tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67414808244822116982024-03-13T10:09:17.771-06:00Plum BeadaciousA blog that talks about handmade accessories, creativity, small business and inspiration.leallysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02686626847667324197noreply@blogger.comBlogger192125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741480824482211698.post-89650186990898412742017-04-29T06:08:00.000-06:002017-04-29T06:08:00.281-06:00Let's Celebrate Our Nurses - Nurse's Week May 6 - 12, 2017<h3>
Thanks to the Nurses!</h3>
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I appreciate the nurses in my life. Some of them have literally helped to save my life. All the nurses who attended to me were courteous, supportive and efficient. They spoke with authority but not with bossiness.<br />
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Nurses are people of action. They do what needs to be done in the moment. No easy task since many of them work 12-hour shifts.<br />
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I remember when I "passed-out" on an asphalt parking lot and came to with severe contusions to my face and a broken arm so bad that people said to me "don't look at it". An ambulance took me to the hospital and doctors and nurses came to my rescue.<br />
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Several years later I met one of my nurses from that event at my daughter's baby shower. It turns out she and my daughter were friends with children in the same school. This nurse and I were seated at the same table, and we connected. She remembered me from that day, and she shared how worried everyone was for my health. It was fun to talk with her and get to know her a bit as a mom. She made me feel good to know she remembered me and my circumstances from that day that was so traumatic for me.<br />
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I am not a nurse, but I worked with some of them when I was a compliance analyst at a health care system here in Colorado. The nurses there were caring and dedicated to the welfare of the patients, and they actually wanted to comply with the regulations and policies.<br />
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Now that I am working from home selling my handmade lanyards and badge reels, I really need to admit some of the regulations made it extremely difficult for the nurses to do their jobs. Like having one hand tied behind your back. I really appreciated all their efforts to comply while caring for their patients.<br />
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Yes, I sell <a href="https://plumbead.com/collections/new-items" target="_blank">badge reels and lanyards</a> that nurses can use. But most importantly I want to let nurses know how valuable they are and how much I appreciate them.<br />
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Almost all of us know that social media is powerful in reaching multitudes of people and getting your message to your ideal customer. Yet for those of us with a handmade business, where we design and create our products, photograph our products, and post them online for sale, time management is a constant challenge.</div>
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I found <b><a href="http://www.viraltag.com/#_l_7s" target="_blank">Viraltag</a></b> to be the best social media scheduling app for me. It is a pleasure to use this tool, and it works with many different social media networks. Viraltag is a "Marketing Platform for the Visual Web". Their goal is to help you grow your brand by using the power of images.</div>
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Once you connect to your preferred social networks, you will find the Viraltag logo at the bottom right of images online or you may upload an image from your files. These photos can be selected and posted to your social media accounts at the timing you prefer.</div>
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In the screen shot below, you will see that I chose a photo of a product from my shop, clicked on Viraltag, and it now appears in my Viraltag scheduler. From here I can write a description, add or change a link, and choose the social media networks on which I want to share this image. I can then add it to my queue which places it in the next time slot for the network I chose, I can schedule it for some other time, or I can post it immediately.</div>
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This is a quick process. Once you have scheduled some posts to social media, you may go to your dashboard on Viraltag to see what is scheduled for the various dates, times and social media networks. You can edit from this page. You can see below that I have one posting for Facebook, one for Pinterest, and one for Twitter. They will each post at the same time. This can all be edited or deleted.</div>
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Now, we all know that we should be measuring the results of our efforts. Viraltag comes to the rescue on that as well. Viraltag displays all your recent posts and lets you know the shares, likes, and comments you have received. See the screenshot below for an example of that.</div>
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I hope you will give <a href="http://www.viraltag.com/#_l_7s" target="_blank">Viraltag</a> a try for scheduling your social media images. The team there is very responsive if you need help, and they provide education as well. Words cannot express how good I feel about having this tool available. Now I can focus on my social media calendar once or twice a week and then go about my business of designing products, making them, photoing them and selling them to my customers.</div>
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Note: I am updating this post on 1/12/16 to let you know that I am now an affiliate of Viraltag. Please click on the Viraltag ad in the sidebar of this blog if you wish to join. They will provide me with credit toward my monthly fee if you join through my affiliate link.</div>
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First you need a digital photograph that you would like to use for this project. For the purposes of this tutorial I will use the picture below. I chose this one that was sent to me by a customer because it is way too big and contains more in it than we would want to include in the photo glass cabochon. <br />
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We will select the face of the kitty, whose name is Kernel, for this photo glass cabochon.<br />
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You will need access to a photo editor on your computer. I use PhotoShop Elements, software available from Adobe, but there are free sites available for you to do this work. <a href="http://www.picmonkey.com/" target="_blank"> PicMonkey</a> is easy to use. <a href="https://www.canva.com/" target="_blank">Canva</a> also works well.</div>
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Upload your photo to the photo editor. We are going to crop the photo down to just the part we want to appear under the round glass disc that we will use for the photo glass cabochon. To do this, choose the option to make your photo square. I use a size of about 300 pixels by 300 pixels. That is larger than my finished size, but it is easy for me to see what I am doing. Get the face centered in the middle of the square. Keep in mind that your final product is round, so don't pull the square in so close around the face that you will lose part of your image because it will be cut off by the curve of the glass disc.</div>
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Here is the cropped version of the above photo.</div>
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In addition to cropping the photo, I did a quick auto enhancement on PhotoShop Elements. It brightened the kitty's face. You will find tools on Canva and PicMonkey to brighten the photo. You will need to play with that to make it the way you want it. One important thing about that is if you brighten a photo, you may also need to increase the contrast as well. The photo can look very flat if you just brighten it.</div>
