Beading Goals and Dreams for 2008

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EleanorJ@8 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:06:12 GMT

Resolution Number One was to learn to make beaded flowers for use as earrings. Then I saw an ad for "The beader's floral" and ordered it. It arrived yesterday. So many delicious designs... So, of course today I HAD to order more beads and Resolution Two went out of the window. (That was to keep my sales income and my beading outgoings roughly equal so my husband doesn't moan.) Oh well...

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NikeA — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:16:53 GMT

I will like to know where everyone buys wholesale beads from please

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Capitolagirl — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:12:50 GMT

My goal was to open an Etsy shop and to build my first official Capitola Girl Jewelry website. I accomplished those this week. Now I need to learn how to improve my pictures, so I can get back to beading!

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VickyZ — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:37:56 GMT

It's been quite a long time since I picked up my beading needle but I have made a resolution to start a birthday gift for a dear friend - her birthday is next month and I have actually started her bracelet.

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Capitolagirl — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:30:48 GMT

One of my resolutions was to improve my beading environment, so I decoupaged one of those soft tape measures used for sewing onto the long edge of my beading table. This way, I always know how much wire I'm using right of the spool as well as the finished length of each piece!

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ingridteboe — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:16:39 GMT

My Godmother taught me to loom weave when I was about 7 years old. So today it seems rediculously easy to me. But now it's time to polish my skills, I think, though I did loom strips for the vests I made for my wedding. My husband is Native American & it was my gift to him. Anyway, jump right into loom weaving. I made my looms out of scrap wood in the garage. They aren't fancy but the are usefull. And if you have that skill, you can always have the size of loom you need! Beading is awesome! And so are beaders.

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LindaO@27 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:05:15 GMT

Loom weaving is not hard. The best beadweavers I know just use a simple rectangle of wood sticks. Wrap the warp round and round from end to end, and you are good to go.

Linda

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SusanB@215 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:15:34 GMT

I was amused to see the cat sitting center stage amid the containers of beads. My cat does the same thing--naturally in the middle of my work. I probably had to move her 78 times a day. As for organizing the space, I've had to do that at least several dozen times. As the bead stash grows, so does my frustration when I haven't taken the time to properly place things. Hopefully, as I enter 2008, I will put things away as I use them so that creativity can flow. Also, I hope to learn new techniques, and I hope my cat will be gracious enough to let me experiment in peace! Happy New Year, all!

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NitzaA — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:05:36 GMT

My resolution is organization, use color in creative ways and beggining start to finish the basic technique of loomwork!!!! AHHH! and learn use chinese knotting in beadwork (exciting!!!)

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JaneyD2 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:24:18 GMT

Ooh, my res is to BUY MORE BEADS!! lol Ive just signed up for my second college course...beadworking again! Yay! Happy New Year to all!

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JaneyD2 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:24:02 GMT

Im determined to buy LOTS MORE BEADS this year lol Ive just signed up for my second beading course (10 weeks at local college) and cant wait! Happy New Year to all my fellow bead fanatics! xx

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JaneyD2 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:21:34 GMT

Ooh, my res is to BUY MORE BEADS!! lol Ive just signed up for my second college course...beadworking again! Yay! Happy New Year to all!

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Timaree — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:48:07 GMT

If you do weaving and felting, beadweaving will be a piece of cake. Jump into it!

I've joined a new project this year called Take it Further Challenge, http://sharonb.wordpress.com/take-it-further-challenge/. And, I am going to work my way through some bead books actually doing the lessons instead of skipping them. That should help me build up my skills.

Maybe we should all look back at this post with the comments at the end of the year to see if we reached our goals.

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RobinA@20 — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:33:57 GMT

I have difficulty with resolutions too, but your suggestions are great! Thanks for mentioning the Bead Journal Project... Robin A.