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Some days you're the windshield, some days you're the bug
Ever had one of those days where you know the universe is just out to break your heart? I spend half an hour making the most beautiful bead I've ever made (in my eyes anyway). Let it cool for what I thought was sufficient time. Then went to take it off the mandrel and it broke clean in half. I wanted to cry.
Being the practical woman that I am, I refused to be defeated, went to the toolbox, fetched myself some crazy glue and tah dah!
These beads are meant to be a gift the Queen of An Tir when she comes to our coronet tourney next weekend. Is it sinful to give a gift you know isn't perfect? I could try to remake the broken bead, but it's meant to be given next weekend and I don't know that I'll have the time to do it. Is the glued bead okay? Should I just give the six intact beads? Do I need to make the time to re-do this one and hope it doesn't break this time?
Anyway, here's the beads in their final presentation, matching cord also made by me.
And the documentation that will accompany the beads, proving they are reasonable reproductions of period finds:
Second go at making these ones. Remembered to do the shaping this time and just for fun tried to duplicate the colours too. I think I succeeded on this one. The photo of the beads is 2:1 scale, so mine are still a teensy bit smaller than the originals.
This is the really complicated bead I was trying to reproduce with the one that broke. My lines aren't as fine as the period version and I reversed the colours. But I think I made a reasonable attempt anyway.
I managed to do these ones relatively well on first attempt. I like doing these, I think I will do more of them.
Time to have a shower and a quick breakfast and go new car hunting :)
Being the practical woman that I am, I refused to be defeated, went to the toolbox, fetched myself some crazy glue and tah dah!
These beads are meant to be a gift the Queen of An Tir when she comes to our coronet tourney next weekend. Is it sinful to give a gift you know isn't perfect? I could try to remake the broken bead, but it's meant to be given next weekend and I don't know that I'll have the time to do it. Is the glued bead okay? Should I just give the six intact beads? Do I need to make the time to re-do this one and hope it doesn't break this time?
Anyway, here's the beads in their final presentation, matching cord also made by me.
And the documentation that will accompany the beads, proving they are reasonable reproductions of period finds:
Second go at making these ones. Remembered to do the shaping this time and just for fun tried to duplicate the colours too. I think I succeeded on this one. The photo of the beads is 2:1 scale, so mine are still a teensy bit smaller than the originals.
This is the really complicated bead I was trying to reproduce with the one that broke. My lines aren't as fine as the period version and I reversed the colours. But I think I made a reasonable attempt anyway.
I managed to do these ones relatively well on first attempt. I like doing these, I think I will do more of them.
Time to have a shower and a quick breakfast and go new car hunting :)
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By the way, we bought the van today, so we will be travelling to Pennsic in style. We'd be happy to give you a ride there and back from London Ontario if you don't mind coming and going on our schedule. Le me know if you're interested and we'll work out the details:
evesca @ canada . com remove the spaces