happy anniversary jakie! and more beads. ouch.
 ok! first things first. jake and i have had 3 years of wedded bliss as of today! he is the sweetest, most amazing person i have ever known. and i mean that. we are so different and somehow it works anyway. he is organized and neat, i am...not. ok, that is the biggest difference. he is good with numbers...i mix up numbers and letters. seriously. he never gets mad at me for anything...almost anything, and loves me more than i ever imaged anyone would, or could. and i never knew i could adore someone the way i adore him. if i kiss him will he's sleeping, he will mutter in his sleepy voice, "i love you baby." he will act like he doesn't want the last piece of something until he is sure i don't want it. he listens to my insane ideas and fears and obsessions. he loves the cats, even when they are bad. he has enabled me to be a professional artist. without him, i don't know where i would be today. i have never been so loved and felt like i have a home until we got married. he is my family. he is my world. i love you more than you can imagine, jakie.ok. now. onto some excitement for the day! michelle emailed me with interest in the paper beads. i happened to be working on a tutorial anyway, so i got it done and let her know about it. she put it on whip up! thanks so much michelle! needless to say, my stats, which are never bad, don't get me wrong, but when i checked them at lunchtime, i had 500 hits for the day. yah! so then, i noticed that i had also been linked on craftzine.com! and i think there might be something else coming up. so. woot! i think i just wooted my own horn. onto some bead news. i burned the hell out of my fingers and hand whilst using the UTEE. if you are planning to use it in whatever heating pot you have, be careful. it burns worse than hot glue, if that gives you an idea. it is like molten lava. it is hard to control. so. i tried a batch with modpodge instead, i used 2-3 coats. the only issue with that is that it doesn't get hard like the UTEE, not that you are going to abuse beads that much anyway. ok, so a lot more photos on my flickr. i am eager to actually use some of them. here is a photo that shows some of the paper beads next to amber beads:  here are some photos showing how different the beads look sealed with mod podge rather than the resin:  and the resin:  do i still make yarn, you ask? well, yes. i am trying to do wholesale orders due in the next month, so i haven't been listing it. there are photos here  if you see something you love, please email me and let me know. okay?thanks for all of them sweet comments and emails! you guys! xo, n. |
posted by natasha @ 6:40 PM
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Happy Anniversary Sweetie! There's nothing better than a soulmate - count your lucky stars that you found yours.
AWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!
Happy anniversary sweetie! Hope you and Jake had a great day!
LOVE the beads! I think I may have to try it, so thanks for the tutorial!
PS Ooooh ooooh,is Pink 2 still available? If so, how much? Thanks!
hey thanks, lynn! i know it! i am not sure what i did to get so lucky!
thanks amanda! make sure you keep me posted if you make some!
What a babe of a hubby!! Lucky girl all the way round!!
oh I love the poppy scarf-did you put it on etsy yet???
and this skein on here is to DIE for!!!!!!! SOOOO gorgeous!
Your beads rock. I remember making them when I was little-I have no patience for it now.
Happy Anniversary! From the sounds of that, there will be many more happy ones in the future for you, too.
I went out and bought a new bottle of Mod Podge yesterday! Hopefully I will have time to make beads, soon.
Can you explain what the resin is, a little more and where to get it? (.i.e. could I get it someplace like Michael's, or the art store, etc?) I'm a little fuzzy as to what it actually is. Maybe a picture of the container it comes in or something?
Happy anniversary! You two are so adorable!
barbe, i sold one of the poppy scarves and then put another on etsy...thanks for being so sweet, as always! you flatterer! it works every time!
the beads are a bit of a pain in the arse. i roll them whilst watching tv, though. i would go insane if i just sat and did them.
jess, you could use just mod podge or you could get varnish and use a few coats. the molten lava that i got clear embossing powder. i got a big 8 oz bottle of it because i used so much. michael's will have it by the stamping stuff. there should be a whole embossing section. you can either coat the beads and then use a heat tool to heat it, which is a huge pain in the butt, or you can heat it in a heating unit, which i bought, but you could use an electric skillet, just don't set it higher than 300 degrees. you could even use a fondue pot from the thrift store. there is a kind of embossing powder called UTEE (ultra thick embossing e? dunno what that last E is for) that will make one coat thicker, but it actually seemed a bit harder to control that the regular clear. ok, if you are still confused by my confusing explanation, email me and i will try to sort it out.
and thanks so much! he is a good boy. and cute, too. and tall. and nice. and...
thanks kat! you are too sweet! that is me with a tan. seriously.
you guys are the cutest!! happy happy to you both! and those beads, so freakin' cool - i've been out of the blogging loop w/o my trusty internet and i'm just now getting caught up! so good to catch up! off to read your old posts!
jenifer, it is so easy for all of the blogs to slip out of control if you are off of the internet for a couple of days even. sheesh. and thanks! it has been nice!
I think I have a better idea of what you mean now. I'm going to use the mod podge, but I'd like to try the other stuff too. You know, see what I prefer.
jess, i am going to try to research what else i could use to make them hard and shiny that i could just paint on.i will keep you posted, maybe damar varnish. hm.
natasha, oh my goodknits, we have the same anniversaries... to the day!
nice shot of you and your man too...
just had to tell you! enjoying your extra luxurious blog here too!
i am ridiculously behind, but that first paragraph is just darling and wonderful and makes me sigh and i love it and it's a lovely picture and happy anniversary!!!! i am loving the paper beady goodness here too and, of course, the yarn! you rock in a big way.
aw sean, you are so sweet. jake is the kind of man that girls dream of. he is too good to be true. so i hope i don't find out something freaky about him. like he is a flasher or something. although he looks cute, so unless it was little girls, i could deal with it.
you rock!
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