More Beading....

I guess this is getting serious. I have a number of people asking to buy lanyards. I work in one of those buildings where you need to carry your ID and keys with you everywhere. I have made a half-dozen or so for my co-workers. Word of wear? Anyway, I have requests. I did some exploring to see what sort of price these things were fetching. Maybe I should say what sort of price people wanted these to fetch. It looks like barely break even at retail prices for the supplies. So, I ordered an EIN, applied for a VA tax ID, made a name for myself - a business name. But what would the cabs go for? I guess these are rather unique.

I've been BEADING!

This started when my building ID lanyard broke. A good friend made it for me. There were beads everywhere. Beads went down my shirt and when I walked around, I was leaving a trail of little seed beads. Like Gretal. Or was it Hansel. Whatever, you get the picture.
Now I have little #15 beads all over the house. Fairy dust for old women who can't see so well, which seems to bring me back to the Hansel and Gretal story again.
Lanyards (3 of them)










Necklaces (by request)







Three Chevron stitch bracelets, 3 bezeled cabachons, one of those necklaces made so the bead thread looks invisible.
(And a partridge in a pear tree?)


I have made two of these onyx cabachons. This is #2, the other one I gave to my division manager - she's into jewels and she got the cab for free.
Not sure what is next - I have a bunch of crystals calling. Don't know what to do with them. I have a few large faceted stones to try bezels (and a couple of rivolis to practice).