tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post3359529272038150077..comments2024-03-28T12:37:52.778-04:00Comments on Art Bead Scene Blog: Studio Saturdays: The Rainbow SuggestionHeather Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03555102264780529839noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-10578069719472045962008-03-17T06:40:00.000-04:002008-03-17T06:40:00.000-04:00Marcy, Don't you just love it when a suggestion ca...Marcy, <BR/><BR/>Don't you just love it when a suggestion can take you in a new direction? The dog portrait sounds awesome and so special for the customer. Thanks for stopping by and sharing it with us.<BR/><BR/>CindyCindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-23145835585427417132008-03-16T21:52:00.000-04:002008-03-16T21:52:00.000-04:00Cindy, love your rainbow spiral. It's beautiful.I...Cindy, love your rainbow spiral. It's beautiful.<BR/><BR/>I'm a lampworker too. My recent favorite suggestion came from a customer who asked me to do her pet's portrait on Pandora type beads. I already have been doing pets- especially dogs as focal beads, but this brought something I was already doing, into a new direction. I've done some dogs, and have a parrot to do next. I've found quite a market in custom beads and love doing them.<BR/><BR/>MarcyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-58406750008312221152008-03-10T21:22:00.000-04:002008-03-10T21:22:00.000-04:00Silver River Jewelry - true-er words were never sp...Silver River Jewelry - true-er words were never spoken. Patience with ourselves is so important. Great advice! Thank you for sharing it!Cindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-88027775663258375272008-03-10T21:20:00.000-04:002008-03-10T21:20:00.000-04:00Carlene - yes, closely listening to what people ar...Carlene - yes, closely listening to what people are saying can lead to the best advice without knowing it! Cool! Thanks for commenting!Cindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-59816369973611285652008-03-10T21:17:00.000-04:002008-03-10T21:17:00.000-04:00Janel - I love George Eliot (who is a woman by the...Janel - I love George Eliot (who is a woman by the way)! Great advice - it isn't ever too late. Thanks for sharing and stopping by!Cindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-54287494412272213652008-03-10T15:12:00.000-04:002008-03-10T15:12:00.000-04:00Beautiful! One of my goals is to learn lamp work ...Beautiful! One of my goals is to learn lamp work although it is in the future as I am working on my lapidary and metal smithing skills at the moment. Only so many hours in the day ( I need about 48 per day instead of 24). The best advice I every received was to never say "I couldn't learn how to do that." And it's true I have discovered I can learn anything as long as I am patient with myself. I look forward to seeing more of your work.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15490024185008515030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-31660766547985464432008-03-10T11:02:00.000-04:002008-03-10T11:02:00.000-04:00I'd have to say the best advice I've gotten is fro...I'd have to say the best advice I've gotten is from a quote I found about 7 years ago - "It's never too late to be what you might have been." - George Elliot. I framed that quote and it has hung above my desk ever since. It always reminds me to push through the "fog bank" of self-doubt because there is usually something wonderful on the other side.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823616282284779390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-91918864430376436652008-03-09T13:52:00.000-04:002008-03-09T13:52:00.000-04:00The suggestion I got was in the form of a hint. A...The suggestion I got was in the form of a hint. A gal in my chakra class was tired of dealing with reading glasses and commented at break that she'd love a eyeglass chain but wouldn't wear one that made them look like "old lady" glasses. (A previous request for them I had from someone else got an outright No) But the thought to make them fun (her nickname was "groovy chick") was what I needed. Now I still don't have them in my regular inventory, but will make one to suit your requirements. Thank you "groovy chick" for a new idea!Carlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17052412384877288768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-40768601265933493462008-03-09T08:29:00.000-04:002008-03-09T08:29:00.000-04:00Thank you, Gaea! A common sense piece of advice, a...Thank you, Gaea! A common sense piece of advice, alphabetizing a list, can make a big impact.Cindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-65771744249901215952008-03-09T08:27:00.000-04:002008-03-09T08:27:00.000-04:00Sarabear - hope you had fun at the Wizard of Oz.St...Sarabear - hope you had fun at the Wizard of Oz.