Savvy Thinker » Beading http://savvythinker.com thinking about life, playing with makeup Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:15:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Making a ring out of three Troll-type beads http://savvythinker.com/making-a-ring-out-of-three-troll-type-beads/ http://savvythinker.com/making-a-ring-out-of-three-troll-type-beads/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:11:26 +0000 Karin http://savvythinker.com/?p=3582

The back story is that years ago my great-aunt brought me back lovely charms from Scandinavia. I had the jeweler permanently solder them on the bracelet. Lately I wanted to make it more Troll-friendly. It was just blah, sort of, without any Troll -- and feeling quite lonely, LOL! And I wasn't wearing it . I purchased several clip beads that I felt I could clip between the charms. That worked, but didn't give any color, and I was afraid I might lose the clip if it wasn't clipping tight enough over the chain.

Yesterday I beaded pearls and Swarovski crystals to alternate between some of the charms -- that added color and left me with lonely clip beads.

After some tweaking, I made a ring. It's going to be a favorite!

IF YOU WANT IT TO BE ENTIRELY INTERCHANGEABLE: USE 1-3 CLIP BEADS depending on the size of your finger across or if you want to wear it on your little finger.

MINE IS PARTIALLY INTERCHANGEABLE: I can change the two outer clip beads (these open and shut as stoppers.) I knew I'd keep the center bead as it has moonstone and never really showed up on my other bracelets, but it is central to the ring.

DESIGN POSSIBILITIES: Use clip beads with non-clip Troll-type as I did or use a central bead with beads that are simply large hole beads.

I bet we could get one of our glass people at http:www.addicted2beads.ning.com to make some small large hole beads to use on rings!

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Karin
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Karin

Originally posted 2009-05-28 07:58:51.

Online Stores ]]> http://savvythinker.com/making-a-ring-out-of-three-troll-type-beads/feed/ 1 A funny thing happened when beading http://savvythinker.com/a-funny-thing-happened-when-beading/ http://savvythinker.com/a-funny-thing-happened-when-beading/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:53:01 +0000 Karin http://savvythinker.com/2007/09/18/a-funny-thing-happened-when-beading/

Well, the best laid plans...and all that.

The quartz that I bought is drilled like briolettes, top drilled, not center drilled, so that changed the whole project. Therefore, what I started out to do is not what I ended up doing. I should have paid more attention when I bought them, or the store should have pointed it out, knowing how I intended to use them. OTOH, if they had, I wouldn't have done the project I did. So it's a toss up.

On the whole, I don't like briolettes. They are hard to work with, unless you want the only style they are pretty much used in, and that's not a style I generally wear. These fooled me because they are flatter, not so round. If they had been round, I would have known they were briolettes.

I ended up making a lariat with a briolette at each end. I can use the S clasp freely anywhere along the piece to make it any length I'd like, but the S is not attached. And I made earrings with a briolette on the end of each. With some left over beads I made a normal briolette necklace that when worn with the lariat looks as though it is part of the lariat, but it is not. And with the very most left over beads, I made a small piece with a briolette in the center, hung from thin leather cord. That's fun. And considering that I took apart a necklace that I hadn't worn in years to get to some of the beads, I will wear these, in some combination, a lot more often.

When beading, it is the beads that dictate the finished project. I have to wait until they speak to me. I might still try to make the original project, but only if I can get the right components. I'm not in a hurry. I'm surprised I beaded at all, it's been so long.

I'm really pleased with the way the lariat and earrings turned out. I'm not sorry I bought all the rutilated quartz pieces. That way I was sure to have enough, since the store is not convenient to get back to, if I had wanted a few more. I think I have 5 left. If I had had less, I would have made only the lariat and earrings.

I must be on a creative kick. I made a couple of knitted collars this past week. Knitting is more relaxing than beading, because there is less thought put into coming up with a pattern. Once I decide on a pattern for beading, it is relaxing too. Sort of, anyway! Either one I can do in the midst of family life.

Do you like to bead? or knit? Now's the time to knit up a few scarves. The weather will be turning cold for most of you.

Karin

Originally posted 2007-09-18 09:47:55.

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A friend sent me a card with these words on it. I've seen it attributed to either Emerson or ee cummings.

The earth laughs in flowers.

Now the card is front and center to my computer screen where I see it daily.

