Over the past couple of weeks, I have been buying beads. Not a real binge, actually, just perusing my stash and seeing what I have used and what I "need". Seed beads are always in the "need" column because that constitutes the bulk of my work. I have enough cabochons to see me through a bit, especially counting the porcelain ones. And yet I continue to look for those which I don't have. At a show recently I was talking to a couple of other beaders and the question was posed: do we need what we buy or we just hoarding?
Having experienced the "aha!" moment in designing beading projects several times recently I remembered some advice I saw in a home decorating how-to book in which the designer advised that if you are careful and decorate your home only with the best of what you pick out - it will all "go together" because it will be "yours". He insisted that everyone has a style that is personal and comfortable. The trick, if there is one, is to be choosy about what you use.
Buying beads for me is like that decorating advice. I buy the best of what I like. I know that if I continue to do this, things will fall together and a design will be born in a tray somewhere.
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