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The next step is for you to transfer this to a Word Document. Open a Word document, go back to the jpg. on your computer, right click on it and then choose Copy. Now go to the blank Word document, right click and then choose Paste. This is a screenshot of a Word document with the kitty jpg. pasted there. As you can see, the kitty is way too big to use for the photo glass cabochon.<br />
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Now, let's work some magic on this photo in Word. Click on the middle of the picture and you should see a tab come up above the toolbar that says "Picture Tools". The Picture Tools will now appear in your toolbar. At the far right of the toolbar you will see an area that says Size. Within that are two small fields showing measurements. Mine defaults to 5". Click on each field and change both of them to 30 mm or 1.18". This is the size of photo glass disc I use for my badge reels. Your photo will suddenly be much smaller. </div>
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You can now print a practice copy of your photo. Use plain copy paper and a plain photo version on your printer. We will upgrade to best photo when we do the final print. The purpose of this practice copy to to make sure your photo will look good under a photo glass disc.</div>
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Notice in the photo above that the glass goes all the way across the photo, and the face of the kitty fills the entire round piece of glass. It may take some practice to get your photo sized correctly so that you don't have portions of the photo that you want to show off in one of the corners of your square image. Those will be outside of the round photo glass disc.</div>
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If you are satisfied with the size of your image, you are ready to go back to your Word document to print the image for your photo glass cabochon. I like to copy and paste the image several times onto the document before I print it. To do that, click on the photo, then right click on it and choose Copy. Then right click on your document and choose Paste. Click on Paste however many times you want it to paste into your document. You should then have a row of duplicate images like I have in the screen print below.</div>
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To print the photo, you should select the highest quality print available to you. I use Epson Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte for this final print. Be sure you have plenty of ink in your printer. These use a lot of ink. You may also choose to take the page to a Fedex or other place that can print the photos for you on a laser printer. See my <a href="http://beadaciouslyyours.blogspot.com/2015/10/how-to-make-photo-badge-reel.html" target="_blank">previous post</a> for detailed instruction on printing and making the photo glass cabochon. </div>
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Once you follow the steps in the post called <a href="http://beadaciouslyyours.blogspot.com/2015/10/how-to-make-photo-badge-reel.html" target="_blank">How to Make a Photo Badge Reel</a>, you should have a lovely photo glass cabochon. Here is the one I did of Kernel, the kitty.</div>
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Photo Glass Cabochons</span> </h2>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Many of the id badge reels that I sell in my shop are made with photo glass cabochons. These are very popular. A photo glass cabochon is made by placing a photo or graphic design under a glass disc. These are used by many jewelry artisans to make photo glass pendants and earrings. I use them to decorate the top of id badge holders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When I first started making badge reels with photo glass cabochons on them, I would purchase photo glass cabochons that were already made. There are many beautiful quality photo glass cabochons available for purchase on Etsy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Later I decided to create my own photo glass cabochons. Beautiful graphic designs sized at 30 mm, the right size for a round badge reel, are available for purchase on Etsy as well. These come as a downloadable file with jpg. photos ready to print and use for the photo glass cabochons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I purchased some of these and started my experimenting and learning to make good clear photo glass cabochons This took lots of trial and error. I found a number of online tutorials and used those to make my photo glass cabochons. Very few of those early attempts went into my shop because I was not satisfied with the final product.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now after many tries, I have become competent to make these. I want to share here how I go about making them in hopes of helping you to arrive at artist quality more quickly than I did. I will share how to use a set of graphics that are already sized for you such at the one in the photo above from Cobra Graphics. Cobra Graphics has some of the finest digital images on the Etsy marketplace.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Epson Ultra Presentation Paper -Matte</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Inkjet color printer or Laser color printer</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Micro Glaze - optional</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">30 mm Round domed glass cabochons</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Glass cabochon glue or glaze</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">X-Acto knife with #11 blade</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Small scissors</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cutting mat on which to use x-acto knife - I use one that is designed for cutting fabric.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wax paper or some sort of slick paper - I use the 8 1/2" x 11" backing that I pull off of shipping labels.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Finger nail file or small sanding block</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Small paint brush</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Toothpicks</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">30 mm light weight pendant tray</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Flush cutter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Badge reel</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. Print the digital graphic page you purchased onto the Epson Ultra Presentation Paper - Matte. Make sure you go to your printer properties when doing this and select "Best Photo" or a comparable setting and also select high quality matte paper. I have an Epson Inkjet printer so I can choose Epson Presentation Paper. You want the highest quality print you can get. Make sure you have plenty ink available. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">-If you use an inkjet printer, you can try this trick I learned.
Place the page you printed into your freezer for a few hours. Then
let it dry overnight. This keeps the ink from bleeding once you start using the
glue on it. The other thing you can do is apply a product called Micro
Glaze over the print once it has dried. It protects the print from bleeding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. Prepare your round domed glass cabochons to be glued to the image. I do this by washing them with a cleaner made to clean my eyeglasses and a very soft cloth. Make sure the glass piece is dry before moving to the next step.</span></div>
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Now apply a drop of the glass cabochon glue to the back of the domed glass
cabochon. If there are any bubbles that appear in the glue gently touch them
with the tip of the glue bottle. You do not want to have any bubbles.
Bubbles cause air to remain under the glass and give a silver effect to the
finished piece, kind of like fish scales.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Carefully place the domed glass cabochon glue side down on top of one of
the 30mm round graphics. Use a very light touch, and place it straight
down onto the photo. You can then move the glass very gently to make sure
the glue gets across the entire piece of glass. Easy does it. Your window
of time to move this is extremely short, just seconds. Then stop!
