Journey into a new craft

So here I am just finding my artistic talent at 46. Who would have thought that I would fall in love with beads. My husband says that I have a bead addition. Well I guess there could be worse things to be addicted to. I have only been beading for a few weeks .. I have found that most of my joy does not come from trying to sell my nifty little creations .... But comes from the joy on people face when I finish a requested theme or present... They must love beads too !!   The best beads I have to say is vintage .. You can go to flea markets, yard sales and second hand stores... Its like a scavenger hunt .... Sometime you get lucky and can come across some really cool beads .... then sometimes you crap out and get ALOT of dirty junk ( I just got a lot in and the beads were so dirty I thought I need a HAZ-MAT suit to separate them .... Didn't get any special beads but came out with enough to justify the buy.) 


The hardest part I believe is not wanting to keep everything I create. I will finish a project, try it on and fall in love.  I think once I have created what is on my order list I will have to set aside a few for myself ( Greedy I am LOL).  I did get to keep a gem of a bracelet that I created from a Egyptian scarab that my father gave to me some 20 years ago ... It was on a black cord and I have never wore it ... It was kinda ugly, but my father gave it too me so the sentimental value was too high to pitch, sooooo see below 

Now I wear it ALOT !!!! Which in turn makes my dad smile .... which in turn makes me smile :)


One thing I found out is seed beads ROLL ALOT .... I got a great deal on a package of glass seed beads at the Dollar Tree  ( WOW you can still buy useful items for a dollar, who would have thunk it!!)  The problem was they were mixed colors.  I thought no problem, since I am OCD on things like that .... I will separate them.  Not only do they ROLL but they are tedious to divide. I am still working on that 0_O. Speaking of that I need to log off and get my little fingers working .... till next time Ciao!