magazine arrived yesterday much to my delight. Normally I stop whatever I am doing and tear (figuratively speaking) through the issue ogling at the photographs and ads. Oh yes, I don’t miss a single ad; how else would I discover what stash I need? Except yesterday I didn’t get to it right away and I forgot about it! Well, it was lost in a relatively small stack of mail that shouldn’t have been delivered in the first place, i.e. newspaper fliers, aarp stuff, bills.
This morning as I “stumbled to the kitchen to pour myself a cup of ambition” I spied with my little eye the corner of said magazine peeking out from under the other stuff and voila! this morning’s entertainment revealed. Sudoku be off with you and take your eraser with you I have other fish to fry.
It's a stellar issue and while perusing I noticed an ad or blurb on a new stranded silk thread from Planet Earth, Silk Opal (somebody out there knows how to name a thread); brand new to me, never heard of the company. But it looks like something I would enjoy using and I'm sure I’ll soon be on the hunt and will let you know, if you haven't already tried it yourself and you could let me know. Then Zweigart has new Congress cloth colors including Khaki, Spice, Merlot and Country Blue for future stash enhancement; it's on the list as I pride myself on keeping a cut of all colors on hand, just in case. Seeing these and an ad for Kreinik I remembered that recently I found, in limited quantity, a few colors of DMC’s Memory Thread and Kreinik’s Holographic braid. Both products are certainly wonderful to look at, likewise to use I'm sure.
One thing leading to another and since I had my camera out I took photos of my new threads and more beautiful beads that I ordered from Robin Atkins'
website. Robin has a unique selection of beads and all those that are pictured here are from her.
In the next day or two I should be receiving a supply from Fire Mountain Gems on the advice from a thoughtful reader pointing out that she thought their catalog was the phone book when it arrived. I just checked it all out online and sure enough they had some pretty special beads that were hopelessly irresistible; especially when one is trying to build up one’s bead stash. That should do it for now with the beads.
Thank you for making it all the way down here; I have three ornaments that I want to show you that are on the verge of being finished and those will be up by tomorrow so I'll have some stitching to share then. See you soon.
Been devoting some time to organizing my beads today and it's not as easy as it looks. For one thing I think I spent more time looking at them than doing any actual organizing. I soon realized there are a number of things one should know in advance of hauling out one's bead stash. Such as don't underestimate the number of display containers needed to accommodate the different beads. And never forget to work on a level surface (not an overstuffed ottoman-trust me) preferably one with sides-like on a tray. It's also imperative that when transferring beads from a plastic bag or box into your brandy-spankin' new bead "receptacles" you do so with a miniature scoop or something flexible that allows for the necessary maneuvering to hit the container and not scatter all over. Not using the appropriate tool for this procedure has resulted in creating a large bead soup mix. Previously I mentioned ordering from Fire Mountain Gems and Beads. I must say that the company is admirable; carrying a vast selection of beads and "whatnots" for creating bobbles. I know I've said this before, but until I really get familiar with most, if not all, aspects of bead buying it would be wise to do it in person. As an inexperienced beader my online purchases were made by color and shape, not understanding size is also a major consideration. That's not exactly true, of course I knew size mattered, I just didn't know the difference between size 6 and size 15. Many of the beads I ordered I had to return; thankfully FMG has a very liberal return policy. My selections were primarily too large for embellishing my needlework. Others were so small they could only be felt, not seen. Well barely! So now I will go out tomorrow and find more containers. I like the size of these and though I don't have anything labeled, I have all the excess safely tucked away with their identifying tags. Obviously I intend to keep them organized by color. That just works for me and it's wonderful to look at. Thanks for indulging me today while I slacked off from stitching to play a with my stash.
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