Of course, as Tamara said, in addition to the button box, there's the bead box.
I started mine as a child, when an aunt gave me a broken necklace. It got added to by other relatives, and I used to swap beads with friends. I've still got some of the ones from my childhood, but I sold nearly all the plastic beads, especially the "pearl" ones, on ebay - they weighed nearly 2 pounds! They're nearly all glass or stone now - picked up two long strings of coloured agate beads in a charity shop last week for less than a pound each. I used to keep them in a box and loved to run my fingers through them and take out individuals for examination. Now they're sorted into the compartments of three floss boxes by colour. Much easier to find what I want for spangling, but I'll never have enough bobbins use them all. It's still quite satisfying to examine and admire the beads in one colour compartment though. The there are the small tins of sequins and "jewels" (cut glass, silver or gold backed). And to DH's question "Don't you think you've got enough beads now?", the answer's "No!" Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
