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Re: Memory wire

D.M.Z — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:35:55 GMT

Sue, so very many people grew up with boxers, they ARE perfect for kids and teens too. Dobs was doing his job and good riddance to that young man....LOL.

Jolie will sit in "her" chair in my bead cave for hours. I get up and exercise once an hour, but I can tell her to stay because I'll be back and she just grunts and goes back to sleep.......... Right now she is doing her "Salvador Dali" imitation hanging over the side arm of the chair, she is so far asleep.

I am in the mode of finishing up old UFO (unfinished objects) right now. Got about four of them out and in contempative position on my desk. My eye surgery is scheduled for just before Christmas, so I should be able to devote more hours to detail work after that. My new cell phone case is in that pile as it needs to be sewn up and I'll have to do it with black Fireline and that is the devil for me to work with right now. My orange challenge bracelet needs more fringe........LOL, everything needs more fringe IMHO and then a clasp. Originally I had a brass cuff blank in it, but that was a bit much and it didn't sit right for the pattern, so out it came and a regular clasp will go on it, probably either magnetic (I just got some ridiculously strong ones from FMG) or one of those little snap links.

To keep this related to the memory wire subject, one of my UFO's is a memory wire bracelet that was also part of the orange challenge. I put a resin flower button on it along with the beads and it was a mistake as it is all floppy. So I have to either find a bead that will fit inside the button hole and get glued in to hold it, or take it off completely or attache it to some filigree............that needs some thought. Take care. Donna

Re: Memory wire

SCB1 — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:16:03 GMT

Your boxers really regal looking! Love them.

I also love boxers, as I had one growing up. As a teen and having a young driving teen boyfriend, my boxer came through the screen door to my rescue. The then young so be boyfriend was upset with me, because who knows now, had from his car reached out and grabbed my wrist. Wrong thing to do with Dobs watching from the inside of the door. In one second, he was out that door and with front paws on the tops of the window and head inside the car window, showing his teeth, and a better let her go growl. Come to think of it that was the end of that boyfriend. HaHa.

When you mention Zito loving to be a lap dog, it reminded me of Dobs. He would sit on the lap of anyone that would allow him to do so, and once there he wanted their undivided attention, pet me, pet me. LOL

Thanks for the flashback it just makes me smile to remember back so many years to my friend Dobs. The name Dobs was the first letters of his registered name, backwards, Sir Barron Oz Devin.

Re: Memory wire

D.M.Z — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:05:31 GMT

OK ladies..............here is the scoop on boxers, they are very BRIGHT and you can see the "wheels" turning in their brains to figure out how to get what they want. They are a high energy dog, but they do learn well and with two they play with each other. Once trained they are wonderful companions and yes they do "talk" to us like at dinner time, walkie time, snack time.........other than that they are outdoors being nosy about what the neighbors are doing. They are fantastic watch dogs, they watch and if the person/car/whatever warrants human intervention they will bark.

My two are the big male with the chocolate ear, Zito, who weighs in at about 90# now that he has been on a diet, and is 7-1/2 years old. The female (eye patch) is Jolie B and she weighs in at 80# and is coming up to her 5th birthday at the end of January. They are both large, Zito is half German pedigree and being white seems to increase size. White is not an allowable color so neither can be shown in conformation, but can do agility or obedience. They are not hyper, we have seen hyper boxers who were that way all their lives, they were badly bred by backyard breeders. Most boxers settle into an active but not hyper life after about a year or so.

I know, more than you needed to know, but I am always happy to educate someone who is thinking about having one in their lives. I would not be without one (or two or three) as my life would be very empty and sad. They are clowns and silly and Zito loves, just loves to be a lap dog.........does that image bring laughter? It should. I have a small boudoir chair in my bead cave and Jolie will come in to "help me bead" and she'll get in that chair and roll up and grunt as it is not really her size at all, but she is there none-the-less. My pal Jolie, who was a terror growing up. Donna

Re: Memory wire

Sharon Mc — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:43:00 GMT

Donna, your boxers are wonderfully cute! My husband wants a boxer--I'm reluctant as I hear they are destructive and hyper, but I've always thought they were the most beautiful and regal of dogs. You are a lucky doggie owner to be the mother of TWO!

Sharon Mc

Re: Memory wire

Aunty Akoya — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:26:02 GMT

Donna your Boxer girls are great, with boxers i sometimes feel like its possible to have proper conversations with them because they allways answer :)), i love them.... wish i could have a dog friend as well, but my cats won't let me, doh.

Cya

Re: Memory wire

windyislandacres — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:28:21 GMT

Oh, they are adorable!!!

