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Eris
Member
11-13-2003
| Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 6:34 pm
I know what im giving for Christmas gifts this year lol woooohooooo thanks for the links JJ!
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 7:17 pm
I've bookmarked that first link. I like those trees in the second link, I wonder if she will send the pattern or if I have to buy her tree ... hey JJ, reading that pattern, did you make or buy one of those bead spinner things? about how long did it take you to finish one?
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Jaja
Member
02-16-2006
| Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 7:36 pm
I made my own bead spinner!! LOL I don't remember how long cause it has been a while and I have 3 fingers on my left hand that don't work so good, so it takes me longer then someone with good hands!! I got the directions off of her site at the time and I think she even has the directions to make your own bead spinner.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 7:48 pm
Yeah, I saw that ... I think I will have to check that out more
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 7:25 am
School shopping will cut into my bead buying dangit lol.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 8:16 am
I bought at a yardsale this summer 3 kits of beads for a total of $5. I bought them for my nieces, that were coming to visit for 2 weeks, so they would have something to do. They played w/ them a bit and I have a ton of beads leftover. I would like to attempt to start making things w/ the leftovers. Do you guys know a good book or web site to get started?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 8:22 am
making book thongs is very very easy. so easy i can do it lol. let me find the site i first used...
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 8:25 am
Ok here's the site. But where there's just the plain thread, I use seed beads instead. I also use either beadalon wire or think jellytype string.
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 9:10 am
Mocha Member School shopping will cut into my bead buying dangit lol. Me too, Mocha. Me too .
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 9:14 am
Thanks! Btw, what are book thongs? It sounds kinky. 
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 9:16 am
Lol. I have a project I want to get started on too. Next year it's the 20th anniversary for my line from my sorority and I'm going to do book thongs for all 24 of them. Our colors are crimson and cream. I've got lil silver elephants for one end of the thong and now looking for the righ stone for the other end. The base chakra is red so I've been looking for stones to fit this.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 9:17 am
OK, I checked the site. I thought you had made a typing error. LOL!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 9:20 am
lol
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 9:43 am
Grooch, book thongs are wonderful! Like Mocha said, they are pretty easy to make for beginners and kind of relaxing to do once you get the hang of it. You can make them as simple as you like or as complicated. And they are great as gifts! I buy books for holidays and birthdays for my kids, my nieces/nephews, and friends kids (they also get a regular present, but I always have books to give, lol.) And everytime I give a book, I make a book thong. I have a lot of fun picking out colors for each kid and then finding charms that fit their interests. I haven't had much time for beading anything lately. My sisters baby shower is coming up later this month and I'm doing the diaper cake. I've been picking up beads and charms (they are so cute! One set is little silver disks with baby footprints and the other is silver disks with "It's a Girl!" I'm planning on doing some kind of beaded strands to decorate the outside of the cake but haven't figured out yet what exactly I want to do. I'm also trying to figure out if I can use strands of beads to decorate the baby album instead of buying ribbon. I miss beading.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 10:20 am
Hmm the ruby jade beads I'm going to also use is under the heart chakra.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 11:42 am
Ruby jade and cream together will be beautiful! Mocha, haven't you done beadwork in your scrapbooks? Do you strand them first or just glue them on the pages/covers? And what kind of glue do you use? Hehe, and have you done them on fabric?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 12:08 pm
Yep War. I didn't string them, just glued them to the page using the acrylic clear glue. Oh I've also used a glue gun too. Haven't tried it on fabric though, just paper.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 12:33 pm
Hmm, I might try the glue gun. I think I'm going to have to practice some, I'm a bit worried about coming out with straight lines with the beads, especially if they won't be strung together, lol.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 1:12 pm
It may be easier to string them and glue that way then. I kinda did a cluster. Glued a spot and sprinkled beads on top.
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 5:52 pm
Mocha, I never thought of making book thongs. What a great idea. I think I will make them for teachers gifts for Chritmas. Do you have some pictures of the ones you used seed beads? Right now I have been making lanyards for the bank DIL work at. They love them and have paid me good money for them. Of course I have gone cross eyed from working with all the seed beads. Then my favorite bracelets and necklaces. I have some pictures I will see if I can get them posted.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 6:09 pm
Biloxi there are some in the archives and let me post some current ones... Oh I did a lanyard too and working on another lol.

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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 6:37 pm
Mocha those are great. The seed beads give them a finished look. I can't wait to start on some now LOL. Here are 3 of the lanyards I have done. The clear one is the most popular.

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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 6:43 pm
This is my favorite necklace. I made it for my SIL. I also have one just like it I just finished that is dare I say it, aubergine and lilac. I will get a picture of it tomorrow.

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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 7:31 am
Oh those are great Biloxi!! Lol I actually don't do alot of aubergine thongs. But the lanyard I did is shades of aubergine which I'm wearing right now.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, September 16, 2007 - 11:17 am
Gahh and Bloody Hell!! I was asked to do 2 beaded lanyards for 2 people. I'm on the 2nd one and I tried using the stretchie cord but it won't fit to wrap around the crimp bead. So I switch to the tiger tail wire. I had a third of the beads on it and it fell on the damn floor and seed beads everyfreakingwhere!!
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