Can you dedicate a tutorial to someone?
This ones for you Chris!!! Cheers! Happy Holidays and the end to a successful buy..... despite China and Dam DHL!
You went above and beyond!!!!!
Please add to this thread with all your ideas for these cords. Let's make these fun now!
I have loved using these cords all season for my sales at art festivals. They have really moved out of my booth. When Chris started the buy I could not wait to be a part of it. So now I figured since we have all been waiting for these cords, let's have fun with them!
Here are some of the ways I have discovered to use these cords. I am sure others have done the same thing. My corded lampwork is very picked over (thank goodness!) but here are a few examples I have left from shows.
I started by melting the tip of the tie cord just a tiny bit so that the end would not fray as I started working with the cords.
I pulled out all my Bali beads and caps with large holes in them. Then I started stacking flat beads to create dimension on top and below a lampwork bead. See below:
Next I found I wanted little sterling 3 and 4 mm balls on them. But the problem was how do you thread those little holes........answer......you don't.
I found you could just
squeeze crimp covers on the cords and then tie a knot. This saved time and moved very fast. It was much easier then trying to thread those small holes. I tried..... it can be done but not worth the effort.
I also went and bought tassles and thread them back into the bead and tied up at the top.
These cords are so much fun to use with leftover focals that you were not sure what to do with. I also found that sticking
a crimp cover in the pucker of the bead caused the bead to always stay centered on the cord, therefore giving a clean presentation the whole time they were hanging in my booth, or on someones neck.
I am sure others have great ideas of what to do with these cords....please add to the thread!!!!
I also want to thank Shawnette from
http://www.glassgoodies.com/goodies/ She fixed me up in the mean time with great prices on the cords.
Again, I want to thank Chris for all her hard work!!!!!!! You are the greatest!