A beady trade, part 2
So, I sent some pictures of possible bead combos to Sylvia (an opportunity to look at my beads, great fun!). I made a small sample of one combination that she liked, and sent her a photograph. This might be more to her liking.
New blogs
I love my feed reader. I can glance at many more things than if I were to scan them individually. I know I lose some of the formatting, and the design of the webpage, but that’s a compromise I’m willing to make. When I add someone to my feed reader, I try to add them…
A beady trade
My friend Sylvia made me a gorgeous bead crochet necklace. Bead crochet is something I’ve done a couple of times with size 8 beads, and while I understand the basics of a very simple rope with slip stitch, I find it difficult. My tension is very tight, and I don’t get a lovely supple rope…
Picasa and copyright
Mary Tafoya wrote a great post today about Picasa (the photo sharing tool that Google has) and copyright. There is wholesale scanning of books and posting their contents online in some groups, in flagrant violation of copyright, both domestic and international. Go take a look at her post, and when you’ve got some free time…
Shopping at the surplus store
I was at the local surplus store, and picked up a few O-rings to play with. I’ve beaded with rubber gaskets (which I published as a Beadwork article), and seeing these reminded me of other artists who have beaded using rubber; Leslie Rogalski comes to mind. The part of this that I found most frustrating…