| Original Message: My first bead |
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I've been wanting to comment on this thread, but have been out of town and so I couldn't upload a picture until now. Here is mine. I think I've had this bead for over thirty years. I was just a kid visiting the zoo when walking along the path I noticed this bead just off the pavement where it met the grass. It was just sitting there as if it had fallen off of someones clothes or jewelry. I was instantly drawn to it and thought it was the most interesting thing I had ever seen. Because the cane slices are not fully "melted" into the bead, it offered up its own clues as to how it was made, which ultimately led me to experimenting with polymer clay. This bead is absolutely the one that started it all. I love that I have managed to keep track of it for decades and today, I keep it in a special place. I hate to be overly-sentimental, but if I had to get rid of my beads one-by-one, I think this one would be the last one to go. All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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