250 Boxwood Rabbit

250 Boxwood Rabbit Bead

Object: Rabbit bead made from boxwood

Acquired: May 2011

From: The Bead and Button Show, Milwaukee

Cost: $10

Notes: There's a name for these, hang on...ojime, that's what they are called--or rather, what they are inspired by.  I like that they are tiny, pretty, carved sculptures.  And now that I have both a dragon and a rabbit, all I need is a turtle, and my obsessions are filled.

My sister came with mom and I to the bead show this year, and the two of us went around together.  We found two other booths selling ojime beads, both of which were more expensive.  One of them, however, had X-rated ojime beads.  Like, penises and women in dirty positions.  We left that booth quickly.  What would you even DO with a bead like that? I do not know.

183 Half a Jade Bead

183 Half a Jade Bead

Object: One half of a jade bead

Acquired: Unknown

From: Unknown

Notes: I recall borrowing a bracelet, and breaking one of the beads--all the beads were fragile on it, though, so I didn't get in trouble. I'm not sure why I kept this half-bead, but I did.

025 Beads

025 Beads

Object: 1 Film Canister with tiny pearl beads

Acquired: Unknown

From: Mom got them strung as a necklace at a garage sale

Notes: These are actually too big for me to use with my other beads, so instead I use them as a...chew-toy, I guess you'd have to say.  I put one in my mouth and play with it with my tongue to prevent me from biting my fingernails.  Sometimes it even works. I don't know what I'll do once they run out (I occasionally swallow or otherwise lose them). Perhaps then it will be time to get my tongue pierced?

And I used to use that film canister as my traveling bead kit, but the lid was too small for large projects, and it couldn't even fit my folding scissors, so it got a demotion.

022 Dragon

022 Dragon

Object: Boxwood Dragon Bead

Acquired: Fall 2010

From: Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee

Cost: $10

Notes: I always wanted one of these Japanese-ish boxwood bead-sculptures. And now I own one! I also want a rabbit and maybe a turtle, but it can wait.

019 Bead Collection

019 Bead Collection

Object: Bead Collection, 10 colors size 10^ beads, 12 drawers

Acquired: Various

From: Various

Notes: I actually forgot about these yesterday. They are the remnants of size 10 beads that I'm trying to get out of my stash. I had it down to eight colors, but I ordered some size 11s, and they sent me two colors of 10s as a 'free sample.' Free and unexpected are both good--but only when I don't have to deal with them afterward, so... I'm not really all that happy with that bead place.

015 Bead Freaks

015 Bead Freaks

Object: Box of irregularly shaped beads

Acquired: As I work

From: Other beads

Cost: Five Seconds

Notes: The special-needs children of the beading world. Some just have the wrong color, but most are improper shapes.

014 Bead Ends

014 Bead Ends

Object: Misc Beads, 1 large (and dirty) bead container

Acquired: Various

From: Various

Cost: Less than not much

Notes: As I use up beads they get down graded in their containers, and when there's next to nothing left of a certain color, it goes in here (or if I really, really hate it and am sick of trying to use it up). I've slowly been using these beads (and the ugly red thread) to make a beaded chain, but since it'll never be finished, I'm not sure if it'll ever be blogged.

011 Bead Drawers

011 Bead Drawers

Object: 23 Bead Hive drawers, some beads and craft supplies

Acquired: Various

From: Craft Stores

Cost: Various

Notes: The set of three drawers has coin-shaped beads, and the non-empty four-drawer set has a silver chain, some misc beads and the end to one of my beaded tapestries' hanging rod which I need to glue back on. None of these really needed their own entry.

010 Bead Collection pt 4

010 Bead Collection

Object: Bead Collection, 47 colors, 52 drawers

Acquired: Various

From: Various

Cost: Various

Notes: The drawers are 'Bead Hives' and I got them either from the Bead Bin or from mom, who is phasing hers out.  The drawers are nice but a little finicky to use.

I down-grade the container the beads live in as I use them up, with this being the smallest size available.

009 Bead Collection pt 3

009 Bead Collection

Object: Bead collection, 33 colors, 36 cases, 10 lids

Acquired: Various

From: Various

Cost: Various

Notes: Still more. These bead cases are a lower quality than the larger ones, so sometimes the lids break--and some of the cases are starting to break, too. I keep thinking that I should upgrade their quality, but, well, I already own these.

008 Bead Collection

008 Bead Collection

Object: Bead Collection, 22 colors, 25 cases, five lids

Acquired: Various

From: Various

Cost: Various

Notes: You didn't think that last entry was all my beads, did you? HA. Not likely.

007 Bead Collection

007 Bead Collection

Object: Bead Collection, 30 colors, 30 cases, 6 lids

Acquired: Various

From: Various

Cost: Various

Notes: Various

No, kidding.  From here on in beads will be logged as I buy them, but for now I just needed to start somewhere.