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Post by Tweetiepy on Jun 8, 2005 7:32:18 GMT -5
I hope I'm allowed to do this, these are after all made of glass which are minuscule rocks - right? Here is where my talent lies. Since I have no tumbled stone to post & I'm getting acquainted with my camera, I thought I'd post these. These are patterns that I got from books (very good books I might add). The first is a thimble catcher, made to carry a small lucky charm or an actual thimble.  These are amulets - you can put a credit card in there this is Gwenevere - the back is beaded as her hair - I made one with brown hair & green eyes to represent my daughter too  Pandas - The fringe is too long & heavy for my taste I might do something else with it  Merlin - this has got to be my favorite - I love this one. it's tiny & lightweight  Thanks for looking & I apologize if I'm not allowed to do this |
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Post by Rose on Jun 8, 2005 7:39:47 GMT -5
Those are great Tweet ! I love the wizard ! Very impressive  |
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Post by Debs on Jun 8, 2005 8:32:42 GMT -5
Those are so cool Tweet! I love the one of the woman and bears! That does take alot of talent and time.
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Post by americanbulldogsnj on Jun 8, 2005 8:33:44 GMT -5
Oh, Tweet how beautiful! You are very talented, wow i'm speachless very cool!!!!!!!
Marian
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Post by rockyraccoon on Jun 8, 2005 8:45:35 GMT -5
tweetie i love those! i didn't see the bears until i read debs post and went back to look. the wizard one reminds me of santa claus. very nice indeed. thanks for sharing your talents!
kim
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Post by stefan on Jun 8, 2005 9:29:03 GMT -5
Dang Tweet- You have been holding out on us! those were awesome. I could never have the patiens to do that!
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Post by Cher on Jun 8, 2005 10:03:20 GMT -5
WoW Tweet, I am impressed! I love the panda's,
totally adoreable. Great job, I'd never have the
patience for that either.
Cher
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Post by chassroc on Jun 8, 2005 10:21:56 GMT -5
Very nice Tweety! love the Santa
csroc
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Post by WyckedWyre on Jun 8, 2005 11:51:08 GMT -5
Very cute, I love Merlin! I just got a bead loom from a friend, am thinking of ways to incorporate beading with rocks. Beautiful work. S
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Post by creativeminded on Jun 9, 2005 13:38:18 GMT -5
Those are beautiful, looks like some of the beadwork I have done in the past. Question, did you use a loom?
Tami
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Post by Tweetiepy on Jun 9, 2005 14:27:21 GMT -5
Those are beautiful, looks like some of the beadwork I have done in the past. Question, did you use a loom? Tami Alas Tami, no they are all done in peyote, square or brick (hate brick stitch) - loom always has too many extra threads - BTW Bead & button has an article about how to do away with warp threads... |
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Post by Alice on Jun 9, 2005 14:53:50 GMT -5
WOW, talent is right! Great Job on all of them tweetie!!! Talk about a lot of work and patience! You should think about selling them... But, make pouches for rocks instead of credit cards  |
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Post by Tweetiepy on Jun 9, 2005 15:40:03 GMT -5
I've thought of selling them on numerous occasions, I've seen Gwenevere sold for $300.00 US. Now I don,t know anyone who would be willing to spend that much on that - I'd like to but I don't - I wanted to sell mine for about $45-60 Cdn max
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Post by cookie3rocks on Jun 9, 2005 18:21:22 GMT -5
GIRL! Get on Ebay and sell that stuff to the highest biddder. They are all beautiful, I even like the fringe on the pandas. How much for Merlin? cookie |
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Post by Tweetiepy on Jun 9, 2005 20:51:46 GMT -5
Merlin was going for $45 Cdn too the Panda was the $60 one. Doesn,t Ebay charge you for using their site (I never got to read all the fine print)
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Post by Alice on Jun 9, 2005 22:36:38 GMT -5
Yes, Ebay first charges you a few cents to a buck or 2 to post up an auction (depends on what your starting bid is). Then they charge you a % of the final sale.
Many people over charge shipping just to cover those fees.
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Post by deepsouth on Jun 10, 2005 0:49:46 GMT -5
Hi Tweetiepy, Those are so good , I have run out of words already ...love them. My wife says something even better ...they are realy very nice with a french accent . And that is no surprise as she is originaly frenchspeaking and she loves handcrafted work. She has never tried this though , but she has seen something similar in Holland a while back. She asked me to ask you if it is done in a weaving method or a knitting method?
Thanks for posting. Nice things are always allowed and you do not need to ask anyones permisson for posting it . Just GO FOR IT !!
Jack
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Post by Tweetiepy on Jun 10, 2005 7:29:17 GMT -5
Hi Jack
If your wife saw the Gwenevere in Holland - it may be one I gave to a cousin of mine - she lives in Europe. (That would be too cool!) I used neither knitting nor a weave (loom) they were done just by sewing through the beads in a specific fashion (either brick stitch, square stitch or peyote stitch) they are all incredibly easy to master once you get the basics down - if she's interested in any learning to make any one of these, PM me and I'll give her the books I got them from or at least the site where they are listed so she can have a look around.
When I was younger, i did some loom work, but could never figure out what to do with the loom threads and have it look decent so I kinda gave up, but these patterns are really nice - the accent beads make them especially nice!
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Post by flowoxsgarden on Jun 10, 2005 15:45:06 GMT -5
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!
what book did you find those patterns in? I would love to try something like that
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Post by Just Guest on Jun 10, 2005 18:18:41 GMT -5
My last post forever. This is a GREAT link that I want to share with THOSE who want to learn or widen their skills of wire sculpting or wrapping: www.tumbleweedglass.com/cab.htmlCookie...... YOU CAN DO THIS!!! Don't stop trying! Bye-bye. |
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