These African "beads" just fascinated me. I'm told that they are made from old vinyl records. The strands by themselves are interesting and, in their own way, decorative, hang- on-the-wall pieces. After sorting through the piles at several Gem Show booths, I figured out that the stripped ones were fairly rare. I bought a couple of strands and then became intrigued as to their possibility as bead embroidery sequins. So I went back and bought more strands. I kept thinking that they would be such an earthy contrast to the glitzy normal sequins. Now I have more than I might possibly use in several lifetimes. Just like all my other beads!
OK, here's the deal ......
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I'm going to do a Blog Giveaway
of 2 small packets of mixed disks in return for ideas of how you would use them. Just make a comment with your ideas on this blog post.
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#1 - will be to the commenter with the most
interesting or unusual use for these things.
Totally my opinion/choice.
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#2 - will be to a randomly selected commenter on my blog.
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Time frame will be from now to Noon (AZ time) Monday, Feb. 22, 2010.
Just remember that I will need a way to get in touch with you if you post anonymously.
International commentors are OK, but it might take awhile to reach you if you win.
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I'll post the results sometime on Monday afternoon, Feb 22nd.
If I have no acknowledgement from you with your mailing address, I'll pick the next person in line on Tuesday.
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I need to share out some of this stuff I collected at the Tucson Gem Shows ... hopefully I'll also get some ideas that I wouldn't have thought of for using these things. It's also a way to let people know that I've joined Networked Blogs, which is on my sidebar and also available to Facebook friends.