I wish I knew why it seems like negatives grab consciousness quicker and stay longer than happiness, which seems so fleeting. I try to reverse the emphasis by being conscious (and keeping lists) of unexpected happy moments. They feel especially like serendipitous gifts, if I'm having a low moment.

This is a reminder to me that joy is found in places and moments that we might not recognize if we don't consciously let it register. It reminds me to be childlike -- to notice the interesting bug or the flowers in someone's garden or the wildflowers that are profuse along certain roadways. These are moments of happiness mitigating the adult issues that we all face in some form or other. Nature is a gift, freely given.

It just tickles my fancy to think of the earth, laughing, in flowers. A kind of celestial hiccup. And there's another one. And another one. Just like happiness.

I tell a friend that we need to string together moments of healing and happiness, as if the moments were pearls. No one focuses on the knots in a strand of pearls, just the pearls. So too, the knotty issues of life should fade into the background of our happier moments.

I made a bracelet with small sized alphabet beads and crystals using this quote so that it would be before my consciousness as I go about my day. There are even little crystal flowers on it and a butterfly.

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I can always use more conscious happiness. How about you!

Karin

Originally posted 2009-06-01 12:10:17.

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Do you like Pandora beads?

My personal preference are Trollbeads, but I do have a few Pandora beads that I love.

Many people have not heard of Trollbeads, but they are more intriguing to me than Pandora beads.

Early on, the store I shopped at, which has since closed, had several brands of the European style beads, so I had an easy way to compare them. At that time, I chose to buy the Trollbead bracelet, not the Pandora, because all brands of beads fit on Trollbead bracelets, but not all fit on Pandora bracelets. Plus I liked the clasps better on Trollbeads.

That said, this year Pandora has two bracelets that I really, really like. One is a simple chain bracelet ($95) (not including clip beads) that has 5 stations that hold clip beads. The other is a multi-chain bracelet ($115) (not including clip bead) that holds one clip bead in the center.

That would certainly start someone on a clip-bead collection adventure! I'm not entirely sure if other brands of clip beads will fit on Pandora's system. That would be a good thing to know.

Have you seen these two bracelets? You can see pictures below my signature line. Interestingly enough, these are less money than the ones sold retail in the mall by me.

Karin
www.savvythinker.com



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Online Stores ]]> http://savvythinker.com/do-you-like-pandora-beads/feed/ 0 Chakra bracelets, necklaces, anklets http://savvythinker.com/chakra-bracelets-necklaces-anklets/ http://savvythinker.com/chakra-bracelets-necklaces-anklets/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:48:27 +0000 Karin http://savvythinker.com/?p=7941

Chakra style jewelry is also in demand for the hoped for benefits wearing the stones can add to ones life.

Trollbeads makes chakra beads.

But I recently learned of another jeweler who makes an interesting one:

http://www.love-noel.com/detail.asp?producto_id=57

Do you wear chakra beads? Have you made a bracelet or necklace, etc. of chakra beads?

Either a completed bracelet or necklace or anklet -- or a bead (or several) to add to or begin a collection -- makes a nice gift!

Karin
www.savvythinker.com


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Shamballa bracelets are the hot new thing right now -- maybe not so new in some circles, but picking up speed in other areas, branching out.

They also make Shamballa necklaces.

Here's what one person said:

"Buddhist tradition shambhala bracelet

"Shambala is commonly understood to be a "place of peace/tranquility/happiness". The general idea is to promote your well being. It is also said that Shambhala is the dharma chakra, located in the heart of all living beings. It is the symbol for the mind, completing the trinity of body, speech, and mind."

I'm thinking I might like to try to make one -- or not -- it may be easier just to buy them.

They range in price from very reasonable to astronomical, depending on if they are made of crystal or diamonds.

But they have loads of bling!

Do you have one? Are you going to get one -- or several?

Have you ever made one?

Here's a picture of one.

Our mall has gorgeous ones, with tiny, tiny crystals, very tightly packed, for $100.

The piercing shop Pagoda, which is a franchise has them for about $15 -- and they were quite nice. Interestingly the sign said they were a part of Zales. I don't know if the shop is or only the bracelets.

Karin
www.savvythinker.com

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Online Stores ]]> http://savvythinker.com/shamballa-bracelets/feed/ 0 Directions:Making a Troll Bead type bracelet from a leather lariat or cord http://savvythinker.com/directions-making-a-troll-bead-typea-type-bracelet-from-a-leather-lariat-or-cord/ http://savvythinker.com/directions-making-a-troll-bead-typea-type-bracelet-from-a-leather-lariat-or-cord/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:10:43 +0000 Karin http://savvythinker.com/?p=3568

See more at http:www.addicted2beads.ning.com

I've updated this pattern with pictures.