Once the glue has grabbed hold a bit, gently push down, straight down, on
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Isn't it beautiful? The photo above has a glare on it from the sun.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group of photo glass cabochons done at same session</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">5. You deserve a break now. Let these cuties dry preferably overnight, but at least for several hours.</span></div>
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Prepping your photo glass cabochon for the badge reel:</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. Place wax paper or paper with a slick backing on top of the cutting mat. Then place the sheet of cabochons on the paper.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paper on cutting mat</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2. Cut out the photo glass cabochons from the paper. I usually start by cutting around each one with a small scissors. Once it is a more manageable size, I place it onto the waxed paper that is on top of the cutting mat. Then using the X-Acto knife, I cut right up against the glass all the way around the cabochon. The goal is to have no paper showing from the top when you are finished.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cut around cabochons to provide smaller piece for working</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">3. Next take a fingernail file or small sanding block and gently
file the edges moving across the back to the edges. Be careful not to
move from the edge toward the center of the back. That may lift the paper
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">4. The cabochon is now ready for a final sealing with the same
glue you used to adhere the glass to the photo. With the small paint
brush and a small amount of the glass glue, coat the back of the cabochon with
a light coating of the glue. Then do the same thing to the inside of the
pendant tray you will use with the cabochon. Let these dry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">4. If there is a loop on the pendant tray, cut it off with a flush cutter, and file it smooth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">5. Using the same glass glue or E6000 glue, glue the glass cabochon into the pendant tray.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Putting E6000 glue on back of pendant tray to glue onto badge reel</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">6. Using E6000 glue and a toothpick, glue the pendant tray to the top of the badge reel. Let it all dry overnight. Be sure the badge reel lays flat for this. That can be tricky. I cut holes in a pizza box so I can place the badge reel there with the belt loop, swivel clip or magnetic backing hanging down in the hole. This does a good job of keeping the badge reel flat. The cabochon can slip to one side or another if the badge reel is not flat while it is drying.</span></div>
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Thursday, October 8,2015 was the big day. Many serious artisans of handcrafted items were waiting for Amazon to launch their new <a href="http://www.amazon.com/handmade/b/ref=topnav_storetab_hand1?ie=UTF8&node=11260432011" target="_blank">Handmade at Amazon</a> platform. Artists applied to be a part of this group of people allowed to sell their wares on Amazon.<br />
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There is a lot of hype around this new venue for handmade sellers. Some of the hype is that this will kill <a href="https://www.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Etsy</a>. Until now Etsy was the biggest venue of handmade goods on the internet. They started about 10 years ago and grew over all these years. They began to allow the artists to collaborate with manufacturers to produce items back in 2013. This caused a lot of controversy that is still raging until this day.</div>
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I have been selling my handmade jewelry, beaded lanyards, and badge reels on Etsy since 2006. I started with a shop I called LeAllyson's Creations. I then opened the Etsy shop, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Plumbeadacious?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">Plum Beadacious</a>, in 2008 and closed the first one. I was refining my brand and niche.</div>
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I have done very well on Etsy over these years. I am pleased with the traffic that comes to my shop. My customers are wonderful, and I enjoy interacting with them, creating custom designs for them, and of course, like anyone in business, I light up with a smile when I hear the Etsy Seller App on my iPhone go "cha-ching" meaning I made a sale.</div>
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A number of Etsy sellers took the plunge to join Handmade at Amazon. They completed an application with Amazon, and went through a rigorous approval process. Amazon has strict rules about how the artist's shop must be set up in the Amazon venue. </div>
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Have you looked at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/handmade/b/ref=topnav_storetab_hand1?ie=UTF8&node=11260432011" target="_blank">Handmade at Amazon</a> yet? I have. It is easy to search for handmade items on it. You can make purchases under your Amazon account just like you do when shopping for other items at Amazon. You can even add items to your Amazon wish list.</div>
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My friend, Lari, creates beautiful spiritual jewelry. She is one of the initial artists who secured a place on Handmade at Amazon. Take a look at her new shop on Amazon, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/handmade/Laris-Jewelry-Designs?ref=hnd_dp_smp" target="_blank">Lari's Jewelry Designs</a>.<br />
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I enjoy creating lovely <a data-mce-href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Plumbeadacious?section_id=11315591" href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Plumbeadacious?section_id=11315591" target="_blank" title="Plum Beadacious Beaded Lanyards">beaded lanyards</a>, and I hope many of you like them as well. However, a lanyard is not just a decorative item, it is a functional item as well. It gets hard use every day.<br />
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<li>Strength - Look for a beaded lanyard made with 49 strand beading wire. It should not break even when worn every day for years.</li>
<li>Safety - A breakaway beaded lanyard is made with a magnetic clasp that will come open if put under the pressure of getting the lanyard caught on something. This will keep you from getting caught on machinery or in a door. It can prevent choking if the lanyard is caught up in something.</li>
<li>Comfort - A beaded lanyard made from 49 strand beading wire is flexible and drapes well. In addition, the right clasp,wire guardians, and crimps at the back of the neck prevent pinching and scratching of the neck.</li>
<li>Function - A good beaded lanyard should have a clasp at the front that easily attaches to your id badge or eyeglasses. The clasp should be securely attached to the beaded strand. I use small split rings to securely attach the lanyard clasp to the strand of beads.</li>
<li>Beauty - Last, but not least, your beaded lanyard should be a thing of beauty. A good beaded lanyard is made with quality beads and findings that wear well and are designed well. Look for one that expresses your personality!</li>
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Plum Beadacious offer each of these benefits to you. See more about how I <a href="http://plumbead.com/pages/lanyard-information" target="_blank">construct my lanyards.</a> Here are some of my favorite beaded lanyards that all incorporate the benefits above.</div>
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I just downloaded Windows 10 this last week thinking it would make life easier. Maybe it will be in the long run, but now it keeps presenting one challenge after another. When trying to download the graphic I created for this email newsletter from Canva where I designed it, I suddenly could no longer access it the same way I did when I had Windows 7. I had to call upon my belief in myself and on my faith in my abilities in order that I not be totally stumped.</div>
