tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458554516487929722024-03-13T15:34:31.008-04:00Sleepless BeaderThe creative journey of Sleepless Beader designer Leslie RogalskiLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16971461001476837632noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-60631746063966725152014-11-05T16:35:00.000-05:002014-11-05T16:37:07.457-05:00Buy Handmade at Local Craft Shows!Whether it's a local temple's Hanukkah bazaar, a school fair or a church's Christmas Art Raffle, find the best gifts and decorations for the holidays at local craft shows, from local artisans. We empower the artists of our community by supporting their craft, and at the same time we find extraordinary and one of a kind things to present to family, friends, co-workers, teachers, everyone to whom you wish to give something to say, "you are special to me."<br />
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I'll be in such a show myself on November 21 and 22nd, at the first Holiday show of the Haverford Guild of Craftsmen, St. George's Church in Haverford, PA, corner of Ardmore and Darby Roads. I only joined this group last Spring and found myself among the warmth and camaraderie of dedicated artists working in all different mediums. Our common bond– a generosity of experience, sharing tips in craft, marketing, running a business, setting up displays, exhibition opportunities, using new technology, and more. <br />
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The Haverford Guild is a local branch of our state guild of craftsmen, the Pennsylvania Guild. Our members will put on a fine show, diverse and affordable! From copper flowers to silken scarves, joyfully colored ceramics to glistening, modern glass... and of course, like myself, plenty of jewelry artists selling styles for everyone.<br />
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If you live near me, come on out for our show. But wherever you live, check out the local craft shows for the really special gifts. And just go to the mall to see Santa!<br />
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Happy, healthy Winter Wonderland to all!<br />
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<br />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16971461001476837632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-15340913256091101652014-10-07T10:56:00.000-04:002014-10-07T10:56:10.813-04:00New tax ruling for artistsYou intend to make a profit from your art. You work at it full time, but just don't make a lot of money. And you try to claim deductions and so on, but the IRS says whoa, you aren't making enough money to call this a real job. <br />
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UNTIL NOW. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/07/arts/design/tax-court-ruling-is-seen-as-a-victory-for-artists.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1" target="_blank">A new ruling</a> says that you CAN claim your pursuit of art as your job even if you do not make much money. There are still rules, of course. You must show that you work to make a profit and that this is not your hobby. <br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/07/arts/design/tax-court-ruling-is-seen-as-a-victory-for-artists.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1" target="_blank">Please read this article</a> and share with your accountant. Don't have an accountant? Get one. Take your art seriously as a business and so will the IRS.<br />
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<br />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16971461001476837632noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-42857122257012551882014-07-29T14:32:00.002-04:002014-07-29T14:32:57.639-04:00Learn it. Make it. CRAFTSY!<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsflvtwxljj4ltXklGSaLwZBdOCrwzHo0mc7kvDIR8CVwxC0KeFICs-qXrcuujYghUbLAoBEVWDfytsDvN8v9NkLCcVrEmp3vjBCRSLstvMpwP8b8g5NWbWdsPbdX9OSSgK6zRzlvghjx3/s1600/instructorbadge.png" /><br />
I am excited to announce I am now an instructor on Craftsy.com! <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/ext/LeslieRogalski_4799_F" target="_blank">CLICK HERE to review and sign up for my class: Essential Seed Bead Techniques </a><br />
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In several lessons I take you through the basics of five popular stitches and variations: even and odd count peyote, tubular peyote, flat brick stitch with increase and decrease, circular brick stitch, flat right angle weave and faux cubic RAW, square stitch, flat and tubular herringbone... plus a special lesson on closures. Each lesson includes a finished piece of jewelry we bead through together.<br />
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If you're getting started or want to learn more, I hope you consider taking my class <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/ext/LeslieRogalski_4799_F" target="_blank">Essential Seed Bead Techniques </a>.<br />
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Of course I use my Doodlebeads drawings to help make things clearer, in combination with watching actual stitching, step by step.<br />
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<a href="http://www.craftsy.com/ext/LeslieRogalski_4799_F" target="_blank">About Craftsy.com:</a><br />
Craftsy presents a variety of advantages over live classes and other online education venues. Here are some of the most important highlights of Craftsy:<br />
• Our classes are yours to keep--watch any time and as many times as you like.<br />
• We select only expert instructors with authoritative knowledge.<br />
• Classes are interactive, so you can ask your instructor and classmates questions.<br />
• Our production team ensures the videos for every class are of the highest quality.<br />
• Craftsy classes are filmed in high definition so technical details are easy to see.<br />
• Every class is equipped with helpful features like video notes and 30-second repeat.<br />
• You can share projects for feedback and tips, or browse for inspiration.<br />
• If for any reason you are not satisfied you can return your class for a full refund.<br />
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See you at <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/ext/LeslieRogalski_4799_F" target="_blank">Craftsy.com</a>!<br />
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Happy beading!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16971461001476837632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-29755310878158305092013-05-22T14:04:00.004-04:002013-05-23T09:58:25.200-04:00CREATE YOUR STYLE Lights Up the Main Line Bead Society<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was my recent pleasure to illuminate members of the Main Line Bead Society in Springfield, Pennsylvania about being a CREATE YOUR STYLE ambassador, share current Innovations and Trends, and introduce them to the <a href="http://www.create-your-style.com/">www.create-your-style.com</a> web site. </div>
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The group learned how we become ambassadors and what our responsibilities are in exchange for our association with the Swarovski family and legacy. They were impressed when I listed the global regions we come from and how we recently welcomed our first Russian Ambassador. They had no idea there were so few of us but that we came from so many places!</div>
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I showed them several of our sampler "candy boxes" to see how we are introduced to new innovations, our "bible" of products and how we were recently bereft at the discontinuance of crystal yarn, to name a few of the now "vintage" products. We talked about the current hotties of gemcolor pearls, crystal rose and luminous green, as well as upcoming colors of nature blends and birthstone beads. I made up little sample bags that members passed around, and also displayed my own designs using some of those elements. </div>
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There was no internet where they meet so I simply chatted for a while about the Create-Your-Style.com web site. No one knew about it! It was great fun to turn people on to the wealth of information and inspiration there from the interactive features such as the online design tool to the videos from the Professor of Crystal Nick Regine, the APPS, the Ambassador blogs, and the shopping! Lots of questions and note-taking ensued.</div>