Closed:
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I enjoy beading so I thought I could figure out how to bead a bracelet from a leather lariat. I have one of the early Pandora leather lariats. Mine is quite short, maybe 18-20 inch. Now they make it 36 inches, which is what they should have done in the first place.

Anyway, consequently I didn't wear it much because I generally like my necklaces to fall longer. I have on occasion worn two lariats together to get the length.

I noticed in one of the Pandora brochures, they showed the lariat as a bracelet, doubled, but they only had one bead on it. Consequently they didn't need to worry about a number of beads sliding together.

I WANTED THE BEADS TO STAY IN PLACE, not float into each other.
FIRST ATTEMPT
In my first attempt, I knotted between stations and only went around once. This works good too.

SECOND ATTEMPT
I thought I'd see what I could come up with using some of the ideas I've seen elsewhere.

DIRECTIONS:
Take your leather cord and double it. (It can be just cord you buy, not a finished necklace as I had to work with.)

Knot the end where the silver ends are (or where your cord has the cut ends.)

Pass the doubled end through your beads.

THIS IS WHAT I FIGURED OUT BY DEFAULT.
You will be passing the doubled end through the beads a second time. Some of mine didn't have a big enough hole. When I figured that out, I staggered my beads so that the ones that wouldn't pass through twice were in stations by themselves, so that the cords passes through 3 or so a single time, then passes through 3 or so doubled, then 3 or so singled, etc.

THE BEADS STAY IN STATIONS
The result is that the beads stay in stations and do not fall into each other when you wear it.

THE CLASP:
After you have gone around the bracelet twice (with some only once) make a knot about 1/2 inch down from the doubled end. This becomes your clasp that you pass over the knot at the other end (which is now at the same place on your bracelet.)

To take it off, take the loop off the knot, and loosen the bracelet enough to get it off your wrist.

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To put it on, put the bracelet on your wrist, tighten it, pass the loop over the knot, spread out the stations and they stay all day.

ALTERNATIVE CLASP:
Attach the two ends with a Troll Clasp or other similar clasp -- or one you make yourself, which I have also done.

Here's what it looks like on:
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Let me know if you try it.

Enjoy!

Karin
www.savvythinker.com

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Originally posted 2009-05-29 13:03:01.

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Today was a lovely, lazy, very busy -- oxymoron, I know -- happy, productive, fun day. I did nothing -- and everything.

Meanwhile some tropical storm or other is likely sitting off the coast because after having no rain for longer than we'd care to remember, we are getting inundated with it. No thunder; no lightening; just lots of glorious, wet weather. Good weather for ducks.

I like rain -- any rain. I like the sound of it. I like the overcast nature of it -- which can be overcast in one place and across the street the sun can be shining. Unlike Michigan where it would be overcast all over for days.

I like it that it breaks the heat and humidity.

The temps dropped from in the high 80s, low 90s, to the high 60s. Glorious weather.

I like the smell of rain. I look for the perfect scent of rain in a fragrance, and I've tried out several. Some I just like to have around to smell when I want that ozone/dirt perfect fragrance. The latest I've tried is Thundra -- a truly lovely, interesting fragrance. I might review it tomorrow.

And I stayed in all day except for all the schlepping of the kids. The 11 yr old had a field trip today in pouring rain. I sent her off with a sweatshirt and an umbrella. She came back wet.

Night products
Admission: generally I don't take my makeup off at night. Bad Karin. But I don't perspire, so my face is still clean. Last night was no exception, but I wanted to use the Arbonne night cream. So after I cleansed my face today -- with the Arbonne samples -- I put on night cream and enjoyed the day. I actually think I could apply my makeup over the top of it, but I never got to it.

When I was in my 20s, night creams were too rich and would break me out. And moisturizer alone, without something to seal it in, wasn't moist enough. I'd wake up drier than I'd like. So, for me, my regimen has been pretty much no night products, unless I wore them in the daytime, or unless I was jump starting my face.

I don't recommend this if you have oily skin or if it doesn't work for you. But whatever works, works!

So what did I do?
You got me, but the day flew!

