I have had a long pause from this blog (about 2 months now) as well as most internet activities. Have been dealing with cancer, surgery, and now moving onto chemo therapy.
I don’t know when I will be able to jump back fully into the blog and online “life” … or if it will ever be the same. This long and unexpected “pause” has been fraught with terrors but also most definitely, blessings.
New items will be posted as the creativity urges snap back in.
Namaste to all the creatives (and that means everyone!) out there!
Blue Birdie to watch over me.
This beautiful little blue birdie was gifted to me by Melisse and Bob, our very wonderfully caring neighbours.
The many different jewelry pliers and cutters available can make it confusing as to what to buy and use. Here we will attempt to throw some light on the differences.
Even though you can use Flat Nose Pliers to crimp your crimp beads, until you begin to useCrimping Pliers, you won’t really know how much more professional crimping pliers will make your finished art-piece. The Crimp Plierswill help curve your crimp beads so that the wearer of your jewelry piece will not feel any sharp & annoying edges; which lessens the value of your jewelry. If you have never used Crimping Pliers, it may take a bit of practice to get the hang of it but it will be worth every effort – to you and your customers/jewellery recipients.
Beading Wire, like Tigertail, is made up of multistrands of very fine steel cables and usually twisted together. These multistrands are then coated with plastic or nylon, which can come in a variety of colours. The coating creates a tough and resilient beading wire. Beading wire is normally used for stringing beads.