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Thanks to the VERY generous support of Swarovski, I came loaded down with CYS gift bags for everyone with issues of <i>Water</i> and several packages of elements, plus a few cool things for which we had a drawing including copies of our <i>Crystal Jewelry Inspirations (</i>which I signed for them<i>)</i>, color carousels, a couple issues of <i>Sound</i> and little books of designs and projects. </div>
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I am looking forward to workshops with this wonderful, enthusiastic bead society. I think the fave designs being considered were my Deco Rose bracelet and my Filigreellipse earrings. I'm looking forward to teaching them.</div>
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No question that leather cord bracelets sporting sliders and
charms are sizzling hot right now. Few jewelry projects are as easy to create,
even if you've never made jewelry before. Can you glue, trim the end off a
strip of leather, and do a bit of addition and subtraction to measure a length of cord? Then
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Me, too! So I am giving myself a well-deserved and easy break
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You need to account in the cord length for the ends that get
glued into each clasp. Measure the clasp depth: I took a small strip of paper,
inserted it into the clasp, and marked where the clasp ends. Then I measured
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Subtract clasp length from total length = 5 ½". <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add ½" for clasp depth and my
leather cord needs to be cut to 6". Ultimately this will give me 5 ½"
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straight cuts at the cord ends. Use a sharp craft knife and a cutting board, pressing with a firm and controlled sawing motion. Use caution when
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6. Now comes the really fun part: choose your sliders! Play
around with your sliders to come up with a pleasing arrangement. I tried a few ideas,
and took photos to remember so I could recreate my fave. <br />
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7. Once your sliders are arranged on the cord, glue the cord
ends into the clasps. MAKE SURE your clasps are facing the proper direction so
the sliders show correctly if they have a top and bottom, like the owl in my
design. I prefer my clasp's hook facing in, it's easier to hook that way. </div>
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and insert the cord end completely. Don’t use too much glue or it will
overflow. If this happens, wipe excess away immediately using the edge of a
card, such as the one on which your sliders probably came packaged. Place the
glued bracelet to dry 6-8 hours someplace flat and away from little hands or paws. Here's my finished cuff again. All told <i>including</i> writing this blog with photos, my slider project took under two hours! For anyone but especially me the seed bead devotee, this is insanely instant gratification... except I need to make that glue dry faster!</div>
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16971461001476837632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-63442952780775269902013-01-20T10:57:00.002-05:002013-05-23T10:00:11.976-04:00My First Wire Crochet with Swarovski Crystals, Beadalon Findings and Dagger Beads from UnicorneMy first wire crochet!<br />
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I had not yet been drawn to wire crochet since it tends to be organic and I am a more architectural designer. But I needed
to learn this technique for an upcoming Jewelry Television gig. I already know how
to crochet and bead crochet, I just never did it with wire. Nothing like a deadline for
live TV to compel you to take on something new and learn how to do
it well, and fast!<br />
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Several CREATE YOUR STYLE with Swarovski Ambassadors are wire crochet dynamos so I turned to the <a href="http://www.kalmbachstore.com/67019.html" target="_blank"><i>Crystal Jewelry Inspirations</i></a> book for tips. Many thanks to <a href="http://www.vintagemoon.net/" target="_blank">Laura Timmons</a> for her project which described a method of braiding individually crocheted strands. Aha! It was just the technique I needed to employ. Thanks, Laura! I also looked at the web site of Dixon Chick <a href="http://www.thedixonchick.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Stephanie Dixon</a>, so thanks for the additional inspiration, Steph!<br />
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I wanted to feature these striking, silver-dotted, red glass daggers from Unicorne
Beads, so I strung them between sections of alternating sizes of Swarovski Jet crystals for two crocheted strands, one strand also including Beadalon
oval links in gunmetal. The third strand uses all Jet crystals in sizes 5mm and 8mm. All strands use 26 gauge Artistic wire from
Beadalon, non tarnish silver. Thanks to Laura I realized I could crochet single strands and braid them together into a more substantial form, though I used only 3 strands and her project uses many more.<br />
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Finishing up is straightforward enough if you've done any wire work that includes end cones or caps and wire wrapped loops with a clasp. Here's what I did: secured all braided strand ends together into a tidy "nest" that fit inside my bead cap, leaving long ends to string through the bead cap and form a wire wrapped loop. Twirled the wire ends into a thicker gauge cable for the wire wrapped loop. Made a wire wrapped loop capturing one oval link. </div>
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Used Beadalon's Quick Link connectors to extend the necklace with more small gunmetal oval links, and used an ear wire as the clasp. <br />
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I suppose I should say that I got hooked on wire crochet and look forward to exploring it again. <br />
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Tune in to J<a href="http://www.jtv.com/Jewelry-Making/6,default,sc.html" target="_blank">ewelry Television (JTV) JEWEL SCHOOL</a> on Feb 3 and 4th, 10-noon EST, to see the cool crochet kit you can buy to get started yourself!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16971461001476837632noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-84572502475264734292013-01-15T17:49:00.000-05:002013-05-23T10:01:29.201-04:00Crystal Jewelry Inspirations, My Journey as a Contributing Ambassador<style>
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It is my honor and pleasure to blog about being in the <a href="http://www.kalmbachstore.com/67019.html" target="_blank"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Crystal Jewelry Inspirations</i></a> book of
designs from the CREATE YOUR STYLE with SWAROVSKI ambassadors. Our common
passion for Swarovski materials makes for a special bond not only between
ambassadors but between us and everyone who loves Swarovski crystals! Kalmbach editor Karin Von Voohees empowered ambassadors around the world to share our styles and techniques as a group like never
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<b>How I chose my design</b></div>
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before ultimately creating something totally new just for this book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First I presented to the editor my
Fossil Pendant, one of my personal favorites to wear. Didn’t make the cut for
the book because it doesn’t have enough crystals. I like featuring crystals in
ways that set them apart from other materials in a piece but for this book, the
design needed to be ALL about the bling. </div>
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Then I thought about this colorful necklace which always gets
lots of comments when I wear it. But though it uses a great variety of stitches
and is all crystals, it isn't totally my distinct signature style as an artist.
