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Organizing the Beast... Err, Beads

nobody@vox.com(Denise) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:57:49 -0700

My mother in law gave me a wonderful Christmas gift for my beads. It's not a bead organizer, but it is a wonderful tool box, full of compartments (with lids!) and enough space (I think) to hold probably 80% of my actual beads. I don't think there's enough room to hold all the strings, wires, etc, but that's ok. I can live with that.

However, this is the mess I am starting with. Some time ago my Terrors knocked over the fishing tackle box that I'm currently using and mixed a good portion of my seed beads up together.

Yes, I'm insane. If you ever want to effectively torture someone, asking them to sort seed beads by color would definitely be the way to go!

Before:

After:

Oh, and a little bit of Beady Bokeh thrown in for good measure. :)

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Memory Ring

nobody@vox.com(Denise) — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:25:26 -0700

This is the front side of the heart that J gave me. It was the first piece of jewelry he ever gave me and we were 15 at the time. You can see how worn it is now. I used to wear it religiously around my neck until the necklace broke when I was 17. Then I tucked it away in my jewelry box because I couldn't bear to part with it.

Tonight, I started my new year with the idea that I would create or work on some crafty every day. I have tons of beads and cross stitches and nothing is coming of them. This was the perfect start. :)

And yep, it still sparkles. :)

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Happy New Year!

nobody@vox.com(Denise) — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:08:10 -0700

Let's have a quickie before we go...
Originally uploaded by ♫Denise♫.

Just wishing everyone a Happy New Year!

Goodbye 2006, Hello 2007!

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Jade Dragon

nobody@vox.com(Denise) — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:59:21 -0700

Jade Dragon

This was one of J's Christmas gifts this year. He was pretty thrilled to get it as it replaced one that was stolen out of his car previously. Don't ask. Anyway, now this hangs in his truck and I like it because it's not girly & it really fits his personality.

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