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Stone Heart Beads: January 2009
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A blog about beads, beading, jewelry making and adornment from a life-long bead and jewelry addict. Sunday, January 11, 2009. Sometimes, you just can't help but buy ridiculous materials, such as a full strand of 55mm Christmas Agate beads. Sometimes, if you get lucky, you can actually use those ridiculous materials effectively. 55mm Round "Christmas" Agate Disc Beads - Brazil/China. Brass lathe milled barrels - Unknown Origin. Red glass/silver lined "Pony" beads - Czech Republic. 3 out of 5.
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Stone Heart Beads: Kumihimo Journeys - Part III
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A blog about beads, beading, jewelry making and adornment from a life-long bead and jewelry addict. Thursday, February 25, 2010. Kumihimo Journeys - Part III. I'll confess that while my first and only class on Kumihimo was really about how to add beads to the braid, it took me a few months of just braids, reading and research before I committed to an all bead braid. The green braid I posted for the. On Beading Daily was my first effort with an all-bead braid. 1 - Getting the beads onto the braiding strand.
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Stone Heart Beads: Kumihimo Journeys - Part IV
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A blog about beads, beading, jewelry making and adornment from a life-long bead and jewelry addict. Thursday, February 25, 2010. Kumihimo Journeys - Part IV. Okay, I think I've caught most of the major pre-construction issues that should be considered before starting a project. Onto actually making a beaded braid. (For the purposed of the rest of this post, I am talking about an 8-strand all-bead braid, with the same beads on each strand). Mounting the Strands on the Disc. I am deeply fond of cone shaped...
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Stone Heart Beads: Kumihimo Journeys - Part II
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A blog about beads, beading, jewelry making and adornment from a life-long bead and jewelry addict. Thursday, February 25, 2010. Kumihimo Journeys - Part II. NB: I had not intended to take nearly 4 months to write more about my Kumihimo efforts, but between the holidays, my continuing obligations for The Noritake News, a herniated disc in my cervical spine, and a trip to Tucson (yah! I'm not an expert on Kumihimo, by any stretch of the imagination. I don't use a traditional marudai. The Loom (Or Disc):.
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Stone Heart Beads: Pre-New Years Bead Celebration
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A blog about beads, beading, jewelry making and adornment from a life-long bead and jewelry addict. Monday, January 4, 2010. Pre-New Years Bead Celebration. Glass beads haven't been my "thing" for a few years now, so I haven't had much reason to go to 37 th. Street to buy beads, but since I started on the kumihimo. I've found a need for certain types of glass - drops and larger seed-type beads, and 37 th. Since it was a holiday week, I elected - despite the consternantion. Between Broadway and 7 th.
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Stone Heart Beads: November 2009
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A blog about beads, beading, jewelry making and adornment from a life-long bead and jewelry addict. Friday, November 13, 2009. Kumihimo Journeys - Part I. A bit of background. Back in late March, early April, I took a class on how to make kumihimo braids and incorporate beads with Annie Dilker of Moss Hollow Pottery. I made this necklace - very typical "me":. I also discovered Jacqui Carey's. A bunch of larger ez-bobs from Primative Originals. It was time to start thinking about the beads again. I've bee...
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Stone Heart Beads: May 2009
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A blog about beads, beading, jewelry making and adornment from a life-long bead and jewelry addict. Thursday, May 7, 2009. Silver on Silver - Oddly Victorian. Hill Tribe Silver Beads - Cast 15mm bicone - Thailand. Hill Tribe Silver Beads - Woven metal ribbon 8mm bicone - Thailand. Sterling Silver Donut 4mm Spacers - US. Sterling Silver 2mm seamless rounds - US. Dark Silver 10mm ovoid fresh water pearls - China. Light Silver 5mm keishi pearls - China. Bali Silver "S" Clasp. 10 wire beading needle (2).
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Stone Heart Beads: July 2009
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A blog about beads, beading, jewelry making and adornment from a life-long bead and jewelry addict. Sunday, July 19, 2009. The results of the PMC I bought myself back in April. Tuesday, July 7, 2009. My Happy 3rd of July. My company's offices were closed for July 3rd, since the Fourth fell on a Saturday. My plans for that day were set pretty well in advance - I wanted to go to Metalliferous. I put $5.50 in quarters into the Muni-Meter, stuck the receipt on my dashboard, set an alarm on the iPhone for...
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Stone Heart Beads: February 2009
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A blog about beads, beading, jewelry making and adornment from a life-long bead and jewelry addict. Tuesday, February 17, 2009. Beady, Beady, Beady Weekend. Ever wake up and realize you need to go to work to get a little "down" time? The past weekend was beads, beads and more beads. Saturday was two back-to-back classes at Beads 'n Stitches. In Hicksville, NY. The 10 am session was diagonal peyote (I think I'll be hearing Maryanne's voice yelling, "What are do doing? And some leather cord. Walking back t...