tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183712702024-03-13T13:27:50.751-07:00Bead Line StudiosWhere the journey of creation is as important as the finished piece ~ Judith Bertoglio-GiffinJudithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676218426978828338noreply@blogger.comBlogger464125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18371270.post-16746497514299110852018-05-25T16:53:00.001-07:002018-05-25T16:53:50.798-07:00Miss Sniff, The CatMy cousin Mary Reaban asked about my childhood calico cat, Miss Sniff. The cat came from the Reaban dairy farm, Southwest of Saint Louis. My Father swore that every time she had kittens, we'd move. Cousin Mary told me about a late 40's children's book and asked if this might be where the name came from. I don't know for sure, but I do remember the book.<br />
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At some point in the last 45 years, my Mother had given me Miss Sniff's tags. </div>
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So I am sitting here thinking some things have come full circle as I've just adopted another calico cat. I briefly thought about changing her name, but at 12 years old, Sophie is used to her own name.</div>
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She is training me to wake up at 5:30 AM and feed her by 6AM . . . very hard on an old confirmed night owl like myself.</div>
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I've had this orange amaryllis for about 6 years now and by all rights it should not have survived at all. While I was Snowbirding, running back and forth from AZ to NH at the end of the winter I would put the pot out in the dry garden and leave it at the AZ house for 6months. I fully expected it to shrivel up and die during the 100+ degree summer temps. Much to my surprise, in November I'd look at it and see the small edge of a green leaf at the top of the big bulb. So I watered it and brought it in from the freezing cold. It would reward me with six large curved leaves - just 6, no more, no less.<br />
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Last year just before my move, I transplanted it to a larger pot and brought it to Tucson with me. It actually put out 3 new pups (bulblets) and went dormant for the winter.<br />
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10 days ago I noticed a bloom stalk amongst the leaves and then a second one. I couldn't believe that it was going to bloom for the first time in 6 years. I brought it in the house and am enjoying it. Now if I could just figure out what I did to make it flower again.<br />
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There are other things in bud in my postage stamp yard and around me, however I love the Saguaro blossoms and the Palo Verde trees the most.<br />
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The Saguaros put out a crown of blooms all the way at the top. You can see them on my cactus, just barely.<br />
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The Palo Verde trees out do themselves with small yellow flowers. I'm glad this one is across the street and I can see it, but don't have to clean up underneath it.<br />
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I'm still settling into my Tucson quarters, trying to rearrange things to fit. Some time in the next couple of months I'm going to have to do a large bead room clean out. If I don't, then I'll have to buy a couple more Plano storage boxes - which means having another wall cabinet made and an addition put on my studio! I just downsized and am not ready to add onto the house & studio at this point. <br />
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<i>If you want or need something</i>, drop me a line and I'll see if I have it and want to get rid of it.Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676218426978828338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18371270.post-62801030453966770122017-12-31T19:44:00.004-07:002017-12-31T19:47:40.225-07:00Change - good & bad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">When life hands you lemons (big lemons) make lots of lemonade. I hope 2018 is a stable, happy year and that 2017 is done with. It's been a year of radical changes for me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In short, I became a widow for the second time in my life. I bought a small mobile home in a Tucson 55+ community, got rid of better than half of my physical "stuff" and moved myself to Tucson, Arizona. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Part of the reason for the move was to be closer to decent medical facilities. In Tombstone it took 1/2 hr for an ambulance to arrive at the house and then a <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">helicopter</span></span> ride to a Tucson hospital for my companion. My COPD also needs better medical <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">professionals. Getting old certainly is not for wimps! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">So off to Tucson I've gone and am trying to fit 73 years of life possessions into a 700 sq. ft. home I bought up in the land of the saguaro cactus.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's been 18 months since I've put needle and thread to a bead. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm not sure when all the boxes will finally get unpacked. I've made plans to enjoy the Tucson Gem Shows in early Feb. Then there are still some house remodeling to finish up. Can you believe someone painted a tub with house paint?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I thought my life had a plan for growing old gracefully. Then WHAM, everything zigged and zagged. It's going to be an interesting ride now that 2017 is over and done with.</span><br />