<BR/><BR/>Stacia - thank you! I love the suggestion you received! There are no mistakes but new opportunities - what a great perspective on the world - to be a little less hard on ourselves.Cindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-57337117212650371792008-03-09T08:25:00.000-04:002008-03-09T08:25:00.000-04:00There you are Jean! Congratulations - Tari's butto...There you are Jean! Congratulations - Tari's button is cool!Cindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-24646441617399599352008-03-09T00:29:00.000-05:002008-03-09T00:29:00.000-05:00Oh! And... A customer suggested I organize my colo...Oh! And... A customer suggested I organize my color chart in alphabetical order!Gaeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11549165682864974309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-22379978303161979412008-03-09T00:28:00.000-05:002008-03-09T00:28:00.000-05:00Magic!Magic!Gaeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11549165682864974309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-76277481323193859362008-03-08T22:27:00.000-05:002008-03-08T22:27:00.000-05:00I love love love your new spiral.Best suggestion: ...I love love love your new spiral.<BR/><BR/>Best suggestion: Or maybe more like advice. A teacher once told me after a disappointing outcome. "There are no mistakes, only new opportunites."Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17075520240025632555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-91386060772898898332008-03-08T18:07:00.000-05:002008-03-08T18:07:00.000-05:00You can click the linky and go SEE it, you know (h...You can click the linky and go SEE it, you know (hee hee!). I love your rainbow spiral . . . it reminds me of the Wizard of Oz, and believing in yourself, and in your dreams. Things I have HUGE problems with, in large part to health issues. Anyway, we're going to watch the Wizard of Oz tonight, so I'll be thinking colorful thoughts! Er, wait, that could sound not quite right . . . . more along the lines of colorful language @#$@% and @#$@$@$# if you know what I @#$@$@$@ing mean! Which isn't how I meant it! Lol! Now I've got Kermit's Rainbow Connection song going through my head, and an urge to hold hands with everybody . . . .Sarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-75428127314562097072008-03-08T17:49:00.000-05:002008-03-08T17:49:00.000-05:00I love your spiral ! I shall let another person ha...I love your spiral ! I shall let another person have a chance of winning because I am so excited that I JUST won Tari's button! <BR/><BR/>in fact I am bowled over!<BR/><BR/>it IS cause for celebration!<BR/><BR/>I am dancin around here! <BR/><BR/>love you all, ABS!Jean Katherine Baldridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12497992193034414806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-12372408532133568632008-03-08T17:36:00.000-05:002008-03-08T17:36:00.000-05:00Sounds like the bracelet is just beautiful, Sarabe...Sounds like the bracelet is just beautiful, Sarabear! An unexpected suprise that added to the design. Go with the flow is always good advice! Thanks for stopping by!Cindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-23456119135326820592008-03-08T16:51:00.000-05:002008-03-08T16:51:00.000-05:00Go with the flow. Since I was working with a blue...Go with the flow. Since I was working with a blue pallette, it was especially appropriate!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://thatmeansbeadedjewelry.blogspot.com/2007/06/variation-of-fire-mountain-gems-pattern.html" REL="nofollow">I was making a bracelet for my SIL</A>, as part of a mutual challenge we were doing for each other. I had settled on the honeycomb pattern in Fire Mtn Gems & Beads' Catalog, and was going to do a graduating lights to darks and backs again variation I had painstakingly worked out a while back.<BR/><BR/>Well, as I started the bracelet, and we chatted, I kept going along, and decided that for this instance I preferred a more semi-randomness to the spread of color, instead of my patterned version. What I hadn't noticed as we'd talked is that I had messed up the honeycomb pattern, and I had a "jog" in the "hexes". I decided to leave it.