No, seriously, I did a lot of beading to catch up with projects I had.

Oh! and I started a ning group for serious bead addicts of Trollbeads, Pandora, Chamilia, Biagi, artisan or other beads http:www.addicted2beads.ning.com It will be a place for resources of all kinds, including shops or artists that might want to tell about themselves.

I helped my 13 yo learn to iron so her skirt would look better for school. Schlepped the kids, including waiting at the bus stop until she was picked up -- and again until she was dropped off -- as it was raining too hard to let her stand out there in the elements.

Leave me a message so I know you are out there.

I'm going to enjoy the sound of the pouring rain. How about you? Do you like rain? Is it raining where you are? Do you need rain? We were parched here.
Karin
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Originally posted 2009-05-19 19:25:42.

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Some people have such fun ideas! This group of 11 from Houston, target public places with knitting. Sometimes they choose the target; other times the target comes to them. They are making their own good news! And it benefits the rest of us.

Sometimes we tag randomly (car antennas, door handles, stop sign poles, park benches) and sometimes we choose larger, more specific targets. The random tag nights are usually "come if you can", while we knit with a purpose for the larger targets. For one large project we did (24' scarves on two statues in Houston), we all knit piecemeal, then crocheted all the pieces together to form the giant scarves. Those were nice.

Occasionally, our targets come to us. We get requests every now and then. We'll still bomb those requested targets under cover of night, in order to retain some sense of anonymity though. Every once in a while, we knit and knit and knit for a trip out of town to spread Knitta out a little. This coming weekend, for instance, four of us went to New York City for 4 days of crazy tagging. We had an extra suitcase full of pieces that will grace the streets of New York (for at least a week or two, we hope). MascuKnitity just got back from a 3-week trip to China, where he was able to leave a little Knitta presence on the Great Wall. We still haven't figured out how we're going to top that one.

What kinds of things have they done?

As for quantity of projects, I really can't say how many tags we've thrown since we started this. Probably hundreds of antenna cozies. We covered lamp posts on three local highway bridges with 6 foot, hot pink wraps the night before New Year's Eve. We laid 24 foot scarves at the end of January.

Bored by long projects? I sure am! Plus, who has the time?! (Except for the Waikiki ponchos.)

We were bored with the usual knitting projects and get-togethers. Personally, I get tired of a project that takes more than 2 or 3 days to complete. I call it crafting ADHD. I had plenty-o-unfinished projects laying around my house that I'd simply become bored working on.

Well, now you have some ideas for unfinished projects. I generally find that I'm not too crazy about a project until I hit the half-way point, then I hurry like crazy to get it finished. OTOH, I know someone who donates her half-finished (or less) projects that she no longer wants to do to Goodwill! I've bit the bullet and done it a few times myself. Why finish something you really don't enjoy!

The woman who started this began with making door knob cosies. How funny is that!

What are you knitting or crocheting right now?
I think I have a scarf going somewhere, but I've been doing more beading lately. Yesterday I took apart a necklace and made two bracelets out of it, plus an extender. Didn't have to change the patterning, just took it apart.

Don't you think this idea is wonderful! Make some happiness in your life. Go for it!

Karin

Originally posted 2009-04-15 08:08:39.

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10 reasons -- or 100 -- for loving Trollbeads (Pandora/Chamilia/redbalifrog /etc.)

10. They make you happy.
9. They are easy to transport 'cause they're small. That is, until you collect several drawers full as some aficionados have at their finger tips.
8. It's nice to be able to commemorate a happy time.
7. Once you get into collecting them, you can do themes in your designs.
6. There's no end to available beads. Isn't that great!
5. They aren't just for bracelets and necklaces. If you're creative, you can come up with lot of ways to wear them.
4. They are lovely to give or receive as gifts. Duplicates welcome of many of them!
3. They add color and fun to your life.
2. The hunt takes on a life of its own.
1. You meet some of the nicest people, online and in RL.

What can you add?
I know you love your beads too! I suspect there are as many reasons for loving Troll beads as there are beads to love. I love this bead...and this bead...and this one...and that one...and the one on your bracelet...and where did you get that one? and those OOAK (now called Uniques) are pretty terrific too.

Karin
www.savvythinker.com

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Pandora Ring Double Bubbles SZ 6 1/2 Pandora Ring Double Bubbles SZ 6 1/2 Paypal US $48.00 2h 28m
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