It's very fun to make and to wear, though, so I will write this one up for
sure. Some day!</div>
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special designs that people would connect to me and my style. I love rubber
O-rings and also wanted to make a piece that was more than two dimensions. Loom
weaving is, I think, an unexpected technique for crystals and something I teach
and demonstrate often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A loomed
cuff worked up into a foundation cuff pretty fast so I could get right to
adding embellishment and detail in all the circular brick stitched O-ring
"orbits." Color was based on my desire to be graphic but feminine,
stylish but edgy. Round crystals in jet (black) and crystal (white) checkerboard with fuchsia perfectly captured
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rather than bring in a manufactured closure. I started playing with a toggle
and buttonhole. First I just wired up a rubber tube, but needed to consider how
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Holiday time is so busy! I make tons of earrings as gifts and to sell at holiday craft shows. And all those earrings must be professionally presented on earring cards. </div>
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I make my own cards rather than buying commercial ones, so I must punch holes in them myself too. Here's my easy and recycled material two-holes-at-once hole punch. Since my earring lengths vary, I do not like using a jig which puts the holes in the same place on each card; sometimes I need holes way up close to the top of the card, sometimes lower. I eyeball my position of the holes depending on the length of each pair of earrings. Make yourself a little guide if you don't feel comfortable doing this by sight.</div>
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4. Eyeball where to center the holes between the card sides. My visual guide is to align the holes under specific letters in my name at the top of each card.</div>
5. Keep the push pins parallel and find the best place for the holes that allow enough room for the earrings to hang from the earwire when they're in the holes without lying too low on your card.<br />
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TIP: You may want to make more than one of these and vary the distance between the push pins to suit the scale of your earrings, with holes father apart if you make larger earrings.</div>
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Storing your stash is one thing; storing your finished creations is a whole new adventure. I used to pin my finished pieces all over my booth display panels which were stuck in a corner of my room. Some things hung from hooks I made to cling to branches (yes, from trees). But it was a mess, the pins were bending all the time, and I feared the ruin of my display panels.</div>
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I ended up hanging pegboard. I was not sure how it would look, or if it would be cost effective because I'd need LOTS of hooks, and worried about how pieces would hang.<br />
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As it turned out the boards look really clean and their natural wood color works great as the background color. Hooks come in lots of sizes and shapes, and I slipped sturdy tubes over several pegs to help round out the way pieces are hanging.<br />
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Thanks to my hubs Mike I only bought hooks with smaller gauges of pegs (the part that goes into the holes) to fit easily. IMPORTANT TIP if you want to do pegboard! Larger pegs distort the holes and are a pain to move around. Make sure to look for the hooks with the slimmer pegs! <br />
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I also still use my branches and hammered copper hooks so my jewelry wall has a bit more of a display feeling than just plain pegboard. Why not paint it, you ask? Because paint scratches-- and what color would match all my jewelry? Plus you can see that the pegboard matches the woodwork trim in my studio!<br />
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Now I am on the look-out for a nicer tube-thingy than cardboard to pad some hooks. Maybe there's an interesting but neutral color, easy-to-cut hose... or the tubes used to control network wires. I'll find something.<br />
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But meantime I am quite happy with clean arrangement, ease of organization, low cost and especially the now-I can-see-everything-and-so-can-customers look of my jewelry wall!<br />
PS: Yes, it's a TV, and yes, that's my Swarovski CREATE YOUR STYLE Ambassador apron on my dress form! <br />
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I've been working hard to grow the kit and tutorial sales part of what I do. This gives everyone out there a chance to make my designs and reveals which designs are ready to become workshops and classes with me at the helm, too. I have teamed up for this facet of my beady path with one of my sisters who is a whiz at the biz end of things. Her skills have enabled me to focus on what I do best, design and of course social networking! She's got the tech savvy to take over financials (taxes, tracking and ordering inventory, kitting and shipping, costing) and web based stuff such as our new site, and she even knows how to do some seed beading! With her help, the brand new sleeplessbeader.com commerce-enabled site will launch soon!
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Look for Sleepless Beader at the upcoming Bead Fest on August 17-19th at the Oaks Expo Center–Artisan Table 445. Kits and tutorials at the show will include popular favorites and new designs I have <i>finally</i> gotten around to writing and illustrating. Good thing I'm sleepless!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16971461001476837632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-42460982595987197892012-06-16T12:07:00.000-04:002012-06-16T12:07:32.659-04:00CraftOptics<b>The better to see you with, my dear!</b><br />
Just got a pair of CraftOptics lenses. Wow these are cool!<br />
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They are naturally a bit more to wear than just normal glasses, but the soft silicone nose piece makes it really comfy. There's also a little light which works off a small battery pack that clips onto your pants or whatever, like a cell phone would. The light slides right onto the optic part for targeted illumination. Clever! The light cord runs through a clip on the arm of the specs, and has a small spring action clip to attach to your shirt so it stays out of the way. VERY nicely engineered. (My lenses look lit up in the photo but it's just a reflection from my laptop screen.) AND they come with croakers, the soft cords that slide onto the arm ends like the kind of eyeglass cords surfers wear, with a button that slides on the cords to adjust the specs to stay put or let them hang down. <br />
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Great for my eyes and especially my craftsmanship! I expect to be using these on Beads, Baubles, and Jewels segments taping soon, so you'll be able to see them in action–rather, see me in action using them–when the episodes go on the air. I'll let you know when they're on! <br />
<br>And yes, mine are purple.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16971461001476837632noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-20933766226395922402012-06-01T19:25:00.000-04:002013-05-23T10:02:30.526-04:00Deep Blue BlingDid you know that the average human eye can register quantities of 5 at a glance without counting, and after that, not so much? So if you instantly see 6 sets of 5 crystals, good for you!<br />
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So this box comes from Swarovski today, and it is RATTLING which of course makes us all salivate, right? I forgot that Xilions were being sent to me for an upcoming taping of <a href="http://beadsbaublesandjewels.com/">Beads, Baubles, and Jewels</a> for segments sponsored by EK Success. Check out the 6 blues I chose to play with in size 6mm. They are, clockwise from top: Indicolite, Montana, Pacific Opal, Jet AB, Mint Alabaster and center, Light Azore. <br />