<BR/><BR/>It's where I attached the butterfly, with wire. It's hard to tell from the pic, since the bracelet isn't laying straight on the scanner, but if it was it'd be easier to tell. When it is worn, this unexpected detail just sets off the whole piece, and gives an oddly assymetrical balance to it, with a sense the the butterfly is fluttering up and away in a sky of pure crystalline blues . . .Sarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-19947536901491601502008-03-08T16:47:00.000-05:002008-03-08T16:47:00.000-05:00You're quick thinking, Brenda! The customer made a...You're quick thinking, Brenda! The customer made a suggestion without knowing it and you were smart enough to know you should jump on it. Wonderful! Thanks for taking the time to share your suggestion. <BR/><BR/>Yes, you do need to do lampworking more than once to get the hang of it. It's like rubbing your tummy and patting your head - you heat the glass and keep the mandrel turning Thank you for the compliment on the spiral!Cindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-84493289618419712532008-03-08T15:50:00.000-05:002008-03-08T15:50:00.000-05:00I have only tried lampworking once, I hear you hav...I have only tried lampworking once, I hear you have to do it more than that to get the hang of it. This spiral is exquisite.<BR/>I also make bath and body products. I have a booth at our local renaissance fair. Staying with the spirit of the renaissance theme, we decided one year to wash people's hands in rosewater before they came into the shop. Well, they loved it. You could see them walking away smelling their hands and smiling.<BR/>Several hours went by and a young girl came up to me and asked if we sold the rose water. I looked at my partner, bewildered. But then calm as could be I turned to her and said we were all out and if she would come back the next week we would have it for her to purchase.<BR/>Since that fateful day, we have sold thousands of vials of rose oil for people to scent their own water. Not quite a suggestion, but it had the same effect.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772558434444483766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-40723120580933440232008-03-08T15:24:00.000-05:002008-03-08T15:24:00.000-05:00Sometimes suggestions make so much sense it a wond...Sometimes suggestions make so much sense it a wonder why we never thought of them before. Thanks for stopping by, Tari!Cindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-80296241136780093062008-03-08T14:54:00.000-05:002008-03-08T14:54:00.000-05:00I love the rainbow of colors Cindy! Your spirals a...I love the rainbow of colors Cindy! Your spirals are just fantastic.<BR/>We share ideas a lot as artists and craftpersons. <BR/>Making clay buttons and beads, the clean up is something you dread. Clay dust is very bad for you and I was sanding my buttons and putting clay dust into the air. <BR/>Melanie, my fellow ABS editor, colleague and fantastic all around artist, asked if I had tried wet sanding. I went "huh?" After she explained I did the smack to forehead "I could have had a V8!" It made so much sense and why didn't I think of that! <BR/>Thanks Melanie! You have helped to save my lungs!Tari of ClayButtons.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111595673439759980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-33223373866097358962008-03-08T11:50:00.000-05:002008-03-08T11:50:00.000-05:00Thanks for stopping by and commenting, Sweetwillow...Thanks for stopping by and commenting, Sweetwillowdesigns! Good advice from your friend!Cindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-9165751169128220172008-03-08T11:47:00.000-05:002008-03-08T11:47:00.000-05:00Very beautifuly design, I love the way the colors ...Very beautifuly design, I love the way the colors flow one into the other.<BR/><BR/>Best advice - I never throw any of my beads away. Anything I don't like goes in a "junk bin" next to my work table. Recently I had a friend over and she was rummaging through the bin and found several beads she really liked and that with some tweaking could be great, not junk. She encouraged me to redefine my "junk bin" as a "prototype bin" and to periodically go through it with fresh eyes, looking for ways to improve the design, color, etc. So, no more "junk" only "prototypes" waiting to be great. :-)Sweet Willow Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688950409737950540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-4789916755596044362008-03-08T11:42:00.000-05:002008-03-08T11:42:00.000-05:00Thank you, Faerie-Jeweller! I love the simplicity ...Thank you, Faerie-Jeweller! I love the simplicity "go slow, go slower" - it's great advice in any situation.Cindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.com