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I finally decided to email the graphic to myself, but Windows 10 popped up a screen saying that I should gather my email addresses together under their umbrella. I did not want to do that but had to <a href="http://beadaciouslyyours.blogspot.com/2015/09/adjust-your-sails.html" target="_blank">adjust the sails</a>, and do it to get to my email to send out the graphic. So basically I needed to believe in myself in order to think of a way to accomplish my goal, which then made me feel better and a little happier.</div>
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Do you believe in yourself? Do you have faith in your abilities? Claim your right to that frame of mind and heart. It will provide great rewards.</div>
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Proclaim your faith in your abilities on the badge reel you wear each day to work. These are available in antique brass and silver. Both the <a href="http://plumbead.com/collections/badge-reels/products/antiqued-brass-believe-magnetic-id-badge-reel-black-badge-holder" target="_blank">Antique Brass Believe in Yourself Badge Reels</a> and the <a href="http://plumbead.com/collections/badge-reels/products/silver-believe-magnetic-id-badge-reel-chrome-badge-holder" target="_blank">Silver Believe in Yourself Badge reels </a>are available with magnetic backings or clip on backings. </div>
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Years ago I referred to myself as a cock-eyed optimist. Every morning I would awaken with the thought that things would go well, and it would be a better day than the day before. I particularly thought this with regard to my relationship with my first husband. It is a lovely bright eyed idea, but it did not take into consideration that circumstances did not align with the stars in my eyes.</div>
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What was wrong? What was I doing wrong? Basically I did not adjust to the situations, circumstances, and personalities in my life. I just kept expecting it to get better. Of course, it got worse, not better.</div>
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When I was in the throes of a divorce, I began to learn to adjust my sails. Counselors and wise people in my life helped me see that I needed to adjust to forces in my life over which I had no control. God was there by my side to do that. Fortunately, my basic nature of being an optimist did not get lost. I learned to make choices that brought about positive changes in my life instead of just expecting that to happen on its own.</div>
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Some people whine and complain about fate and how they are always victims of misfortune. That actually causes them to be victims of misfortune, again because they are not adjusting to their reality.<br />
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Adjusting your sails is no easy breezy thing. Just like a sailor must learn the skills to adjust the sails to the wind so he can navigate through the water, we must adjust our attitudes and our actions to navigate the winds blowing through our lives.</div>
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Do you get frustrated and upset when you can’t find your glasses? Perhaps you need to adjust how you handle that and get rid of your frustration by using a <a href="http://plumbead.com/" target="_blank">Plum Beadacious eyeglass chain or a magnetic eyeglass holder.</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Is your id badge getting on your nerves? Make it easier to wear and display with a chain or beaded lanyard, or attach it to your clothing with a pretty badge reel from </span><a href="http://www.plumbead.com/" target="_blank">Plum Beadacious</a>.<br />
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As I got older, married, had children, and worked in the business world; I got past the shyness, but still looked at what everyone else was doing and compared myself to them.</div>
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Now I am retired from the corporate world, and follow my dream of creating handmade items that I sell online. I am being myself, and believe I am and always have been putting something wonderful in the world.</div>
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How about you? Are you comparing yourself to others? Are you doing things because you think you should, but maybe it isn’t something you should be doing because it isn’t you? Be yourself!</div>
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As you go to work each day you have many choices to reflect the inner you. One small thing you might like to do is show your style with your id badge holder. <span style="line-height: 29.0907px;">Do you like flowers, butterflies, dragonflies, birds, or horses? Check out the selection of photo-glass cabochons badge holders from</span><span style="line-height: 29.0907px;"> </span><a href="http://plumbead.com/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 29.0907px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Plum Beadacious">Plum Beadacious</a><span style="line-height: 29.0907px;">.</span></div>
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I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Debbie for a featured post on her website called <a data-mce-href="http://www.workyourart.com/" href="http://www.workyourart.com/" target="_blank" title="Work Your Art">Work Your Art</a>. It was a wonderful experience.</div>
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Debbie had a lot of good questions for me that required me to really focus on my business of selling workplace fashion ids. You can read the full interview in her article <a data-mce-href="http://www.workyourart.com/interview/a-conversation-with-leallyson-meyer-from-colorado-usa/" href="http://www.workyourart.com/interview/a-conversation-with-leallyson-meyer-from-colorado-usa/" target="_blank" title="Interview with LeAllyson">"A conversation with LeAllyson Meyer from Colorado, USA."</a></div>
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There are so many ways to work your art to get it noticed by those who are interested in what you have to offer. The opportunities to sell online abound these days. There are so many options, it is difficult to choose a path and settle on it.</div>
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<li>Sell it at craft shows</li>
<li>Sell it at galleries and boutiques</li>
<li>Sell it online through a marketplace such as Etsy, Zibbet or Amazon</li>
<li>Sell it through your own website hosted by an online venue that provides templates, selling tools and support such as Shopify, Big Commerce or Volusion.</li>
<li>Sell it through your own website on Wordpress or Blogspot by choosing a theme or plug-in that supports e-commerce.</li>
<li>Send out emails to people who sign up to receive notice of your sales and new products</li>
<li>Set up a shop on Facebook</li>
<li>Run Facebook ads</li>
<li>Regularly post on social media such as Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook and Google+.</li>
<li>Focus on obtaining exposure through magazines, blogs and other media</li>
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I certainly cannot find time to do all of these things. Some fit my style better than others.</div>
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From all I know and read, the key to success with any of this is consistency. I personally am consistent on my <a data-mce-href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Plumbeadacious?ref=hdr_shop_menu" href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Plumbeadacious?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank" title="Plum Beadacious Etsy">Etsy </a>site and my <a href="http://www.plumbead.com/" target="_blank">Plum Beadacious</a> website. I am achieving results and growth there. But I am not consistent in blogging, email newsletters, and social media. I need to improve.</div>
