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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, October 31, 2008 - 2:26 pm
Mocha, those are beautiful! I really like the moon/star charm on the top one. The tubes of seed beads in the top pic, the purplish ones and the orange/reddish...do you mix those yourself? I'd love to find some that are just two or three colors, all I ever seem to find are the single colors or the ones with all the mixed colors.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, October 31, 2008 - 3:24 pm
Thx and no they came mixed.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, October 31, 2008 - 3:32 pm
that pic doesnt do justice to the stunning thong I received!! the way the light hits the sparkles just doesnt come across in a pic. I forgot to mention that War's had the breast cancer ribbon charm on it, which I just loved!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, October 31, 2008 - 3:52 pm
I took some pics and mine dont do them justice either!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, October 31, 2008 - 3:58 pm
Lol
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, October 31, 2008 - 4:28 pm
The picture doesn't really do mine justice either. It's so sparkly and bright.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 5:24 pm
Help!! I want to make a necklace and bracelet to wear to my nieces wedding on Sat. I am wearing a dark purple pantsuit that has a scoop type neck. I am quite plus size as well. Does anyone have any suggestions as to length? I have a pearl necklace I have worn with it before but never felt it looked right. Maybe I should try to make a few necklaces of different lengths so I have "more" as I thought the single strand didn't look great. I only know how to use the stretchy stuff and don't have anything else or the hooks one would need. Should have started this last week. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thank you.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 10:24 pm
Sugar, I don't know how comfortable you'd be trying something new...but Michael's I know has jewelry making kits that you can buy. They're usually matching pieces (necklace, bracelets, earrings.) Each kit comes with everything you need, the wire, the finding, the beads/pearls/crystals/charms, etc, except for the tools. They also come with easy to follow instructions so that might help you. If you're looking to do something different than using the stretchy cord, the kit would probably be perfect for you since you wouldn't have to worry about what parts and pieces to buy. Other than that, I'm not much help. I have no fashion sense whatsoever so the legnth/several strands over one is over my head.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 10:28 pm
Thanks Wargod, I'll try to run over to Michaels tomorrow and see if they have anything. The last couple of times I've been there they were a bit short on a lot of materials. Being a bigger person, I always worry about something being too short or too tight.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 11:53 pm
I hope they have them, Sugar. Our Michaels moved into a new, bigger store a couple months ago and I'm still kind of amazed how much more they have than they used to. They did have the kits at the old store though.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Monday, November 10, 2008 - 4:41 pm
Well I ended up using beads I had and if I do say so myself the necklace turned out to be quite pretty. I may ask hubby how to post a picture to show it. I had a couple of bracelets on hand, (or wrist, lol), that I made this summer that were complimentary to the necklace.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, November 10, 2008 - 10:20 pm
Yay! Did you go with a longer one?
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 12:11 am
Yes it was a bit longer. I decided to wear it against the fabric as opposed to just on my skin to break up the big expanse of purple a bit. Am going to search online to see if I can find a class. Last time I checked, Michaels was only doing Wilton cake classes.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 8:59 am
If you have a bead store nearby, Sugar, check them out for classes. Mine does several classes a week (in the evenings) plus will do them during the day if she has a group that wants to come in. I haven't checked Michaels out lately for their classes. What colors were the beads you used?