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I must have been an interplanetary hitchiker to love these colors because they're super stellar, like extraterrestrial gleams of brilliance from otherworldly galactic entities. Don't let my inadequate photography fool you. (I actally had to tone down the luster or you'd be seeing sparkles before your eyes for days.) <br />
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Or in earthly realms, perhaps I wish to be a mermaid in the Caribbean swimming in such aquatic magnificence. I just love these colors, is what I'm saying.<br />
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You can space out in your own sparkling waves over these hues too. Look for them wherever EK Success is sold and in your local bead store. <br />
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What did I make from them? I'll show when they're created!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16971461001476837632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-40382290385152895182012-03-22T20:51:00.018-04:002012-03-26T16:02:11.210-04:00Fun with Beadalon<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Making new videos for the Beadalon web site brought out<br />a variety of my facets, er, faces. :-)<br /><br />Look for the videos now on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/beadalon">Beadalon's You Tube page</a>. My latest videos include how-to-do, why-to use, and what-to-use for: loom bead weaving, Elasticity stretchy cord designs, WildFire beading thread, all sorts of beading needles, bead organization and storage, arranging a beading work area, and Hybraid (Is it a wire? A beading thread? 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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Steampunk Herringbone Cuff by Leslie Rogalski (c) 2011<br />Only one student signed up. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;">Cuff was recently selected to be featured <br />in the new Lark book <span style="color: blue;"><b style="color: magenta;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Showcase-500-Beaded-Jewelry-Contemporary/dp/1454703164/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330659901&sr=8-1">Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry</a></b> </span><br />now on advance sale on Amazon.</span></i></td></tr>
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People grab my arms when I wear pieces such as these and exclaim, ooh, teach this, teach this!</div>
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So I write up tutorials, a laborious and lengthy process. I spend days re-making designs I have so far only made intuitively– measuring the number of beads, calculating sizes, counting components, and simplifying technical aspects as I re-create my one of a kind pieces so I can teach them clearly and step by step.<br />
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I take photos I hope will entice, fill out forms meant to present the projects as fun and doable, and submit packages to events. I'm ecstatic when I get juried in. I make hotel and flight reservations. And then... I get one, maybe two students (thank you!) who sign up.</div>
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I can just feel all you other teachers sighing and nodding. It is never an impulsive decision to cancel a class even if we have but one student, because every single student is important and valued, very valued.<br />
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The truth is we cannot afford to travel to shows unless we make a profit. Not just cover travel expenses, not just be compensated for all the time it took to develop the class, write the tutorials, determine the best way to get a technique presented. Make money, as in, to put in the bank and save for the kid in college or get a real haircut not by your neighbor in beauty school.<br />
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It's not a profit just to pay your way and break even. That's living hand to mouth. I bet most of you are close to doing that no matter what your jobs are.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Purple Path Tila Herringbone cuff<br />by Leslie Rogalski (C)2011<br />Taught it to several "I'll never like seed beading" friends <br />who now can't stop beading.</span><a href="http://www.beadfest.com/spring.aspx"><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-size: small;">SIGN UP FOR THIS CLASS <br />AT BEAD FEST SPRING</span></a></i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Sometimes it's hard not to be mad when a class you signed up for is cancelled. Teachers think you are the BEST PEOPLE EVER for wanting to be our students. We just wish there were more of you signing up. Then we can not only come to the shows and teach the classes, but eat, too.<br />
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There are a couple amazing shows with registration open NOW for fabulous classes, with renown, master teachers. They are very varied in time and cost and skill level, so there is bound to be at least one class you'd love. Maybe even one of mine.<br />
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Bead & Button is in June in Milwaukee, and Bead Fest Spring is almost here, April 13, 14 and 15th at the Oaks convention center, easy to reach, just a few miles from Valley Forge PA.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Hollywood Filmstrip loom cuff by Leslie Rogalski (c)2012<br />Sign up for it at </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.beadfest.com/spring.aspx" style="color: magenta;">Bead Fest Spring </a><br />Kit includes the loom and beads and the cool special bezel cuff!</span></i></td></tr>
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Treat yourself for your birthday. Or your unbirthday. Celebrate your emancipation from that guy you thought was Brad but was really the pits. Classes are kosher for Passover, and I know the Easter bunny would leave a gift card for a class in your basket if you promise not eat all the jellybeans except the green ones.<br />
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It is not every day you have the chance to get the inside scoop from a master, let alone one who shares your own passion. Diane Fitzgerald is such a worthy mentor for anyone
who makes, wears, or simply appreciates the art of beadwork. I
encourage you to enjoy her journey with her in her new book from Lark, "Diane Fitzgerald's Favorite
Beading Projects."
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The appealing variety of styles, techniques
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Variations of designs include these <br />
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Diane
has chosen 24 personal favorite projects to represent her journey (so far!) as
a teacher, designer, historian, and ambassador of global bead arts. The delightful introduction by another bead
master, Jean Campbell, fills in the storyline about Diane and how she became
who she is.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diane can be such a romantic. <br />
The soft fabric used in this<br />
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There is a range of skill levels but truly anyone familiar
with beading can make everything in the book. The projects
have wonderfully clear illustrations and well written, step by step
instructions. The photos are nice and large making it easy
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tips on using color, improving your technical craft, and inspiration from the
four corners of the globe—which, by the way, Diane has visited. She has
literally searched the world for inspiration and technique, and has gathered a history of beadwork along the way which is shared in comments scattered through her book.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fortune Teller beads predict happy hours with bright colorss.</td></tr>
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You all know I'm a seed bead devotee above most other
materials. I have not been around the world but I have been around as an artist, teacher, editor, and beady babe. I know a lot of beady peeps. So, I have high