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I have found that educating myself on new techniques, improvements I can make and e-commerce business really lights my fire. I attended two days of webinars presented by <a href="http://www.creativelive.com/" target="_blank">Creative Live</a> on Monday and Tuesday of this week. These full day webinars were presented by Andreea Ayers of <a href="http://www.launchgrowjoy.com/" target="_blank">Launch,Grow,Joy</a>. The first day covered optimizing your website, and the second day covered Facebook marketing. Both were excellent, and I took copious notes.</div>
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These webinars were free to me for those two days. They are now available for a fee through Creative Live. My point is there is so much free education available, it is amazing! I have so many tasks to complete from the notes I took those two days, it could take the rest of this year to do all of them.</div>
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I know that paying a fee for some of the more in depth education would be worth it, but for now, I plan to take the <span style="background-color: white;">best of what I obtain for free and apply it. Later I can delve even deeper with paid education or consultants.</span></div>
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Outstanding People Who Educate on Selling Your Art</h3>
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Debbie - of <a href="http://www.workyourart.com/" target="_blank">Work Your Art</a></div>
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Andreea Ayers of <a href="http://www.launchgrowjoy.com/" target="_blank">Launch, Grow, Joy</a></div>
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Amy Porterfield - <a href="http://www.amyporterfield.com/" target="_blank">Social Medial Strategist</a></div>
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James Wedmore - online <a href="http://www.jameswedmore.com/" target="_blank">Video Expert</a></div>
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Melanie Duncan - <a data-mce-href="http://www.melanieduncan.com/" href="http://www.melanieduncan.com/" target="_blank" title="Melanie Duncan">Pinterest Expert</a></div>
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Tara Gentile - <a href="http://www.taragentile.com/" target="_blank">Business Coach</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">If you are marketing your artistic creations, let us know what you like to do. What works for you? Let's start a conversation.</span></div>
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My favorite is the green one below. This one is actually in a bedroom. You can see a better picture of it at <a data-mce-href="http://dishfunctionaldesigns.blogspot.com/2012/03/diy-chair-swings-porch-swing-beds.html" href="http://dishfunctionaldesigns.blogspot.com/2012/03/diy-chair-swings-porch-swing-beds.html" target="_blank" title="Dishfunctional Designs">Dishfunctional Design's Blog Post.</a></div>
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Here is a day bed swing. Doesn't it look cool and comfy? Can you imagine laying there with the flowering vines above? Pure bliss!</div>
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All of the photos in I posted here are from <a data-mce-href="http://www.houzz.com/" href="http://www.houzz.com/" target="_blank" title="Houzz">Houzz</a>. I discovered this website today, and can see I will spend lots more time there. It has all kinds of decorating ideas, and you can set up idea books with photos of the things you love. That sure beats the way I did this years ago. I would cut pictures out of magazines and tape them into notebooks. I must admit I still have some of those. :)</div>
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Do you have any fun relaxing furniture on your porch or deck. Let us know about them in the comments here.</div>
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Too Short or Too Long?</h3>
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Many of my customers ask me about the length of a handmade beaded or chain lanyard that I make. A <a data-mce-href="http://plumbead.com/collections/beaded-lanyards" href="http://plumbead.com/collections/beaded-lanyards" target="_blank" title="Beaded fashion lanyards">fashion lanyard</a> is an attractive accessory for the clothing you wear at work. It should also be comfortable and useful for its function.</div>
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An <a data-mce-href="http://plumbead.com/collections/lanyards" href="http://plumbead.com/collections/lanyards" target="_blank" title="Chain Lanyards">id badge lanyard</a> must perform a task other than adorning our outfits. That is what makes selection of just the right length so tricky. There is no perfect length in terms of inches that works for everyone. So how do we decide the length for ourselves?</div>
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For most people the end of the actual lanyard not including the id badge or keys attached to it should fall just below the breast. Then the actual id badge or key will lay immediately below the breast above the upper abdomen.</div>
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If a fashion lanyard is too short, and falls at the breast or above, then the id badge and keys will stick out from the breast emphasizing that area of the body.</div>
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If the fashion lanyard is too long, then the id badge and keys may lay in the lap when seated. Another problem with a lanyard that is too long is that it gets caught on a desk or table when you get up, tugging on the strand. Although it may not break immediately, it does cause the wire to fray over time and finally break. I have been asked to repair lanyards put under this constant stress. This can be done, but really involves a total restringing of the lanyard with new wire. Basically it means starting all over to make the lanyard.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The fashion lanyard displayed on the mannequin below is really too long for the mannequin. But </span>Matilda, my mannequin<span style="background-color: white;">, is quite petite so I don't judge the length I will make a lanyard by her size. Don't I wish I were so tiny!</span><br />
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I have sold many fashion lanyards in my shop over the last five years. Most of my orders are for 36" lanyards. I provide choices to my customers of 32", 34" and 36" lanyards. These measurements are all the way around the strand of beads or chain plus the drop of the lanyard focal beads and clasp.</div>
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To decide which length you need, measure with a tape measure from the middle of the back of your neck to just below the breast in the middle of your body. Then double that number. For me that length is 17", and I am 5'6" tall. That means I should wear a 34" lanyard.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I have many fashion lanyards available for you to purchase in my </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.plumbead.com" href="http://www.plumbead.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank" title="Plum Beadacious">shop</a><span style="background-color: white;">. You can select the length you want from the drop down box, or if you need it longer or shorter, let me know in a note when you make your purchase. </span></div>
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Valentine's Day always brings forth great ideas for children's handmade decorations. This year I spent some time with Maggie, my five year old granddaughter, making some paper crafts for Valentine projects for Mom, Dad, brother and PaPa. I found these ideas at <a data-mce-href="http://www.thebensonstreet.com/" href="http://www.thebensonstreet.com/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #333333; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="The Benson Street">The Benson Street</a>. This is a blog that features craft tutorials, printables, recipes and other fun information. I found these<a data-mce-href="http://www.thebensonstreet.com/2014/01/24/printable-pencil-valentine/" href="http://www.thebensonstreet.com/2014/01/24/printable-pencil-valentine/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #333333; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Valentine Pencil Printables"> free printables</a> on her site along with a tutorial for using them. This was a perfect Valentine project for grandma and granddaughter.</div>
