These Beads Are Small!

Just to give you an idea of how small the beads that I used for the last Christmas ornament cover are, here is a photo:

The top two beads are the ones I used. The bottom bead is the only size of white seed beads that I have enough of. See how tiny it is?

It wouldn’t bother me so much, but there is another factor. The width. I would have to use more beads. And I’m worried that I won’t be able to sew through it as many times as I have to.

So, until I get some new white beads, I have to hold off on my silver/white covers. 

What was funny about it, I said to my husband that I was worried I might not have enough silver beads to make as many as I wanted. When I went up to check, I had loads of them! Now you know how organized I am.

I still want to start one tonight. Anyone want to pick the colors?  No white though….  

How Would You Feel?

I’m trying to play catch up tonight, posting things I have been meaning to for some time. This one hit a nerve for me. A while ago I was told about a woman who was buying hand-made beads and re-selling them on Etsy. While I don’t see anything illegal about it, the problem was, in many cases she was saying the work was her own.

If you were the person who had made them, wouldn’t you expect that you be given the credit for it? I would. If someone bought one of my pieces and sold it, even at a profit, I wouldn’t have anything to say. But if they took credit for my work, I’d be pissed.

Subeeds has written a few articles on her WordPress blog if you are interested in knowing more about this.

Lampwork Fraud on Etsy and Ebay

A Jewelry Makers Point of View

Etsy Finally Steps up to the Plate

I know from reading the forums that many WordPress bloggers get upset when people copy their posts and don’t give credit. This is the same thing. I imagine the woman didn’t give credit because the people would have realized they could have bought the beads for less off of the designers and she would have lost business. What a wench!

I simply cannot fail to mention subeeds makes the most fabulous earrings I have ever seen. Check these babies out!

A Beaded Christmas Ornament and Food…

I’m food obsessed this week. Mainly because I can’t have things I want and that just makes one want it more. Then we start thinking about what it is we are missing out on. But as long as I can convince myself that all I am missing are chemicals and things that are bad for my body, I’ll keep on track. I had a dream…and it involved cheese. hehehe.

Talking about food, it must be a rather popular topic. For anyone who likes hits on their site, trust me, talk about food, and have photo’s. Since I have been blogging here my highest hit was 114. I don’t go out of my way for hits. Sometimes, I don’t even use tags. Wanna know my best hit now? 165 from my post a few days ago featuring….what I ate for dinner. I am not the only one out there obsessed with food. Who would have thought? Unreal.

I’ve been beading a bit. Working on a new ornament. Just making it up as I go. As, always, the first one is never just the way I want it. I think where the long clear glass/crystal beads are, I would change every other one to a flat gold decorative bead. It still needs sprucing up and I haven’t done the fringe along the bottom yet. I have to get out a coloured ball for this one, I think it would look better. But I use my clear ones when I am working on them. When I finish and take another photo, I’ll use one. But here is a sneak peek:

Falling into place.

It’s funny how things you’ve been wanting, find you. It happens to me a lot. When I think about something I want, be it a material or non-material thing, somehow things just fall into place.

My Mother used to live a block away from me. She had to move because of work and I have been missing being able to pop over and visit. Some week-ends we’d haul out all our crafts and things we had gathered from the bush we used to frequent, and do crafts for the day.

Tonight, a woman I know came by and gave me a hand-made sun-catcher her mother had made while she was in Florida. It is so cute! She had told me her Mother (who I don’t know) goes to a craft group while they spend the winters in Florida and they try to come up with a new idea every week. I had given her a large bag of beads (that I had way too many of) to give to her earlier this year. So I was gifted in return. When I’m not so tired, I’ll post a photo of it.

When we got home today, we decided to tackle some more things outside. Mulch on the garden, burning some old trees we had to cut down last year…one thing led to something else and we ended up working much later than we had intended. We put off dinner until nine! I’ll never get to sleep now! I’m usually pretty tired when I get home and it doesn’t allow me much time to visit with many people. But I find when you are outdoors, people you haven’t seen in ages seem to come by now and then. They see you out and chat a while. Time just seems to fly by!

Back to my story. While we were talking about all the things her Mother had made this year, she said that I should just go over and have a look at everything. I told her about how much I missed doing crafts with my Mother. Her mother has a large craft room with tables and she finds it hard to get out and about at her age and she had no-one to do crafts with in town. By the time our conversation had ended we decided to start a mini craft-club and try to get together at her Mothers house every few weeks with a new challenge.

It will be nice to have a girls night out. And to learn new things. Maybe she can teach me how to knit a pattern. I’m okay when it’s plain k&p but add a pattern and I seriously end up with something that looks like I made it when I had a few drinks too many. My triangle afghan is just lovely. (I really meant to make a shawl….honest!) I can make a wicked scarf though! LOL!

That’s it for tonight.

Look What the Stork Brought!

Some new babies!!!! Beads that is……

Some of the stuff is on back order, and some I’m not showing because it’s for something I am making and don’t want to spoil it with a preview. That’s right Kaylee….LOL! You don’t get to peek!!!!!

Somebody Stop Me!

That’s it! I have to be stopped. This business of starting one thing, losing interest and moving on to the next, is over.  The only way to stop it is to post a list and not allow myself to begin anything until that list no longer exists.

If I start talking about something NOT on that list, call me on it! PLEASE!

I’m charging my camera right now and when it is done I will take photo’s of everything on that list. That way when I come here it is reminding me that it is still there in my massive pile of unfinished business.

So, I’m off to do some house cleaning. I’ll be back on Sunday with my list.

Until then, Happy beading 

A Few Updates

I’ve added two new additions to my Beady Blogger list: “art and tea” and “Rekindled”

Tag Surfer is a good thing. I would have never found these sites otherwise.  I’ll have to start adding to the list more often. Speaking of that, I know I’ve been ignoring my How-To Section and I will try to motivate myself to keep it growing. So little time….okay maybe not so little time, it’s just that I get caught up with other things.

Am I the only one who starts 10 different projects at the same time? I can’t seem to stick with just one. If I get frustrated or bored or my creative juices hit a wall, I put it down and ramble through the pile for something else that needs to be finished. Sometimes I feel like I will never finish anything, but as hard as I try to stay focused, it’s no use. So, I might as well go with the flow. Maybe if I make a list of all my unfinished pieces  put it up, it will remind me not to even think about starting something new!!!

It’s hard….I see all those beads and findings I haven’t used before and the temptation to play with them always seem to win. On top of that, BeadFX keeps buying new stock!!! I tell my DH not to let me shop. It’s not like I need anymore supplies. But he is not helping in that department.  Really, when you get a new shipment, how can you not want to create? I read at another place I frequent, the “Starving Artist Forum” that there is no 12 step program for beaders.

I’m still plugging along on my lariat, it’s no where near complete. But if I get it to a place that I’m pleased with, I’ll update the photo.

Until then, Happy Beading