expectations when it comes to inspirational and informative beading books. "Diane Fitzgerald's Favorite Beading Projects" will make your fingers itch to bead!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diane's Zipper Bracelet is my personal favorite.<br />
I love the purple iris cube beads, too!</td></tr>
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</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16971461001476837632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-33993124653616860462012-02-27T16:11:00.000-05:002012-02-27T16:11:12.321-05:00BEAD CAPS: Before, During, After<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">BEFORE</span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">First I chose these Lucite beads from my stash</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then I made a glorious mess playing around with Beadalon bead caps, Swarovski crystals, Swarovski crystal pearls, more beads, lots of wire, headpins, and stuff. You know, STUFF.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here are the finished bead components I made.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tune in to Jewel School on Jewelry Television</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">March 18 and 19th </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">10 AM to Noon EST.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">See everything I made with </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Beadalon bead caps!</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-25675692552052340952012-02-09T13:33:00.000-05:002012-02-09T13:33:02.421-05:00CREATING SWAROVSKI STYLE in TUCSON 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The CREATE YOUR STYLE with SWAROVSKI experience in Tucson this year was beyond my expectations.<br />
First, being together with the other ambassadors was as warm and fuzzy as it was sparkly! I heard this event brought more ambassadors together in one place than ever before.<br />
We had a special showroom with tables to share our creationss, kits, books and more with everyone. Seeing the diversity of work and astounding innnovation in materials and techniques among us was simply cosmic. For example, look at Diane Whiting's Crystal Balls necklace--and the issue of Step by Step Beads in which it appeared. (True story--I was the editor in chief of that magazine and brought that project in from Diane before we even really knew each other!)<br />
<img alt="Crystal Balls necklace and published pages from Diane Whiting" height="500" src="http://community.create-your-style.com/files/u65750/Diane_Whiting.jpg" width="375" /><br />
Kristal Wick's collection of finished jewelry and kits featured some of the most lush combinations of crystals and her original fabric beads, plus more yummy luxe materials. if you haven't made one of her necklaces, check out her kits and her fabulous books online--because you are missing out on making something extraordinary that will have people oohing and aaahing.<br />
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The vunderbar folks from Austria presented the new shapes, colors, materials, tools, effects and trends for the next year. Everyone was so eager to see the presentation and listen to Chris, Raphaela and Katrin "romancing the stones!" (But we missed Nicole and Marlena, who could not attend.) Here are ambassadors Debi Simon, Brenda Schweder, Kelli DeFries and Stephanie Dixon.<img alt="meeting" height="500" src="http://community.create-your-style.com/files/u65750/meeting_2012.jpg" width="375" /><br />
Among other new tools and web enhancements, we'll all be able to add a fabulous color wheel tool to our own web pages, showing how to mix and match all the Swarovski elements styles and colors.I love getting our little "candy box" of samples of many new elements.<br />
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Classes, workshops, and make and takes were a huge success--can you tell from my student that she was happy with her Chessboard earring project?<br />
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The newest part of the event was a showroom for Ambassadors to display (and sell) our finished work, kits, tutorials, books and DVDs, and demonstrate our favorite techniques.It was so incredible to meet people face to face! The best part for us was being together with the other Ambassadors. I am sure our camaraderie was tangible. We just love being part of this group! (And we really missed those who coud not be with us.) Personally I can't eait to do this again next year. Thank you Swarovski for making this possible (and for the nightly Happy Hours). Huge hugs to our Ambassadors who helped put it all together (Tammy, Diane, Debi). Thanks to the local bead society folks who were just as nice as could be on helping us in any way we needed. <br />
And thanks to everyone who came to see us!<br />
<img alt="Leslie at her table" height="375" src="http://community.create-your-style.com/files/u65750/Leslie_table.jpg" width="500" /><br />
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Make the world beautiful!<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-52011101754009021262012-01-11T12:41:00.000-05:002012-01-11T12:42:14.535-05:00BEADING ON A LOOM<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/beadandbuttonshow_2191_7662408">Sign up to make this stellar cuff <br />
at the Bead & Button Show!</a></td></tr>
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Working on the Beadalon loom is so much fun, it really takes me back to my beady beginnings. I started using seed beads on a loom almost exactly like the one that every student will get in my class at the <a href="http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/beadandbuttonshow_2191_7662408">Bead and Button Show in June</a>. I know, I know–what about those pesky warp thread ends, right? That "chore" has kept you from using the loom, right? Not any more!! In my class you will learn to whisk those ends outta sight plus many other practical and easy loom weaving tricks:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Use strong and non-stretch WidFire<br />
to string the main long threads (warp)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See how to make your piece as long as you wish!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Discover how many things you can <br />
weave on a loom--earrings, for example!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The colors of the Hollywood Cuff<br />
are shimmering Miyuki size 11 Delica beads</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Next to the zen of weaving with Miyuki Delica beads and the satisfaction in the way those beads fit together, the best part of this project is the way we finish. We simple cut the cuff from the loom, fold under the threads, and adhere into a bezel cuff from EK Success. The look is superbly crafted and stylish.<br />
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<a href="http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/beadandbuttonshow_2191_7662408">So sign up!</a> You keep the loom as part of the class kit, and I will have plenty of other patterns and blank cuffs for sale so you can make more– because I guarantee your friends will all want to be a film star too!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-89593233805141769062011-12-20T12:33:00.000-05:002011-12-20T12:33:06.999-05:00My Gift of Peyote Patterns for You!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I hope you enjoy these 8 peyote patterns, designed for Hanukah but with a few that are universal. Each medallion can become a pendant, cuff or brooch, or incorporated into a greeting card, work of fabric art... it's up to you! I made one into a necklace.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_79LXkofTzSDvT7E8aC7TON46BTFJYepPn8HifCBJBEk2gDvKG4usi094YNxBge24XPWhZTUZ_eafWddS5w8e9Vn7isXKuV6UcUH-HigJXelNsuCWrV7Q3voB-Hbkx_O8jCVJMIXXVGQI/s1600/menorah_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_79LXkofTzSDvT7E8aC7TON46BTFJYepPn8HifCBJBEk2gDvKG4usi094YNxBge24XPWhZTUZ_eafWddS5w8e9Vn7isXKuV6UcUH-HigJXelNsuCWrV7Q3voB-Hbkx_O8jCVJMIXXVGQI/s320/menorah_small.jpg" width="289" /></a></div>Worked in size 11 Delica beads, the actual size is h x w 1 5/8" (42mm) x 1 1/2" (40mm). Note how the side edges have the in-out beads. This enabled more horizontal straight lines in my designs. It also allowed me to use the bead holes along the top edge to attach a rolled peyote tube as a bail through which I strung my beaded cord. These patterns are easy to follow in either peyote or brick stitch. <br />
