On Sep 17, 2004, at 15:01, Rhiannon Mann wrote:
I've adapted some of my left over beads into earings.
When I first started to learn lacemaking ('89), owning only one book on the subject, I didn't even realize there *were* bobbins other than Midlands... So, naturally, I proceded to carve and spangle to *that* "model" :) But, ignorant as I was of lacemaking, I never for a second considered that the spangles were there for decorative purposes only; somehow I knew, instinctively, they were there for weight. But, by '89, most of the beads widely (and cheaply) available were *plastic* - light as a feather. And the few *glass* ones that my local craft store carried (before it folded) were way too expensive for my pocket.
Soooo... I did the exact opposite of what Rhiannon is doing: I haunted the second-hand charity shop (we only have the one) and bought earrings and necklaces - *those* were still made of *glass* beads :) I then took them apart for spangles...
Now, of course, the earrings and necklaces available for cents in the same shop are made of plastic beads; the glass ones sell - for sizeable dollars - in *antique* shops... Just as well I no longer need them for spangles :)
T, in soggy Lexington, Virginia.
Our Ivan fallout is peanuts, when compared to much of the South, but we had a "tornado watch" at 13:00 (which let all the kids come home at 14:00 instead of 15:30). Then a "flood watch" at 15:00, while, at the same time Charlottesville (75 miles North-East of us) had a "tornado *warning*" - get off the road, go home, and bolt the windows and doors... It's stopped raining twice today (I got my haircut the first time; posted some booklets and did grocery shopping the second time), but more rain is promised *through* Sunday. And Sunday happens to be the day I'm supposed to be travelling to Richmond (150miles North-East of us, via Charlottesville), to judge the lace for the State Fair... Y'all *had better* sent a lot of entries to make the trip worth-while :)
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