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We called it a "Bead Cave", it was held at my house, organized by Marney.......but it was also the seed from which the Bead Society was born. <br />
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"<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt;">The Bead Society of New
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Arizona treats my health quite well, even with 112 degree summer days, but New Hampshire will always be home.</span><br />
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Garden Stripes String-Along finished about a month ago, but time is all of our hardest design elements. Some people are still working on their first necklace and a few have finished both necklaces. I'm retired and I find I have even less time than when I had a family, job and large house..... It happens.</div>
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My first necklace had a light background - now see how others colored the patterns.</div>
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Wendy Pagent used very similar colors and did a nice bright spring-like necklace. I especially like the pop of light lime in the trellis sections.</div>
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We had a few members get overly ambitious. It amuses me as I can see myself doing the same and starting 3 necklaces in different color combinations. The impulse didn't last too long, but will grow over time, I'm sure.<br />
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Susan Kirby did a dark background and although it's all the same patterns it has a totally different feel to it. The two necklaces together make a nice statement piece.</div>
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Then we have Marsha Brown's necklace, singular. She crocheted both of the necklaces together as a single piece. She's enjoying being able to have a variety of lengths by how many times she doubles it over her head. <br />
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This is also a beautiful set of colored patterns in a mix of light & dark backgrounds. <br />
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I seem way behind finishing up things to get an e-book of the patterns done. I'm not complaining, but RA health issues as well as cumulative years on this planet sure slows a body way down. Meanwhile, enjoy these excellent examples of what people can do with beads, thread and a crochet hook.Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676218426978828338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18371270.post-62714739515246144382015-11-29T12:24:00.000-07:002015-11-29T12:24:49.315-07:00No dogs, No cats, No birds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I say that I don't have pets, but this Cactus Wren sure makes herself right to home. If I happen to leave the back door open she flies in, down the hall and gets a drink from the kitchen sink. Then she diligently checks all of the window sills for spiders and bugs. </div>
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Yesterday she visited and saw the tray of seed beads on the work table.</div>
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I yelled<br />
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Guess they were not good to eat but, sure looked like a pile of seed.<br />
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These are new etched size 8/0 Czech seed beads from <a href="http://beadandglass.com/" target="_blank"><b>Bead & Glass</b></a>.<br />
Aren't they beautiful beads? <a href="https://www.facebook.com/amy.blevins.79?fref=ts" target="_blank"><b>Amy panders</b></a> to my seed bead needs.<br />
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I Should have been working on this, the next section for Garden Stripes String-Along. I just had to see if the etched 8's looked like I envisioned when they were strung and crocheted.<br />
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Yes, I do get easily distracted, however at least I didn't reorganize my underwear drawer this time.Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676218426978828338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18371270.post-89429333831142481992015-10-23T21:15:00.001-07:002015-10-23T21:15:55.940-07:00Garden Stripes is closed<div style="text-align: center;">
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We are all looking at colors and trying to come up with a set that we think will work. I said "3 graduated light or dark colors for the trellis". One participant said her work table looked like it exploded with green bead colors and she still couldn't find what she wanted. </div>
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How often do you look at the beads you own and determine that a shopping trip is needed because you don't have the right color? </div>
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Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676218426978828338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18371270.post-24444447645521156022015-10-20T12:00:00.000-07:002015-10-23T21:19:17.310-07:00Garden Stripes RegistrationIt's time to sign up for this journey of discovery. <br />