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A bit about Hanukah for those who wonder if Jewish kids really all got gifts for 8 days. I personally did not. With four kids in my family, are you kidding? Do the math! Plus, this isn't a "holy" day. It's much more of an historic celebration. Here's the short version:<br />
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Hanukah means "rededication." In 168 BCE when the Syrian king banned Judaism and took over the temple, the Jews took it back led by Judah the "hammer", the Macabee. After the battle the remaining temple oil (for the eternal flame over the Torah ark) seemed too low to last for more than a day, but it lasted 8 days --some say that's the time it took until new oil could be created. The festival is full of games (like playing with the dreidle) and fried food (more oil, that's right!) Traditional yummies include donuts, called "sufganiot," and of course my personal favorite, latkes, or potato pancakes. <br />
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No matter how you spell it, Hanukah is a festival of light and celebration for the Jewish history of survival against all odds. <br />
So happy Hanukah, or as we say in my wonderfully multi-cultural house, Hanuchrismakwanzstice!<br />
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And more than anything, HAPPY BEADING!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Menorah, with all 8 candles lit, <br />
reflecting the entire Festival of Lights. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peace Dove. When are you showing up?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dreidle, the toy top with Hebrew letters <br />
standing for the words <br />
"a great miracle happened there" <br />
referring to the Hanukah story.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqVQT4nP0yZYKattBoFZ3mTySAEoZoh-ESqy624V2rT6af6MSyXkFLCNGMUtbz424yqIVK9cqU7PqM4pkBx7nQzVBPRfclgJRByHtcsAPhU71XXDEDhjMxC-b26jJHLkx9sKaBOHgCRI3e/s1600/gold+chai+final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqVQT4nP0yZYKattBoFZ3mTySAEoZoh-ESqy624V2rT6af6MSyXkFLCNGMUtbz424yqIVK9cqU7PqM4pkBx7nQzVBPRfclgJRByHtcsAPhU71XXDEDhjMxC-b26jJHLkx9sKaBOHgCRI3e/s1600/gold+chai+final.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Chai", Hebrew word for Life. <br />
The toast "l'chaiim!"is to drink to life!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hamsa, or Chamsa<br />
Middle Eastern symbol for the protective <br />
hand of Gd. The Hebrew word for five<br />
(as in fingers) is "chamesh." </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The flag of Israel is designed<br />
to look similar to a tallit, <br />
or prayer shawl.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Torah contains the 5 books of <br />
the Old Testament. Portions are read<br />
at every Jewish service. <br />
Torahs are hand scribed on scrolls <br />
to this day. No errors are allowed, <br />
so they are written in sections<br />
If a mistake is made, only the <br />
one section needs to be rewritten. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tree of Life, "Aitz Chaiim" <br />
in Hebrew<br />
shown here with day and night</td></tr>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-58548950477082314982011-10-24T14:31:00.000-04:002011-10-24T14:31:23.386-04:00More about how to learn PEYOTE STITCH<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So many people have contacted me lately with the desire to learn peyote stitch. Perhaps it is the release of the new emag <a href="http://www.interweavestore.com/Beading/Magazines/Peyote-Stitch-Jewelry-with-Crystal-Accents-eMag-PC.html" style="color: blue;">Fabulous Peyote Stitch with Crystal Accents</a>. Who can resist adding crystals to a stitch so wildly popular? <br />
Everyone wants to learn!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.interweavestore.com/Beading/Magazines/Peyote-Stitch-Jewelry-with-Crystal-Accents-eMag-PC.html"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ofsg_a6aOrbMhp6l2u0qj67Q_n3B7t262GF3Q3ngld8VMpiRg6hhDUAysoECjJY6txijsRzWimiETWmX0NiM4GBiamo5knh5YQam_f5bFzcWiiyhoBt3YlUXGgPIMdhybOKxXuEYI_yN/s320/emag+cover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Peyote stitch is sometimes called the gourd stitch. It is considered a Native American technique but is found in many other cultures around the world. Why is it called "peyote?" Wiki says the gourd stitch was traditionally used to decorate ceremonial objects in rituals involving peyote mushrooms, sacred rituals. That's all I know about it except it has to be THE most popular bead stitch of all time. <br />
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There are many version of peyote stitch, most commonly even-count peyote and odd-count peyote, referring to the number of beads per row. There are design advantages to which one you choose. Look at my original You Tube video for even-count peyote here:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0y63u_vtN4"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XjPyu85P6w0" width="420"></iframe></a><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It gives you some idea of how I teach; I draw the diagrams for you, and it has become my signature method. Since these original Doodlebead videos were made I've had my lessons from the TV show <i>Beads, Baubles, and Jewels</i> made into commercially produced DOODLEBEADS DVDs. These have much cleaner videos, but these originals remain my favorites. I made them using iMovies, and they were indeed to impetus for the product that became the DVD. :-) I hope to do more, with music of course. Edutainment, that's what the world needs!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can buy my Doodlebeads DVDs--there are two volumes so far-- and I suggest Volume I to start. Along with the videos you will have access to printable diagrams as PDFs so you can follow the video while looking at the diagram I use in the tape. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/56745749/doodlebeads-volume-1-dvd-of-beading?ref=pr_shop." style="color: blue;">Go to my Sleepless Beader Etsy shop: </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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In case you are really new to bead stitching, there's also tubular, circular, and multi-drop versions of peyote and about every other stitch. So think how many things you can create even if you only know one stitch, such as peyote. It's rather exciting.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also, using Delica or Toho cylinder beads gives peyote that perfectly flat fabric many beaders admire. Try Delica size 10s--they are a bit larger than size 11 and should make it easier on your eyes, and help enable your success. And remember to keep your thread tension snug and consistent, that will also help your work turn out best.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Happy Beading! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PS: Thanks to Joy D. for inspiring me to get this post out there.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-11433930345253070492011-10-08T14:32:00.000-04:002011-10-08T14:32:24.594-04:00Playing with Beadalon Rubber Tube<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For my Oct 6th appearance on Jewelry Television, Beadalon asked me to design using their 1.7mm rubber tubing, in both black and frost colors. Slender as a flower stem but very durable, the tubing is hollow which means WooHoo! You can thread through it with beading wire or Artistic Wire (less than 20g) and it cuts like buttah with a scissors, snips or craft knife. Was I a happy camper! (Y'all know I love the look of rubber in jewelry designs!)</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Since lots of people ask about how ideas come about for my finished work, I'm sharing some of the constructions I played using the tubing. