Just for Fun: 10 Other Uses for Beads

re: Just for Fun: 10 Other Uses for Beads

jessij — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:07:02 GMT

I have found another good use for beads. My kitten Willow quite fancies a large wooden bead to have a play with. He has also been known to steal some of my partner's lampworks...But that hasn't gone down to well with my partner!

Jess

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re: Just for Fun: 10 Other Uses for Beads

Nemeton — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:53:35 GMT

Wow, that Star Trek piece is incredible - must remember to show my son, he's a big fan! We love those plastic melt-together beads too, they are very addictive and I've got lots of coasters, mobiles, etc. etc. all over the house (plus the inevitable loose beads down all the chairs and in the vacuum cleaner).

Thanks for including the Ugly Necklace Contest, it never fails to make me smile and there is a truly hideous crop of entries this year. Not so much Bead Dreams, more like Bead Nightmares!

(Oh, and the Bead Spree Giveaway - I will be entering next year if you make it international, as will many of my friends in the UK; you can tell your boss that we are all very interested in free beads over here and would enter like a shot if you would let us!)

re: Just for Fun: 10 Other Uses for Beads

ChristineB — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:03:32 GMT

I have received some beaded greeting cards via post and they were all in poor condition, including the one that had been sent in a padded mailer. Maybe for hand delivery ... maybe as pretty gift package tags.

re: Just for Fun: 10 Other Uses for Beads

LisaC — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:14:15 GMT

Hi there! I read your posts frequently and wanted to stop by today to say, I LOVE THE BEAD DIET!

I also wanted to say, good job on keeping this up day after day! I write a daily bead blog at www.abeadaday.blogspot.com for fun, but I have had a moment or two where I really had to think about what to post. Most of the time, the beads speak to me. You write so well and seem to have lots of positive inspiration around you! Keep up the good work! - Lisa C

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Jsmaz — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:45:39 GMT

Wow, I love Devorah Sperber's work! Never thought of using spools of thread like beads...sure wish I had the time to make some large-scale projects like that. Ideas I have by the truckload, but minutes seem a bit harder to come by.

I also have a whole bucket of those plastic melty beads waiting for just the right project. I wasn't planning on melting them, though.