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Inside Jewelry Stringing Magazine — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:04:57 GMT

In my last post I talked about the newly published issue themes and guidelines for the Spring 2013 issue

re: Sites for Sore Eyes

Sheilaakagoldie — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:54:41 GMT

1) go to my local craft store, it's not huge by any means, just a small part of the overall store and I may not buy much (or even anything at all. I have more beads at home then they sell.)

2) go to a museum, a park etc. Just getting out of the house and clearing the cobwebs in your mind can make you see possibilities that you couldn't before.

3) catalogs, magazines, books ~ Ohh I like that but I don't have all those items, what do I have that might work instead?

4) Have someone else pick a couple random colors for beads, give them a choice of wire, sting etc colors that you have. Make something from their choices. (but don't have them pick out specific beads etc.) this works best if they are not in the same location as your beads so they can't look over and see a bead they especially like and want you to use. OR Have a child pick out the actual beads you use (you can additional beads of his or her same choices to finish the work but they all have to be of the same type he or she picked out.) I find that adults have a tendency to pick beads that they think will go together if they can pick and chose the beads by sight but kids, they just pick what they think is pretty.