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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 6:48 am
Kool thx War. And I'll be right over lol.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 6:50 am
I really like those seed beads but I'm afraid I'll make a mess. Maybe if I test them first...
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 9:05 am
They're freaking tiny, lol. I really like the way they look though.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 9:18 am
Exactly lol. I figure I'll dab some glue down and just sprinkle the beads over it or something lol.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 9:42 am
Ok I ordered 5 diff multicolors of the seed beads. Got the glue gun ready lol. I still haven't come up with the front page design yet though.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 2:05 pm
Hey that'll work (the glue and sprinkling.) Just be careful where you're sprinkling them, those things are a pain in the ass to pick up, lol.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 2:14 pm
lol
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 9:11 pm
Scrapbooking looks like so much fun. There are card/stamping classes here some Saturdays where you pay $3 to get in and then about $1.50 for each card you make. It is a lot of fun and plenty of ideas for scrapbooking. I do some beading and those beads are a real pain if you spill them. I have a bunch to clean up in the den right now. The best way I've found so far is to put a pantyhose leg over your vacuum cleaner hose loose enough that it forms a small cup inside the vacuum hose and suck them up. They do not like to come out of shag carpet though.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 3:16 pm
Got the beats. Not a whole lot in the lil tubes though. I may have to supplement with some ribbon. Oy.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 3:49 pm
How big were the tubes? I've never ordered seed beads from them before, usually buy those at the bead store. Have you thought about stringing them? Add ribbon along the spot you need it, then hang the strings of beads off of it? Or down it?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 3:50 pm
Oh good idea War but these are too small for me to try to string. The tube is smaller than a tube of lip gloss lol. I do have some flower ribbon kinda in a doily material that I'm gonna add along with it. Doing a test page right now...
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 3:59 pm
Well, you use a thin wire called beadalon for those. It's a real pain in the ass and takes forever but they look great, lol. That is a small tube! The ones I pick up are about twice the legnth of a tube of lip gloss but a little slimmer. I'm pretty sure there's about a million of the little suckers in there though everytime I drop the damn tube and have to pick them up, lol. I can't wait to see what you come up with.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 4:04 pm
lol. i have a beaded id badge holder and maybe one day i'll try to make my own with the colors i want. ok flowers down, now for the beads...
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 4:07 pm
LOL About the badge holder. The first thing I asked when I got my ID badge is if I could "dress it up a bit" They looked at me like I was nuts and said no.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 4:34 pm
I have 3 beaded ones. Ok here's some pics. Dang this glue stuff is stringy.

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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 5:35 pm
Have you ever tried thick designer tacky glue instead of hot glue? It holds in place well while it dries and it's safe for kids to use cuz they won't burn themselves. And, no strings.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 7:32 am
Damn dog got into my ribbon last night. Found it on the floor this morning but fortunately it isn't ruined. I think I did much better with the beading on the cover page. I also have quick dry tacky adhesive that I use for the paper backgrounds. Oh and of course I tipped over the lil bead tube on my desk lol.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 5:50 pm
Dangit some of my dried beads keep popping off everytime I move the page. Well tried something different on another page. I found these ribbony fibers that I had forgotten I had and used that. I think this will help give it the lil kick I need as well as cover the bag part.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 7:43 pm
are you using tacky glue? or hot glue?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, November 12, 2006 - 9:04 am
hot glue for the beads and the ribbon on the bag area.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, November 12, 2006 - 9:34 am
have you ever used "tacky glue"? here's a link for ya: http://www.joann.com/catalog.jhtml?CATID=82040&PRODID=28585
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, November 12, 2006 - 9:54 am
I can't tell if it's clear or not. I have some tacky glue but it's white. I do need to go to Joann's though for more ribbon next weekend...
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 10:59 am
I found the tacky glue at Joann's and some textured paper for the cover page. Going to do something with some glitter and a stencil. Oh and some orange ribbon to bind the whole thing.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 11:08 am
let me know how it turns out. tacky glue really works well where a glue gun doesn't!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 11:17 am
okies.
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