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 10:30 am
I used brown, amber, green, purple and gold. I also used a few black seed beads. Ironically, there was a bead store near where I used to live, haven't found one near here yet and the local Community College hasn't offered a bead class the last couple of semesters, they are doing metal jewelry and I con't care for all metal. I am going to take a cake decorating class at the CC in January and am looking forward to that.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 10:46 am
Those sound like great colors for your outfit! Heh, we used to have one bead store about 3 blocks from here til they moved across town. Probably a good thing considering how often I liked to go over there! We have another one a couple miles away that I really do enjoy more (they have more, it's a woman and her parents who run it so always someone to help, and she's very happy to offer suggestions or advice when you're stumped.) They're the ones who offer the classes, right now its Native American jewelry. I'm waiting for them to get back around to working with wire (twisting it around beads and stuff) cuz that's one thing I can't get the hang of. I know how it should be done, but I just can't do it on my own. Cake decorating sounds like fun. I know Escapee's been taking classes and has a thread somewhere around here with her cakes.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 6:53 pm
OMG! I just got the lanyards that War made for me and they are spec. tac. u. lar!!!!!!!! I dont know what color I love the most!! I love that they are so lightweight, I was thinking with all the beads they would be heavier, they are awesome!! I now think I want to keep all the colors for myself!!! I think the pink black is my fav cuz I like the circle rhinestone thing at the end. I love the hearts on the other ones but this circle is so sparkly and I love sparkly!!!! Pics just dont do these things justice!!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 10:09 pm
Ah thank you Pamy! I really loved doing them for you. Most of my beading is done for the kids so I love the chance to do something pretty for adults.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 8:44 pm
My latest bookmarks:
I'd actually seen the dangly part on the end of a book thong and thought it'd be really cute hanging from a shepards crook book mark. I went to the bead store today to pick up some of the shepards crooks and was shocked as could be to see she had a display of the very same thing! I had to explain to her why I was standing there with my mouth hanging open, lol. They turned out really cute, though it's hard in the pic to see how they dangle freely in a book when they're leaned up against a roll of toilet paper, lol. Was the only thing I had to make them stand up though. I'd told Dakota and my nieces I'd make them bookthongs for their teachers for Christmas. When the other kids heard about that, they asked me to do some for theirs as well and by the time I was done counting had 15 of them to make, lol. I'm going to do these instead because they are super easy and pretty quick to do.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 9:51 pm
I'm not sure if I posted about this project here or in the caregiver thread. With my aunts declining health, we'd been a bit worried that if she fell or got sick and was alone, sis and bil might not here her calling for help. They found a little buzzer/speaker system a couple weeks ago that works great...no matter where they are in the house or yard, if aunt pushes the buzzer, they can hear it. Only problem was there was no way to attach the buzzer part to aunt's clothes. I came up with the idea (thanks Pamy!) of doing a lanyard, except attaching a small bag to the end to put the buzzer in. She didn't even have to take it out of the bag, could push the button through it. Only problem was that it was too long and everytime she put her hands on her stomach, she hit the button. I shortened it, but it was still long enough she kept hitting it. Tonight I completely redid it as a necklace. It has a magnetic clasp so she'll be able to take it on and off easily and without help and I just attached the bag to the wire, rather than using rings like I'd done previously. I'm hoping it works this time cuz I'm not sure what else we'll do if it doesn't.

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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 6:43 am
Nice War!! Lol I love how they're in toilet paper rolls.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 9:20 am
LOL, gotta use what you got.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 11:08 am
Wow, those bookmarks are really cool!
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 11:13 am
Love those bookmarks, War. We had the same problem with the alert button. We ended up putting it on one of those rubbery wrist bracelets (that looks kind of like a spring or something) for her and that worked well. She could easily put it on and take it off. Can't tell you how many times it went off before that! And she would never answer her phone, so we would drive 40 miles or so in the middle of the night, just to find her sleeping. She never even knew we were there all those times.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 11:28 am
Thanks! I've been pondering how to do the same thing using round beads or crystals cuz I had trouble finding the flat disks. May play around with some later on and see what I come up with. Bee, we thought about some kind of bracelet, but she has periods of bad shaking (especially her hands/arms) that we were afraid she'd be hitting the button all the time. OMG 40 miles! My aunt lives 2 miles away and I had plenty of those times of having to drive over to check on her when she wouldn't answer the phone before sis and bil moved in with her. It's not like you make the drive thinking, oh she's just sleeping and didn't hear the phone. Nope, the drive is visions and thoughts of the worst possible situations and I know it was agony on my quick drive over, can't imagine 40 miles of those thoughts! Sis and bil's part of the house is basically an attached, yet seperate apartment to the house (2 bedrooms, bathroom, living room, no kitchen.) Only way to get to their part is go out the back door and across the patio. If she needed help and her companion was gone or asleep, they couldn't hear her calling for help. Got to the point they were taking turns getting up every two hours to check on her. Button may be a pain sometimes with her hitting it accidentally, but it's so worth it.
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