Last year I had the chance to participate in a bead swap with a bunch of beaders from England and the U.S..  The challenge was organized by Diane Fitzgerald and Stephney Hornblow.  The challenge was to bead 10 tiny tubes, hide a message inside and send them off.  In exchange, you would receive 10 beaded tubes.   Little did I know that this challenge would involve much hair pulling and crawling around on my hands and knees.     Someone, who shall remain nameless, thought that the tubes were awesomely fun and kept stealing them. I had even very carefully placed them in a location that I thought was safe.  Ha.  It’s a good thing she’s cute…   I thought I might miss the deadline, but I managed to find all but one of the missing tubes.    Thankfully, the 11th tube was supposed to be for me, so that one could wait.    It was eventually found and I managed to make my own tube after all the other tubes had arrived.   It was probably a good thing, because I was able to make something to help balance out the finished piece.

Here are the beads I received in their un-assembled state.  Each bead has a hidden message inside.   Some people told you what the message was, and others didn’t.   I have to say it kills me a bit to know that there are messages that I can’t see without taking something apart…I love them all.   Blue and white is a strange color combo for me.   I must have been feeling odd on the day I picked my colors.    But I am pleased with how it all turned out.   The size and shape of the tubes presented a bit of a design challenge.    They are each over an inch long, so they had some drape issues.   Here’s my solution.I am pleased with how this turned out.    I haven’t worn it yet, but it goes better with the summer wardrobe, so I am sure it will get some wear when the weather gets a bit warmer. The bead I made is on the upper right, the netted one that looks like lots of X’s. Foods with levitra generika high fiber- People who are prone to hyperthyroidism experience digestive difficulties. Since the arteries supplying the penis are smaller than compared to those supplying to the heart, viagra wholesale symptoms of atherosclerosis may first result in as erectile dysfunction. They act by cialis online sales boosting blood flow to the male reproductive organ. What are the causes of erectile dysfunction (ED) Kamagra is a sildenafil citrate medication helping men to deal cheapest levitra pills with ED in minutes.   Here’s a close up of some of the beads.I love the texture and layering going on in some of these. And here’s the clasp.Please forgive the schmutz on my leather bust.  I guess it needs a bit of cleaning.  This was a really fun project.   I can’t wait to see how this year’s project turns out.   If you want to see how all of the necklaces turned out you can check out Diane’s website. Click on the Message In a Bottle at the top right to download the booklet.   It’s quite cool to see what everyone did with their tubes.

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