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">My first idea was to cut black and frost tubes into pieces and string them with 4mm round Swarovski Siam crystals, for one of my fave combos of red and black and white. I curled .015 beading wire (same way you do with curling ribbon) to give the strands movement and more body. This necklace is unfinished. I think it will succeed if there are tons more strands for a more substantial presence, and, having (for the moment!) a limited supply of the tubing, I moved on to a new direction.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Having a pile of cut pieces of tube leftover, I took beading wire--not curled--and crisscrossed through the tubes and crystals in a traditional netting stitch. The only diff here between beadwork netting and this is that I strung the pieces of tubes instead of beads between the junction crystals. I'm not quite sure yet how to give this a polished finish as a piece of jewelry but it sure looks unique around a glass holiday ball or votive.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Grabbing a handful of the tubing inspired me to work with it in bunches. I cut pieces into varied lengths, strung them with beading wire, and crimped more Siam crystal rounds on each wire end. I simply took Beadalon crimp beads (not tubes) and squashed them flat with a chain nose pliers. The crimp beads are small enough to be innocuous yet add a touch of silver.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Using the frost color tubing seemed perfect with Beadalon's SP Quick Links and chain. I strung short lengths of the tube on eye pins with Swarovski Comet Argent Light 4mm bicones, and used simple wire wrapped loops to space the embellished eye pins along a lovely rolo chain. This necklace sparkles big time!</span><span style="font-size: small;"> So – the discovery I made in this play time with rubber tubing was that it can look dazzling and elegant, as well as industrially chic.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> <br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-17005623704198516792011-09-29T14:09:00.000-04:002011-09-29T14:09:11.302-04:00Should you sell jewelry you learn from a published project or in a class?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This is the real hot button topic, isn't it? I've been engaged in a very lively discussion with Cindy, a new fellow beader. She's agreed to allow me to share our exchange thus far, and we'd both be interested to hear opinions and possible solutions to this and related issues.<br />
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Cindy was making things she learned from a book, being somewhat new and not ready to forge her own designs yet. During one convo she said she thought that she could sell her work as long as she mentioned the original artist.<br />
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I said: It is generally considered acceptable to make and sell pieces not your own design but only in limited quantities. For instance, at your own home show, local craft fair, to private clients, or giving as gifts. But I've had my own designs being re-created and sold on Etsy where I sell my own work--the same design, and for less money than I asked for my piece. I did not like it but the beader doing it took great umbrage when I asked her to stop selling it on Etsy. She felt that once a design has been published it is totally up for grabs. So it's an ethical question that continues to be a discussion. What do you think? You made the piece so you should be able to sell what you made, right? <br />
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<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cindy said: I totally understand how recreating someone else's work and selling it would be upsetting. I have very mixed feelings about it but of course at this time I haven't created something of my own to be copied so have a limited view and feeling on this matter at this time. It is confusing because you buy a book, magazine or etc. to learn how to create items but then not being able to sell them after you make it is disappointing. I guess the feeling might be if you don't want it copied then don't produce instructions on how to make it. It is a very complex situation that I'm not sure there is a clear answer to. When I become more adventurous and confident in my beading perhaps I will then be able to come up with my own creations but until then I need all the help I can get.</span></div><br />
I said: You are among many jewelry-makers who don't make up their own designs but want to sell their efforts. I get it completely. It is a fine line--for all of us. Designers realize that people want to make our projects. It's why we teach and sell to magazines. That's how we earn a great part of our living. But we also sell our finished work. So when students (classroom or magazine followers) take our designs and mass produce them for sale, it takes away from our livelihood. It's the "making money from another person's design" that's the bugaboo, and not one easily resolved. All magazines ask that readers be sensitive to the authors rights and not take advantage. OF COURSE people want to sell what they learn to make. But is it okay, or when is it okay? <br />
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<b>If someone learns to make my original bracelet from a magazine, should they make and sell it over and over on Etsy?</b> Many artists don't publish tutorials for this very reason, and that's sad for students who could learn so much from those pros.<br />
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<b>How about at their neighborhood craft shows? </b>I say sure if it's not in my home town.<br />
<b>On their own web site?</b> HM, maybe. So ask me. But don't you want to make your own originals?<br />
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<b>On Etsy?</b> I say this overlaps my market, so I'm not gonna like it. Shouldn't I get a commission as if it was a licensed product? If you want to make and sell my designs, please contact me today! We'll make some sort of contract where I get a small percentage of your sales and you can make and sell as much of my work as you like.<br />
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And speaking of licensing... I have Disney jewelry I made for myself to wear when I go to Disney World. I DO NOT and WILL NOT EVER make them to sell or even to give as gifts! Even tho' the form of my jewelry and the use of materials is quite unique, it is not my mouse. So I walk the walk, beady peeps. (But anyone from Disney can contact me about officially designing for them. My designs are definitely Mouse Couture.)<br />
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<b>If someone takes my class, can they now go and teach that project in classes of their own?</b><br />
Only with my permission.<b><br />
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Should someone buy my tutorial once for $10 and then charge other people $25 to learn that project from them in their bead shop?</b> That takes bread from my table, unless they buy my tutorial for each student and THEN tack on their fee as an instructor.<b><br />
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Who invented peyote stitch, anyway?</b> I hear this a lot. It's "just" peyote stitch. You didn't invent that. True, but chances are the published project in question is more than just peyote. <br />
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<b>I think seed beading is different from other jewelry making</b>. The materials are similar, while other jewelry designs can switch out types of beads, chain, or wire, and become much more original even if the same technique is used. It is not as easy to invent something new in a seed bead work. Perhaps this is why beaders appear much more proprietary.<br />
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<b>What do you think? </b><br />
Can't wait to hear what you all say. <br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-43792671515706566712011-08-25T18:24:00.000-04:002011-08-25T18:24:02.302-04:00Play Big with your Materials!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I tell my students, play with your beads. Play with your materials. And then I get hold of this really cool new product -- Artistic Wire Mesh--from Beadalon, and I don't follow my own advice--at first.<br />
