plug into our formative music years and just ride them out...although I do enjoy a lot of 80's music...and of course Brian does love his George Michael/Wham!...um, yeah...whatever...
Posted by Donner at May 9, 2007 09:53 PM