I can’t believe I’m actually going to do this. I bought a diamond dot case on Amazon for $17 to keep track of the bead vials. 30 colors. Usually I just have them strewn all over the couch. 😜

Omg, I was telling Rachelle that if I had known how long this was going to take, I might have had second thoughts! (Not really, but it did take a while to complete!) Over 5,000 beads. I counted. But, I am happy. Note, if you are thinking of making one of these, I added a strip of stiff Mylar in the inside to give it body.

Several years ago when my delica stash began to grow, I thought I had finally found the perfect thing to store in this antique sheet music cabinet that had been given to me. Because the drawers are so thin, I got these flip-top containers. I spent hours making the labels. I wanted to be able to see right away what the delica number was. With the tubes, you have to pick them up and turn them just right to be able to read the number. The problem? The lids don’t stay on!! Dropping them is a disaster! The lids pop off and beads go everywhere. The lids come off so easily, but I have hundreds of them! I am going to try the diamond art screw top containers. They won’t fit in the drawer, but I guess I could take the bottom out of every other drawer. Don’t get these containers!

That's exactly what happened when my next guest bought the bead store she worked at. Join the live call next Monday, October 5 at 12:30 pm Central time when my guest will be Cindy Boissonneault, owner of Poco Inspired beads. https://www.pocobeads.com/ PS. I am still working on the video with Alex of Planbead. This was a hard one because of all of the screen shares and I needed to cut 30 minutes. But it will be finished in a couple of days.

My first time making wire earrings, well really first time with wire other than a jump ring or quick fix here and there. I made fairies 😁 I made the bracelets yesterday. I'm hooked on making those. There are so many ways of embellishing these, and it's not even the full pattern, just the first portion. I liked the size and stopped there on Friday. I've been making them all weekend actually. I have made 7 total, quick and easy once it clicks. What are yall working on?