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I went to Walmart and purchased some cute washi tape and a package of Valentine's pencils. I have card stock at home, and used it to print the hearts.</div>
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A few days later I saw this post from Kim Layton at <a data-mce-href="http://www.everythingetsy.com/2014/02/washi-tape-heart-notebook-tutorial/" href="http://www.everythingetsy.com/2014/02/washi-tape-heart-notebook-tutorial/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #333333; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Washi Tape Hearts on Notebook">Everything Etsy </a> about hearts punched from washi tape that decorate the front of notebooks. I ordered the heart punch that Kim recommended from Amazon, and just received it today. I am going to take the washi tape I have left from Maggie's projects and use it to create punched out washi tape hearts to decorate the front of sweet little notebooks I found at the Dollar Store. I will give one of these to Maggie and some other cute Valentine things on Valentine's day. I am also making more for my other two granddaughters.</div>
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Bling is sparkly,bright, fun and popular. Rhinestones are pretty. I am on the band wagon with that for fun badge reels. I am making and selling badge reels that feature rhinestone buttons. I do them as magnetic or clip on badge reels.<br />
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I have not personally favored rhinestones in the last thirty years or so because it reminded me of what older women were wearing and what was popular when I was a child. In addition, I thought rhinestone jewelry was cheap and gaudy. Some of this jewelry was cheap and gaudy, but I was sadly mistaken to believe all rhinestone jewelry was or is unworthy.</div>
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I decided to do a little research into the history or rhinestones and found that they originally were small colorful pebbles from along the Rhine River in Europe. <a data-mce-href="http://www.antique-jewelry-investor.com/history-of-rhinestones.html" href="http://www.antique-jewelry-investor.com/history-of-rhinestones.html" target="_blank" title="Antique Jewelry Investor">Antique Jewelry Investor</a> describes these as " razzle dazzling little pebbles, originally found along the Rhine River." As I read further, I was delighted to learn that Swarovski in Austria furthered the refinement of rhinestone jewelry with his invention of a glass cutting machine that would cut facets. Swarovski crystals are the finest crystals, and I have never thought of them as</div>
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I subscribe to Country Living magazine, and in the February issue they have a full page spread on shirt dresses. It looks like these are making a comeback, and are found at numerous stores.</div>
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Shirt dresses, also known as shirtwaist dresses, were very popular from the late 1940s into the early 1960s. My mother wore one most of the time. It is the famous garb of June Cleaver on Leave it to Beaver, Lucile Ball of I Love Lucy, and Donna Reed of the Donna Reed show.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Shirt dresses are quickly identifiable by the tidy shirt appearance of the bodice. The button down front, usually has a shirt collar, and may be short sleeved or long sleeved. The waist is fitted,and the skirt is usually gathered or on occasion pleated. Comfortable cotton was the fabric of choice for most of these mid-century styles. Women would cook, bake, clean, do laundry, and take care of the children dressed in this "uniform" of the times.</span></div>
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Becky created a wedding day gift that turned out to be the patch that changed her life. She was struggling to sell her hand sewn items on Etsy, and a friend of hers asked her to hand stitch a special note for her groom onto the back of one of his ties. She did this, and it was an instant success. So Becky took this idea and started creating wedding tie patches to sell in her Etsy shop in June 2013.</div>
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Becky now sells these wedding tie patches at her Etsy shop, <a data-mce-href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/sewhappygirls?ref=l2-shopheader-name" href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/sewhappygirls?ref=l2-shopheader-name" target="_blank" title="Sew Happy Girls">Sew Happy Girls</a>. Her patches became very popular, and soon Becky was featured on Huffington Post, various blogs, and now in Southern Weddings magazine.</div>
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This success did not just drop into Becky's lap. She spent many years of work to get to this point. Her path took her from the corporate world, to interior designer, then photographer, and then sewing wonderful rag dolls, hence the shop name <a data-mce-href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/sewhappygirls?ref=l2-shopheader-name" href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/sewhappygirls?ref=l2-shopheader-name" target="_blank" title="Sew Happy Girls">Sew Happy Girls</a>. You can read more about this journey at <a data-mce-href="http://etsy-preneurship.com/innovative-inspirational-etsy-tips-from-rebecca-kneale-of-sew-happy-girls/" href="http://etsy-preneurship.com/innovative-inspirational-etsy-tips-from-rebecca-kneale-of-sew-happy-girls/" target="_blank" title="Etsy-Preneurship article on Rebecca Kneale">Etsy-Preneurship</a>.</div>
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This is a wedding tie patch for the father of the bride. I really appreciate the hand stitching of the words and date and the yellow stitching that outlines the heart.</div>
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Becky is very enthusiastic about selling on Etsy. She offers many excellent tips in her interview with Jason Malinak on the <a data-mce-href="http://etsy-preneurship.com/innovative-inspirational-etsy-tips-from-rebecca-kneale-of-sew-happy-girls/" href="http://etsy-preneurship.com/innovative-inspirational-etsy-tips-from-rebecca-kneale-of-sew-happy-girls/" target="_blank" title="Etsy-Preneurship article on Rebecca Kneale">Etsy-Preneurship</a> website.</div>
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Becky is ramping up for the 2015 wedding season. If you are having a wedding or have a friend who is getting married, check out <a data-mce-href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/sewhappygirls?ref=shopsection_shophome_leftnav" href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/sewhappygirls?ref=shopsection_shophome_leftnav" target="_blank" title="Sew Happy Girls">Becky's shop</a> for a tie patch. What a perfect gift!</div>
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I am not much for New Year's resolutions anymore, but I am one to plan and make goals. Anyhow I have "resolved" to revitalize this blog and to become more consistently active on social media sites. What's not to like about that, right?</div>
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So I knew right off the top of my head that these two goals are of importance to me and to growing my business. So now what? Ah, that's where the difficulties spew forth and overwhelm me. It comes down to too many choices.</div>
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<li>I have an old blog on Blogger. It's pretty easy and straightforward to use. I don't know how to fancy it up the way I would like, and not sure if I can do that on Blogger.</li>