Re: Memory wire

D.M.Z — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:26:31 GMT

Hmmmm, dancing icon? The only thing dancing around here is my boxer girlie..........she got her dad up at 6am, AM so she and her big brother ate real early..........now she is "dancing" around because she has been smelling turkey broth all day.......sigh. When she dances, seismographs record it as a small earthquake, centered on the Oregon coast. Just my biggie sized girl Jolie jumping around, when they both jump around the whole house gets to vibrating........... Jolie is the eyepatch girlie and her biggie sized brother is Zito with the Chocolate ear. Donna

Re: Memory wire

windyislandacres — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:34:55 GMT

OK...I get it! Miracles of miracles..... lthough my neck is way fatter than 3 and 5/8ths the bracelet math really works! (where's the dancing icon??)

Re: Memory wire

D.M.Z — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:41:02 GMT

Windy, Yes, the dimension given is correct. If you take a ruler and hold it across your wrist, the 2" shown is the top of your wrist, also add a 2" for the bottom of your wrist and the other 2" represents the depth (of both sides) of your wrist, so what I am thinking is if you are seeing 2" it is the same as some other companies 6".................. Does that make sense to you? Older costume jewelry bangles (the solid round ones with no clasp) were often measured in "inside" width and it was commonly 2-3/4"............ I am sure this could become a thread on algebra and it's formulas LOL, but let's not go there.

I have not remembered seeing memory wire measured as 2" for a bracelet size, it is almost always sized as the distance around one circle of the wire. In looking at my Fire Mtn. catalog I see that they now show the diameter as the size..........so maybe that is changing. I recently bought some for a project and I didn't even notice the sizing difference, I just punched in the code for the bracelet size and the finish I wanted and I got exactly what I needed. I ordered the 2-1/4" and it is about 7-1/2" in it's circular measurement (I just went and hauled it out and measured). Donna

Re: Memory wire

windyislandacres — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:44:21 GMT

happy Thanksgiving :)

I haven't seen anythng as big as 6 inch.....the bracelet ones say a diameter of 2 and something inches and the necklace of 3 5/8 I'm guessing something must stretch?

Sigh. Sorry for all my dumb questions. I guess I just don't get it!

Re: Memory wire

windyislandacres — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:44:12 GMT

happy Thanksgiving :)

I haven't seen anythng as big as 6 inch.....the bracelet ones say a diameter of 2 and something inches and the necklace of 3 5/8 I'm guessing something must stretch?

Sigh. Sorry for all my dumb questions. I guess I just don't get it!

Re: Memory wire

D.M.Z — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:41:11 GMT

Windy, Once you have worked with memory wire you will see your fears are groundless. When you work with memory wire the ends are not constrained to a clasp, they just end. So if you use a standard bracelet wire it will just expand a bit. That makes is a bit tricky to do a pattern if that is what you want, but if you just string beads onto it, the 6" size will just grow to suit your wrist size. It is not tight, the stuff is springy, so it will not strangle your neck or wrist. If you use heavier beads the wire will "relax".......... Years ago I entered a charity auction and bid and won a famous designer memory wire necklace. It was about three times around my neck in actual length, but she loaded up the necklace with a ton of amazing and heavy beads, so the necklace sat on my neck about two times around and hung down sort of like at 20" necklace would. I've worn it many times over the 10 years or so and the memory wire finally just gave up the ghost and sagged into a longer length that would not stay on. I removed the old memory wire and have now converted it to two bracelets of memory wire that go around my wrist about 3+ times.

So, do not worry about being strangled, make up a necklace and bracelet and wear them a bit. Memory wire comes in a long length and you cut it to however many rounds you want. Don't ruin your cutters on this stuff. If you don't have some shears, just measure out the length you want and at the point where you want to cut, just vigorously bend the wire back and forth and it should snap. That does not make for the prettiest cut, but is better than ruining good cutters. This stuff is spring steel and pretty tough. Glue a bead onto the end with E6000 or if your have good arm/hand strength, turn a small loop in the end to hold on the beads.

Hope shanks and I have helped. Donna

Re: Memory wire

shanks — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:06:05 GMT

The slinky look is how the wire comes.. You can cut it to the length you want, one, two, three or more coils. Be sure you purchase a hard wire cutting tool, if you try to cut the wire with your regular pliers you will destroy the blades.

I gave you a link to a web site, just copy and paste.

Re: Memory wire

windyislandacres — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:01:40 GMT

I haven't seen those....please do direct me to where I find that. All I've seen is the stuff tht looks like a slinky....!

Re: Memory wire

shanks — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:33:38 GMT

Sorry for the misunderstanding. The memory wire I am familiar with comes in a roll and you cut it to the length you want. You can put what ever kind of end on, like the screw on balls or make a small loop. Here is a link that may be of some help http://www.theartfulcrafter.com/bracelets-one.html