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It will cost you $38 to join and crochet two ropes that have no patterns yet. What do you think . . . a dark background or a nice pearl background? You get to make all sorts of color choices - or use my colors.<br />
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Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676218426978828338noreply@blogger.com7Arizona, USA34.0489281 -111.0937311000000127.330691099999996 -121.4208796 40.7671651 -100.76658260000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18371270.post-22312487279979286722015-10-13T23:37:00.000-07:002015-10-13T23:37:31.353-07:00Garden Stripes ~ String-Along<br />
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We are about to embark on another String Along. This string-along will take its inspiration from a cottage garden. There will be two 45" necklaces, designed, strung and crocheted in multiple sections over an approximate 10 week period. I have ideas, but nothing has been designed yet - that's why this is a "string along with me" as I create week by week.<br />
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There will be trellises to hold up vines and serve as a background for all the flowers. Then there will be flowers, lots of brightly colored flowers to plant on one of your necklaces.<br />
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Will you make a pale necklace set, a bold dark background set or create your garden in <i>never before seen</i> neon colors? We are going to talk about our inspirations, ideas and colors on a FaceBook Group.<br />
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So mark your calendars to sign up on October 20, 2015. We'll be starting the actual crocheting on Halloween weekend, October 30th. Room is limited to 40 participants, with preference given first to the last group of crocheters.Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676218426978828338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18371270.post-40817311430719343852015-09-30T11:26:00.000-07:002015-09-30T11:26:14.350-07:00Garden Stripes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know I want a pearl background but am having trouble finding the right colors for a graduated trellis. If I can get it all worked out, and the hands continue good, there will be a Garden Stripes String-Along. <br />
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Picking colors is always the hardest thing to do. There are times that I think I'll just sort and re-sort beads rather than make anything with them.<br />
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I'd better hurry up as I have to take the car in for a recall fix tomorrow and I need something to crochet while I'm waiting.<br />
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I'll keep you updated as I get closer to having something ready to go - hopefully starting around Halloween. Watch the Blog and FaceBook.<br />
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Thank heavens for good friends and family helping us get everything done. Good thing too as the new owners showed up to the closing with their dog and a truck load of things to move in.<br />
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We are now permanently in Arizona and have to start doing all the change of addresses.<br />
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.... and find nooks and crannies of where to tuck our NH things into a 900 sq. ft old adobe house. Already I'm saying, "it doesn't fit!" I'm going to have to have a couple of <i><b>house cooling sales</b></i>, including an excess of beads.<br />
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Wondering now what the last chapter of my life will bring.<br />
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As of July 5, 2015 it's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Native-Stripes-pattern-Crochet-Ropes/dp/151472751X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1436110139&sr=1-2&keywords=native+stripes&pebp=1436110281236&perid=1WAWW11SQKTB98K6Z8BQ" target="_blank"><b><i>live on Amazon </i></b></a>and you can purchase your own printed copy ... enjoy</div>
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Give it a week and the last of the String Along files will be ready to have printed copies from Amazon. I'm just waiting for a proof copy. This is still one of my happy pieces even if I've seen ropes done in elegant colors. You can see what others have done on <b><i><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/jgiffin/native-stripes/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>.</i></b><br />
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I was talking to a new beader and mentioned that I wasn't a big fan of things that expensively sparkled and glittered. I much prefer the Czech Fire Polish crystals as the Czech seem to come up with the most luscious of colors.<br />
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These are a few Fire Polished crystals that I picked up in Tucson this February. See what I mean about great colors. I'll take the color over the sparkle any day.<br />
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When I did my first Bead Crochet book 14 years ago, I thought it might be just a 30 day wonder. Digital cameras were new and expensive, there were no Print-on-Demand services and downloads were scarce. I'm amazed (and grateful) that sales of all of my books continue as new beaders discover what they can do with bead crochet.<br />
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I don't move as fast as I once did, but it's still fun to dream up patterns in this technique.<br />