<li>This blog is on WordPress.org. Wow, do I ever struggle to create the look I want here. But WOW - what can be done when you do know what you are doing is fantastic.</li>
<li>I looked at other possible platforms, and did a quick trial run of Squarespace. It is nice, but a whole new learning curve for me.</li>
<li>I finally decided to stay here on WordPress.org and to work hard to learn more about using it.</li>
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This all took most of my time for over two weeks. Most of the problem for me was making choices from all the possibilities out there. I love so many choices, but I also love looking at every choice available to me. You could spend the rest of your life doing that.</div>
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I still need to tackle my second "resolve" to be consistently active on social media sites. I need to do much better at my decision making on this one. I do know I should focus on one or two social media sites and actively participate in them. So which do I choose? Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, Instagram?</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">If you liked this article you may also wish to read more on dealing with choices in this post, </span><a href="http://www.beadaciouslyyours.blogspot.com/2014/07/constraints-ignite-your-creativity.html" target="_blank">Constraints, Ignite Your Creativity</a>.</div>
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leallysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02686626847667324197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741480824482211698.post-78034085246212520962014-10-22T12:31:00.000-06:002015-09-26T12:16:18.344-06:00Morse Code Communicaton Art<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Morse Code has never fascinated me. I understand that it has been very important to communication, but always thought of it as something used either in the past or by the military. Mostly I have just seen it in movies, not in real life.</span><br />
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I was browsing my feed in Etsy today and happened upon a bracelet that grabbed my attention. It is really a bracelet/necklace. It can be wrapped around the wrist multiple times are around the neck two times. It is absolutely beautiful. This lovely piece of jewelry was designed and created by <a data-mce-href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SomniumOfAlexZim?ref=l2-shop-info-name" href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SomniumOfAlexZim?ref=l2-shop-info-name" target="_blank" title="Somnium of Alex Zim">SomniumOfAlexZim.</a></div>
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This bracelet contains the message "Imagination is more important than knowledge." This is an Albert Einstein quote. The artist explains that the beads represent the dots and dashes to create the message. I was intrigued by this and decided to see if there are other items created with Morse Code. I did a search for Morse Code in Etsy and found listings for 899 items. Who would have thought?</div>
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This inspired me to create a <a href="https://www.etsy.com/treasury/NTU4OTY0MXwyNzI0Mzg1ODg3/morse-code?index=12&ref=pr_treasury_more&atr_uid=" target="_blank">treasury of some of my favorites</a>. It includes jewelry, neckties, pictures, and old telegram machines. Take a look and enjoy.</div>
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I do! This weekend the city of Greeley, Colorado hosted their annual <a data-mce-href="http://greeleygov.com/festivals/artspicnic.aspx?utm_source=artspicnic.com&utm_medium=referral" href="http://greeleygov.com/festivals/artspicnic.aspx?utm_source=artspicnic.com&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" title="Greeley Arts Picnic">Arts Picnic</a>.</div>
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This is always in late July, and I have gone to it for the last four years. Usually it is blistering hot, and it totally poops me out. The weather this weekend has been unseasonably cool. Bill and I went there today, and the temperature was around 75. So perfect!</div>
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Greeley is the county seat for Weld County Coloarado. My town of Severance is in Weld County. It is about a 25 minute drive to Greeley from my house. By the way, the town was named for Horace Greeley, and their newspaper is the Greeley Tribune. Horace Greeley founded the New York Tribune, and Nathan C. Meeker who was a writer for Horace Greeley on the New York Tribune founded the Greeley Tribune in 1870. OK- I certainly have digressed from my purpose of sharing the Greeley Arts Picnic with you.</div>
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Events at the Greeley Arts Picnic</h3>
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I only made one purchase from a wonderful jewelry artist I found there. Her business is Marvel Rouge, and she has a shop on <a data-mce-href="http://www.marvelrouge.etsy.com" href="http://www.marvelrouge.etsy.com/" target="_blank" title="Marvel Rouge">Etsy</a>. This artist uses vintage pieces of jewelry along with new findings to create beautiful new jewelry. I find her work to be refreshing and delicate.</div>
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Here are the earrings I purchased from her.</div>
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Do you have a Pinterest business page for your small business? I use Pinterest for my business, and find that by doing so I receive some traffic from my <a data-mce-href="http://www.pinterest.com/PlumBeadacious/" href="http://www.pinterest.com/PlumBeadacious/" target="_blank" title="Plum Beadacious on Pinterest">Pinterest page</a> to my shop.</div>
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I received an email from Mitt Ray at <a data-mce-href="http://socialmarketingwriting.com/" href="http://socialmarketingwriting.com/" target="_blank" title="Social Marketing Writing">Social Marketing Writing</a> that provides an excellent infographic describing the steps that need to be taken to set up a good Pinterest business page. Take a look at it here to see if you are doing these things on you Pinterest business page. If not, you may wish to do some of this to enhance your presence on Pinterest and drive more traffic to your shop.</div>
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I have created artificial constraints on myself quite often over the years as a way to trick myself into being more productive and creative.</div>
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For example, I long ago read somewhere about the 5 minute blitz for accomplishing daily clean-up chores. At that time my children were young, I worked a full time job outside the home, and I had trouble keeping the house neat and clean. So I implemented the 5 minute blitz methodology to attack the clutter with the sometimes cooperation from my family. I would go to the kitchen, yell GO, and set the kitchen timer on the microwave oven for 5 minutes. Then I would race through the house picking up everything I could find and putting it away. The children would tackle their rooms. My husband joined in when he could. I learned how productive this was. I had a sense of accomplishment when the 5 minutes was done, and what is really cool is that I became more creative in the way I did the clean up. I quickly learned to get a basket and rag and carry it with me so I could throw things in the basket, and wipe up any areas in dire need of that. Then I ran around with the basket to put things away.</div>
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So seriously, how do these self imposed constraints ignite creativity within us? I have found that if my mind is blank for a new design for my beaded badge lanyards or other jewelry, it helps if I go to my stash of beads and choose one. </div>
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My rule or constraint is that I must use that bead in my design. It does not need to be the focal bead. It could have a supporting role, but I must use that bead. From there I play with that bead holding it up to others that I can coordinate into a design and usually my creative juices kick in. I then work to create the design.</div>
