WTF BEADS!
Mar. 3rd, 2012 03:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gryphonseggI seem to have taken up fan beading today. Some of you (okay, maybe all of you) are wondering what I mean by fan beading. I mean I am making jewelry with bead patterns inspired by fictional characters. I'm planning on making fan bracelets inspired by all of the major female characters in ATLA and all the female Hunger Games tributes who got at least a sliver of characterization. I just finished my Joanna Mason bracelet (actually, I might redo this one later-- I love how the beads look together, but I don't think I tied the ends right), and I bought a bunch of drilled seashells and smooth glass beads in blues and greens which I'm declaring a Water Tribe/District 4 starter kit.
So I have a practical question. I like string better than wire for jewelry in general, but when I make my Wiress bracelet, I'll definitely want to use a metal wire. I might possibly use wire for the Toph bracelet too, but the rest will be string. I don't want to buy wire-cutters for just one or two bracelets. I have two very good friends who also made bead jewelry, but neither of them lives close to me now. I'm not sure how socially normal it is to ask a co-worker or casual acquaintance if they have wire-cutters and would let me borrow them. How would I bring that up?
So I have a practical question. I like string better than wire for jewelry in general, but when I make my Wiress bracelet, I'll definitely want to use a metal wire. I might possibly use wire for the Toph bracelet too, but the rest will be string. I don't want to buy wire-cutters for just one or two bracelets. I have two very good friends who also made bead jewelry, but neither of them lives close to me now. I'm not sure how socially normal it is to ask a co-worker or casual acquaintance if they have wire-cutters and would let me borrow them. How would I bring that up?
