The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  Beads and Scrapbooks,          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Crafters Corner Author Message Katiequiggle Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Posts: 68 Location: Surrey Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:14 pm    Post subject: Beads and Scrapbooks, Are there any jewelery making peeps here. I make my own glass beads in my shed, its very addictive. I also scrapbook too. Back to top jaydee67 Moderator Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5118 Location: Shetland Islands Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:41 pm    Post subject: Oooh - photos? I love beads - no idea what to do with them, but glass beads are lovely (I used to collect marbles too!) Back to top CP Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 16073 Location: Hampshire Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:29 pm    Post subject: Have a look at Katies website jaydee & drool over the gorgeous photos of her bead jewellery! Back to top debcat Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 8803 Location: Isle of Lewis Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:23 am    Post subject: WOW, absolutley gorgeous Back to top Katiequiggle Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Posts: 68 Location: Surrey Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:59 pm    Post subject: ou Thank you. Im going to see if I can make a chicken bead now lol. I've seen yellow duck ones which evidently are lucky. Its very addictive tho and not something to take up unless you never want to do anything else ever again lol. Back to top jaydee67 Moderator Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5118 Location: Shetland Islands Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:00 pm    Post subject: Oh - shouldn't have done that! Perfectly gorgeous is an apt name Katie! Back to top Clucky Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 2187 Location: Shropshire Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:43 pm    Post subject: What a wonderful talent. You have some beautiful pieces. I especially love the Squiggle Heart necklace in the Signature Collection. If you ever do one in either Turquoise or an Amber colour, please let me know.... I am very much like Jaydee, and its like sweets in a sweet shop, not knowing what to get, there's too many. Back to top vanessa Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 1267 Location: Correze Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:22 pm    Post subject: What beautiful beads!! How on earth to you go about making beads from scratch? I just cannot fathom "how to" at all! Very clever, very inspiring. Back to top Katiequiggle Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Posts: 68 Location: Surrey Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:32 pm    Post subject: You are all too lovely. You start with glass rods or wine bottles or jam jars or anything really though glass rods are easiest to work with and what most of us use. I have a torch, a little like a plumbers torch which is attatched to a big tank of propane, you melt the glass and wrap it around a mandrel which is basically a welding rod dipped in clay slip. When you've wound the melted glass around the rod and played about with it a bit to get different colours etc you put it into a kiln to anneal it then take it off the mandrel and there you go. Well thats basically it. Its terribly addictive and some of the bigger beads take an hour to make. I did a stall at our church fair yesterday which was fab. More money for more chickens Back to top Katiequiggle Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Posts: 68 Location: Surrey Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:43 pm    Post subject: Clucky wrote: What a wonderful talent. You have some beautiful pieces. I especially love the Squiggle Heart necklace in the Signature Collection. If you ever do one in either Turquoise or an Amber colour, please let me know.... I am very much like Jaydee, and its like sweets in a sweet shop, not knowing what to get, there's too many. I'll see what I can do Back to top vanessa Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 1267 Location: Correze Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:42 pm    Post subject: You make it sound SOOOOOO easy I still say you're clever Back to top jessjess Joined: 28 May 2008 Posts: 218 Location: Derbyshire Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:54 pm    Post subject: We make jewelery I have posted another topic with some very poor photos! Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Crafters Corner All times are GMT + 1 Hour Page 1 of 1 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group