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I started thinking about the need for constraints in our creative business lives when I read this article publish by Buffer titled <a data-mce-href="http://blog.bufferapp.com/7-examples-of-how-creative-constraints-can-lead-to-amazing-work" href="http://blog.bufferapp.com/7-examples-of-how-creative-constraints-can-lead-to-amazing-work" target="_blank" title="Buffer - Psychology of Limitations">"The Psychology of Limitations: How and Why Constraints Can Make You More Creative".</a></div>
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The author points out that we can become paralyzed by unlimited choices. Constraints take away some of these choices and force us to focus on those few choices available within the limitations imposed. I hope you will read the article and watch the video there about an artist named Phil Hansen. His injuries to his hand placed limitations on his art, but he found new ways to create his art.</div>
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earrings and then necklaces. Now I specialize in creating and selling
id badge lanyards. I was missing... no, I was aching, to make vintage
inspired jewelry again. So I thought, why can't I create vintage
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lanyard using some of the antiqued brass findings and some beautiful
blue green glass teardrop beads. I also incorporated some small
complementary crystals up around the neck. I am delighted with <a data-mce-href="http://plumbead.com/collections/lanyards/products/blue-green-teardrop-glass-beaded-antiqued-brass-chain-id-badge-lanyard" href="http://plumbead.com/collections/lanyards/products/blue-green-teardrop-glass-beaded-antiqued-brass-chain-id-badge-lanyard" target="_blank" title="Vintage Inspired Lanyard">what I did here</a>. I plan to do more in the future.</span></span></span></span><br />
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Wow, look what I found on my garage sale expedition Saturday morning! It's a seed bead bonanza.</div>
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A subdivision down the road from us with very nice homes holds a neighborhood garage sale once a year in July. I have always found things I like there, so I showed up at 8:00 in the morning to go to all the houses that had a sale.</div>
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I found a few things I liked at the first sales I visited, and then I stepped into a garage and saw all these boxes of beads plus more. If you are a beader, you will understand when I say my heart went pitter-patter a little faster than usual. I purchased 12 boxes of beads for $2.00 each. I did not have the heart to try to negotiate the price down because I was so aware of the value I was receiving at this point.</div>
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In addition, this lady had many more beads, wire,and other things. She told me that she used to work in a bead shop in Wisconsin, and had accumulated all this there. So essentially, everything she had for sale was new. Plus all of the items were of the quality sold in a bead store. This is usually better than what can be purchased at a big box craft store.</div>
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This nice lady said she does not bead anymore because she can't see well enough to do this type of work. I really feel for her. That is one thing that I hope never happens to me. I do need my "peepers" to do the detail work, and they work great for me. (I call reading glasses from Walgreens, peepers.)</div>
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I decided what I had selected already was really more than enough for me. You need to understand that I already own thousands of beads. Keeping them organized is a major project already.</div>
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If you look at my beaded items in my <a data-mce-href="http://www.plumbead.com" href="http://www.plumbead.com/" target="_blank" title="Plum Beadacious">shop</a>, you will see that I use seed beads extensively in my <a data-mce-href="http://plumbead.com/collections/beaded-lanyards" href="http://plumbead.com/collections/beaded-lanyards" target="_blank" title="Plum Beadacious Lanyards">lanyards </a>and <a data-mce-href="http://plumbead.com/collections/eyeglass-chains" href="http://plumbead.com/collections/eyeglass-chains" target="_blank" title="Plum Beadacious Eyeglass Chains">eyeglass chains</a>.</div>
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My New Stash of Beads</h3>
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So what beads did I get in these lovely Craft Mates bead boxes? Here is the run down. But before I go over that, I would like to share with you that the Craft Mates boxes with 14 compartments retail for $8-$10 depending on where you buy them. So for $2.00 each I got eight of them filled with beads. What a deal!</div>
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Take a look at the wonderful seed beads. Also, this lady had organized them by color. How good can it get?</div>
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Aqua and Turquoise Blue Seed Beads</h3>
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This photo is just part of a box filled with aqua blue seed beads of different shades, shapes and sizes.</div>
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Pretty Pink Seed Beads</h3>
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These are my new pretty pinks. All compartments have pink seed beads.</div>
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Luscious Lime and Other Greens</h3>
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Let's not forget about greens. What luscious green seed beads!</div>
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Spicy Orange</h3>
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Cool and Regal Purples and Blues</h3>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">It was a short walk from our room to the dining area where Jules and Robert served us breakfast each day. They are both excellent cooks and wonderful conversationalists. My favorite dish was a frittata that Julie made the first day. It contained cream cheese, Vidalia onions, and mushrooms. It was light as a feather and scrumptious. </span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">We also drove up the road to Arroyo Seco, a small spot in the road where there are a number of cute shops. We went there about 10:00 am in the morning, and many of the shops were not open yet. I did get to visit a shop that was open. It was a gift shop, and the lady tending shop told me that Julia Roberts is one of their customers. She said that Julia Roberts is a resident of Arroyo Seco. I did not know that, but I do not keep up with celebrities on any regular basis.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">Taos is not too far from Santa Fe, so we jumped in the car and took the High Road to Taos in the opposite direction. We took it to Santa Fe. It was a beautiful drive. As we neared Santa Fe, we could see out over the desert landscape and mountain visits. It was an incredible sight.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">We visited some old adobe churches along the High Road to Taos, one at Chimayo, and a few others. The church at Chimayo is quite old, and it was the only one open for us to go into. We did that. They were preparing for the 11:00 AM mass. It is such a treat to visit such an old place that is in continuous use on a daily basis.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; line-height: 24px;">The St.Francis d’Assisi church at the Taos end of the drive is one of the most photographed churches, so I tried my hand at photographing it as well.</span><br />
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">The green one below is made with magnasite round beads that have a similar look to turquoise. I got those at Studio J.</span></div>
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