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Given what needs to be done before packing the car, I've put the moth sculpture away for 6 months. I did see an oriental running stitch quilting technique that might look great on these wings.</div>
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You can smell the rain in the dry desert air. The wind is gusting, making things rattle, squeak and moan outside. It isn't too often that the forecast says 100% chance of rain around here. Yet, there is still a possibility that it won't rain at my house but will rain a quarter mile down the road.<br />
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Tombstone's historic courthouse waiting for rain as it looks from my back porch this morning. The clouds are rolling by quite fast and the wind is pushing the winter bare tree branches around. I can see some of the birds flapping like crazy against the wind but not going much of anywhere.<br />
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It's going to be a good afternoon to turn the space heater on and work on some beadwork. I have some light ecru pearl 8/0's out for a background. Now I need 5 spring flower colors. I have a matte green for leaves and a good yellow. I need to root around for 4 more colors that makes you think of specific flowers.<br />
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The parking lots are almost empty -- posted Motel prices are about half of what they were last week -- Big shrink wrapped pallets of things are sitting waiting for a truck. -- trucks are being loaded up .... it's time for Tucson to return to a semi-sleepy, Southwestern existence. <br />
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I stopped by the Pueblo show today while I was out and found a bargain. I'd been admiring the Crinoid fossils since I saw the first huge panel of them 3 years ago. At that point they were too big (5' tall) and out of my price range ($900 - $1,000). This vendor was packing up and offered me half price, I countered and got it for 1/4 the marked price. It's beautiful and quite detailed. Now to find a place in my little adobe to put it. The colors will go quite well on a wall here.<br />
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<br />Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676218426978828338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18371270.post-6558811883645861682014-02-06T22:07:00.000-07:002014-02-06T22:45:42.998-07:00Kino Gem Show<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdw16t_RRTF_1cwsYXYHflQTo4ZRI2hSv5bb6vkCUZB4x676pmLdqS_jZam70yrDDcgkPTvKv_ChKPEAgcPaqrAMRkiAoDypAWr1Khczee5ygn00WnVuox-OYxDz0kMyQJ2pOA3w/s1600/gemshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdw16t_RRTF_1cwsYXYHflQTo4ZRI2hSv5bb6vkCUZB4x676pmLdqS_jZam70yrDDcgkPTvKv_ChKPEAgcPaqrAMRkiAoDypAWr1Khczee5ygn00WnVuox-OYxDz0kMyQJ2pOA3w/s1600/gemshow.jpg" height="188" width="200" /></a>I need to do a Blog post, but.....<br />
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It was a good day to poke around this smallish show as it wasn't too crowded. You see, the Holidome opened today and I bet there were lines of cars several miles long waiting to get in there. The Holidome is probably the biggest of all of the shows with over 740 booth spaces.<br />
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Today I looked, touched and saw what was new. Shibori ribbon - beautiful, but not for me - too fragile and fussy. Two-holed triangles, "O" beads -- Oh yes... they need to hurry up with more production.<br />
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Two Tucson shows in one day is almost a bit too much. I had a list of vendors to see and didn't dawdle to look at every booth..... however, there were more than a few instances of, "look...BEADS!"<br />
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It's feeling like a total PJ day - sorting old beads, fondling new beads and trying to figure out how to reorganize part of my AZ studio into new spaces.Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676218426978828338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18371270.post-83399781015434769372014-02-02T10:10:00.000-07:002014-02-02T20:59:00.624-07:00It's live on Amazon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-uJ7dacuXGklzAhUC9PNB7SDIHGITpwnwaXam5LJk7GBE34tYI60T20WIZMHuXGg1ejR3nZRlKxJdXuOR3-obPcOa7Cnt84rg0vY0saXzg_GtxdIEyewwrI7yuCPoCLOK-ARsw/s1600/6inchCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-uJ7dacuXGklzAhUC9PNB7SDIHGITpwnwaXam5LJk7GBE34tYI60T20WIZMHuXGg1ejR3nZRlKxJdXuOR3-obPcOa7Cnt84rg0vY0saXzg_GtxdIEyewwrI7yuCPoCLOK-ARsw/s1600/6inchCover.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a>It's live - it's up on Amazon..... and they've discounted it.....<br />
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If you've just discovered bead crochet, or wanted your own copy, here is your chance. If you are one of the people who teach and have asked me for copies, you can wholesale order copies through <a href="https://www.createspace.com/pub/l/createspacedirect.do?rewrite=true" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">Create Space, Amazon's POD</span></b> </a>subsidiary.<br />
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Now I'm off to a couple of Tucson's Gem & bead shows. I need a pearilized 8/0 bead for the next String-Along - Garden Stripes - ready to go about Feb 15th.<br />
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Spent the nice warm afternoon with a good friend oggoling fossils and minerals at the Tucson 22nd Street Show. <br />