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Check out my progression from dainty dabbling to dynamic play.<br />
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First I cut small 6" pieces of Artistic wire mesh from a one yard piece. I think I was trying to be frugal. So I pulled my little pieces tentatively into ginko leaf shapes, which I wire to Beadalon rubber tubing. YAWN!<br />
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Ok maybe aspects of these are okay and I will apply some of the design to other works. But these are certainly not a showcase for the Artistic Wire Mesh.<br />
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I needed to loosen up my grip! <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ileawlWazXhJ8Cve8h0AebRs4Lx0_yz4jYqXDnInmDCHnlzuPpWbhpJZOnBVkZhJn-DHnLv3y7h8vMGvD5asAKMvaR26-U81p0nB-Zq7EXcQ2IWYPW5AIgzFKZgX3GwWEtw6MYO1mcyQ/s1600/Artistic+wire+mesh+play.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ileawlWazXhJ8Cve8h0AebRs4Lx0_yz4jYqXDnInmDCHnlzuPpWbhpJZOnBVkZhJn-DHnLv3y7h8vMGvD5asAKMvaR26-U81p0nB-Zq7EXcQ2IWYPW5AIgzFKZgX3GwWEtw6MYO1mcyQ/s320/Artistic+wire+mesh+play.jpg" width="231" /></a></div>What did I ultimately come up with? Stay tuned! And remember--you get what you PLAY for!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645855451648792972.post-48198971132319083032011-07-11T23:14:00.000-04:002011-07-11T23:14:38.039-04:00Jewelry Television July 2011<div style="text-align: justify;"> Knoxville, Tennessee, home of Jewelry Television. I was so honored to have Beadalon and John Bead Corp ask me to represent their products. Never realized how much FUN it was going to be!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've talked before about how much preparation happens before taping TV shows, right? This was no exception. Even with all I did at home before flying to Knoxville, I ended up spending a whole day there working on new loom pieces. Luckily, there was a marathon of all the Indiana Jones movies on TV, so I set up on my big comfy hotel bed and beaded happily away. It was too hot out to do much sightseeing anyway. (But next visit, Dollywood!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4f-xj6ovTvvevo8l_Xs4D5zc4aZJQfoscFIk3XozHT_BBDmorzLKINrOaJ1bIt-pb1CqzkmIG7ad-bDHD_XBldJMQ8bzzEAyEFHzKzE6BdAvDXMcF8cXd7PSew_kQKzq2fUbSZF9vCg6/s1600/IMG_2127.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4f-xj6ovTvvevo8l_Xs4D5zc4aZJQfoscFIk3XozHT_BBDmorzLKINrOaJ1bIt-pb1CqzkmIG7ad-bDHD_XBldJMQ8bzzEAyEFHzKzE6BdAvDXMcF8cXd7PSew_kQKzq2fUbSZF9vCg6/s320/IMG_2127.JPG" /></a> <br />
Yes, I'm totally warped. 3 looms at once.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEbBUHRnXlnXH128BfAYOzuOA8nB1ir8_8m0V8dXVj9wY5ZwCoIFiVTuJ2N_NTHvM-si1PpFg13CWGz30mnksTzXcr5-7hGy52lK26JeMcJiaNSA7iQOxTPy_jAe9WpcSWeEvOpEwTXMkP/s1600/IMG_2112.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEbBUHRnXlnXH128BfAYOzuOA8nB1ir8_8m0V8dXVj9wY5ZwCoIFiVTuJ2N_NTHvM-si1PpFg13CWGz30mnksTzXcr5-7hGy52lK26JeMcJiaNSA7iQOxTPy_jAe9WpcSWeEvOpEwTXMkP/s200/IMG_2112.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Using the Spin n Bead is great--I never would make something like this without one, since stringing beads one by one for each strand braided here would take forever. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FDqsyjDseMU2yNTmlKGcY5iVMG28u78l54NW_0JvKBAeRPIb2RdQoIKI3vzYvIH_Wj1MghuBYC0SjbO_K-dC1GVcO_AIijxf74pGd-cCx9ifpS9DEg9f17Sn3cUycHKUbw4hyphenhyphenAmXPjUr/s1600/IMG_2111.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FDqsyjDseMU2yNTmlKGcY5iVMG28u78l54NW_0JvKBAeRPIb2RdQoIKI3vzYvIH_Wj1MghuBYC0SjbO_K-dC1GVcO_AIijxf74pGd-cCx9ifpS9DEg9f17Sn3cUycHKUbw4hyphenhyphenAmXPjUr/s200/IMG_2111.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Showed these loomwork cuffs on Facebook already. That Beadalon loom is really easy to use. Definitely fast--and addicting!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7acFAP8AhXIlYpREM8uK1Hxe9hGANjQMrEH0Eye3E7tpKSnA3tXPfX5ZV0z_rpzX8i4GhuY65THXFGwsFenyUm-XypOhpVeIenEJmZh7JQIhxKF0NmfzK2vKMDWbIxiL0_NUdp0hhIS1/s1600/IMG_2149.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7acFAP8AhXIlYpREM8uK1Hxe9hGANjQMrEH0Eye3E7tpKSnA3tXPfX5ZV0z_rpzX8i4GhuY65THXFGwsFenyUm-XypOhpVeIenEJmZh7JQIhxKF0NmfzK2vKMDWbIxiL0_NUdp0hhIS1/s200/IMG_2149.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Earrings loomed with the different Delica kits from John Bead. Each colorway collection is for sale on the <a href="http://www.jtv.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-jtv-Site/default/Page-Show?q=delica%20beads">JTV site.</a> If they haven't sold out yet! </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKCVoy9fAC85Yd40ZJH-sH41MDNvydRoH0Owatso3H5wmoDRS58G5Bzmj_G07s_-7-N89IB8p8zc4yAUXKQsCpmxMdlzTUbf2aZc16gPFRjiRah_BqHNGDaA_oRxlA378ec-TryW-grApM/s1600/IMG_2141.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKCVoy9fAC85Yd40ZJH-sH41MDNvydRoH0Owatso3H5wmoDRS58G5Bzmj_G07s_-7-N89IB8p8zc4yAUXKQsCpmxMdlzTUbf2aZc16gPFRjiRah_BqHNGDaA_oRxlA378ec-TryW-grApM/s320/IMG_2141.JPG" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Margo and Kim, the Jewel School hosts, getting ready at their desk in the studio. </div><div></div><br />
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I'm setting up at my little desk on the set. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"> And a short video tour of the Jewel school set right before taping, with a little cameo from Daniel John of John Bead Corp who came down to watch the show. I'll let ya'll know when my next appearance will be and what cool stuff I'll be sharing!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhHzeu76STMsHh1sbXwV066hIHwA2mPSmcg2BIV8zNEYlEOlwMQ973XHi1of-49Zp9E5YH6JNhWDVGeDvu1YKn8zDBTuTjdpiSibPo3EUPPvVBQeRa2QfOxX1kVQ195fm-oUOREZyFYQs/s1600/IMG_2075.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhHzeu76STMsHh1sbXwV066hIHwA2mPSmcg2BIV8zNEYlEOlwMQ973XHi1of-49Zp9E5YH6JNhWDVGeDvu1YKn8zDBTuTjdpiSibPo3EUPPvVBQeRa2QfOxX1kVQ195fm-oUOREZyFYQs/s320/IMG_2075.jpg" /></a> </div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">For the <b><a href="http://www.beadalon.com/">Beadalon</a></b> sponsored colored wire and large bead segment, I took size 2/0 seed beads from <b><a href="http://www.johnbead.com/">John Bead</a></b> and wove them into a stylish wraparound cuff with a Tierra Cast wing charm. wanting to show the colored wire, I chose copper colored designer stringing wire to play off the bright blue beads, and used copper findings. Plus I added in Swarovski Caribbean Blue rondelles to push how to use big beads and colored wire in bead weaving. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">For the lesson on using seed beads to embellish larger wood and resin beads, I already had tons of beaded beads 'cause I LOVE making those. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Getting ready for the spoke bead lesson still took hours of preparation time to show the stages of each beaded bead in a only couple minutes of air time. Here you can see just two of the stages of spokes being stitched ahead of time, so on the air I can pick up a stage in progress and do a couple stitches, and describe the steps without taking time to do all the actual stitching. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">At the studio, each lesson is set out on large cookie sheets with all that will be shown on the air-- stepped out sections, materials and tools, and finished jewelry. I tape my stepped out sections on large white index cards to transport them from home to studio--and each one has a needle prestrung on the WildFire thread, also to save time on the air. </div><br />
So much work, right? But it sure builds my excitement to get revved for each show! <br />
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I hope it all works for you--but be sure to let me know how I can do things better or what other seed beady lessons, materials and tools you want to see from me.<br />
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Happy Beading!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0