I have 5 new wire wrapping dvds out. More dvds coming out this year. All techniques are great techniques to add to what you already know. Great for beginners. I even offer all the tools you need in a kit. http://www.createapendant.com/wirewrapdvd.htm

Trolls are after us! Ohhhh NOOOOOOOO! Waaaahhh!! Look at them. Come on, look. How can you take 'em seriously? Guys, RCB isn't a place. It's us. We can go anywhere and still -- as long as we're with each other -- it'll be RCB. This room is smeared with boogers? So find a room without...

Hi, everyone! I have a question you all may be able to help me with. I am have been asked to do a bi-weekly column for the local paper The Record, in Troy NY starting in September - it will be a beading and jewelry how to column. Needless to say I am very excited. My first article will be about...

There are a ton of vigils going on all over the US to stand for Cindy Sheehan, who is trying to get President Bush to meet with her about her son, who died in the war. You can check to see if there's a vigil near you to go to - many of them are this Wed. night. There's even one in my small...

First the good news: In their bead section they have *very* nice "bead reamer" for cleaning up the mandrel coating in lampworked beads. The bad news: They are also carrying cheap-o packets of "lampworked" beads. (Yes, it actually says "lampwork" on the package.)

I'm still trying to wrap my head around exactly what lampwork is :-/ I was thinking of putting a few glass blown beads I bought years ago in Vermont. They were made by a glassblower Lucy Bergamini. I never got around to using them (although the earrings I've purchased from her have gotten tons of...

I've always looked forward to seeing what new beads our group members had to offer. I try to limit the amount of time I spend on the computer and I admit that I don't participate as often as I used to, but I really, REALLY enjoy the eye candy! But here lately it seems that more and more people...

How long have you been beading -- when did you start? And how'd that disease creep into *your* hapless veins? I know this Q has been done here before, but there are new people here. So I thought it would be lovely if we all answered. It's a great way to get to know each other better. I'll step...

and then in the "Somebody has lost their mind" category, check out the price for these SEVENTEEN BEADS: http://cgi.ebay.com/B4364-Big-26x22-Black-Onyx-Nugget-Beads-approx-17-beads_W0QQitemZ120054585614QQihZ002QQcategoryZ34090QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I'm sorry. that's APPROXIMATELY 17 beads (I want...

Ok, it's not really life or death, but I would like to finish a project. I need some 4mm bicones with the AB finish. I need: 12 Blue Zircon with the AB finish 10 Light Emerald with the AB finish I'm looking into a bulk buy, which may be too complicated for my little brain to figure out, and if...

wow!!! thanks!!! I hope you don't mind, that I am forwarding this to a couple of friends... Mary -- Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life.

Goodies from the polymer clay treasure chest. http://www.justbeads.com/listings/details/index.cfm?itemnum=742270451 Beaucoup Beads has lovely things, always: http://www.justbeads.com/listings/details/index.cfm?itemnum=742624326 Okay -- you know I don't like orange. But these babies--! Wow, like...

We were at a con in Tulsa over the weekend. For once, I was the only jewelry seller in the dealers' room! I expected to do fairly well. The result, though, was a bit disappointing. I made my table expenses, but once again only sold about $200 total, all of it the smaller, less-expensive stuff......

You still have about 6 hours to get in there and bid, folks! lolol http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2647705358&category=34070 Dang, these are pretty! Suedo (like "pseudo", though I'm no phony baloney!) http://members.aol.com/suedotlund

I kept repeating that only two people I know think I'm a jerk, and everyone else loves me. I LOVE YOU!!! You are beautiful, talented, and funny, and the best mother I have EVER heard of!!! ~~ Sooz ------- "Selective deafness, it's a wonderful thing." ~Kathy N-V ESBC

I just finished this a few moments ago, and before she heads off with DD for the school fundraiser, I thought I'd share. The necklace features one of Mavis Smith's Glorious Angel lampworked beads which, including my wirewrapping, measures an impressive 4-3/4 inches in length! I was absolutely...

I rarely show any of my non-lampwork bead-type projects here, but since I was testing the camera tonight after a good cleaning (major floppy issues: it's a Mavica) I thought I'd put the results to good use. Three things on the page: First thing shows a few of the beaded beads I did. Bali and...

Woo Hoo! They accepted our offer! We got the house! Tha tis the FASTEST thing I've ever seen. ~~ Sooz ------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead...

Kathy (KDK) brought with her some PMC pieces that she had made, and now I'm smitten! She made some GORGEOUS things, to say the least! I have to at least play with some now. I have some great ideas for incorporating PMC into some of my lampwork focal designs. 1) For those of you who have used both,...

For those of you who didn't know, I burned myself pretty badly on the torch recently. Ow. It was so bad that it didn't even blister. It's like my finger was flash-fried or something. Cooked several layers of flesh in much the same manner as I cook pork chops: Hard as a rock. But it smelled...