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The show isn't quite as good as it was the first two years. Favorite vendors were missing and there were lots of empty spaces. For a show that said it didn't want bead vendors this year, it did have a lot of Chinese crystal beads. <br />
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This is an exact reprint so the original tips and material information will not be current. As the printing process is different, it's on different paper and had a long printing history, the price has been changed to $16.25. The core information, clear how-to photos and patterns are still some of the best out there on the bead crochet technique. If you want to learn, this is how-to-do-it. </div>
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<a href="http://www.bead-patterns.com/shop/shop.php?method=itemnumber&keywords=16353" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">The eBook is on Bead-Patterns.</span></b></a></div>
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Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676218426978828338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18371270.post-90145127013126984512014-01-23T18:37:00.000-07:002014-01-23T18:37:25.807-07:00Creative Thrifting I had to re-set a few priorities today and the moth project goes down the list quite a ways. Evicting the overlarge dust bunnies becomes first due to visiting Midwestern friends first of the week. To that end we went grocery shopping to stock the pantry for guests. Going down Highway 90 turned up a brand new thrift store. Turns out it's a rather large, neat one somewhere between a junk store and an antique store. Thrift stores are as hard to pass up as bead stores......<br />
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I picked up this rather nice vintage Lucite (maybe) necklace for $1 that I doubled on my wrist so I wouldn't lose it. It's one of my favorite shades of red. I guess I might not take it apart for the beads as I was offered better than $25 for my "wrap bracelet" while I was in Staples. I guess it's how one sees a piece like this that makes it a specific piece of jewelry. I now have a red wrap bracelet and later on it can be a red necklace.</div>
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I haven't taken this case of yarn tools apart yet. I'm sure there are treasures in the pockets here and there. I'm saving the fun for after dinner.<br />
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What I can't show you yet is the 1960's storage unit I bought. One section is wood flat files in that glorious, beautiful (ahem) late 60's orange - the other section is two-sided shelving. I have to go back Saturday and pick it up. I've been looking for more studio storage and I think this will fit the bill. <br />
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Now have to get organized to go back to Phoenix. It would have been a lot easier if I'd have left my toothpaste there last weekend.... but no, I left my laptop there. It's way too expensive to ship so a 7 hr round trip is in order tomorrow. <br />
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<br />Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676218426978828338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18371270.post-89517403187921541792014-01-14T13:30:00.000-07:002014-01-14T13:30:21.586-07:00Moths, Books & Beading<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, I have a real mess of fabrics, paper patterns, old shoe laces, wire, beads and this huge reference book of moth photos that are larger than life sized -- way larger. However, I have no soft sculpted moths yet. I've been bending up wire, trying to figure a stable way to embed 6 moth legs in the middle of a stuffed cloth body. So far all of my moth bodies wobble and promptly fall over. So back to the drawing board as I really want legs on my moths.</div>
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As I travel around, running errands, I've been crocheting. No, I've not been doing the driving! Here is my Sister's "essence of snake" lariat that needs only another couple of inches to be done. It sure does have that look of snake. In the background is a pile of bracelets waiting to be joined. I love everything but the bracelet joining. It's right up there with doing my IRS taxes and I can procrastinate on both things almost forever.<br />
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Bead Crochet Ropes is the first book that I published, 11 years ago. It's been out of print for some time now with only an eBook version. I've had so many requests from different people, bead stores and bead crochet teachers for a print copy.<br />
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I've been told that the set of how-to photos are some of the best out there for learning (or reviewing) the technique. This edition is an exact republication of the original book. Many things have changed over the past 11 years, however I've left the original information exactly as it was originally printed. <br />
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If you have an original copy, you may want one of these to cut apart and make notes on the pages. <br />
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I have a treat coming up as I'm heading North to bead with long time beading friends for a day or two. It will be nice to see everybody and even better to share creative solutions. I hope they help and push me further along the Moth pathway.Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676218426978828338noreply@blogger.com1