I like that bit about doing your own thing because we have hand, finger, wrist issues. Your bead twister with Sassafras branch is ingenious. Thank you, you don't speak to fast, everything is so clear, thank you again.
I have made some with the skewer just like that, except I put it some glue in the middle of the end of the split to keep it from breaking, then I made 2 straight beads and glued them on . I also made on out of a permanent marker . I pulled it apart, took the inside out, and threaded a cutter (splitpin) through the hole added some glue, then I put a hole in the bottom of the other part and put different size pin through it added glue and then glued both parts back together. To get a 3rd one I put air dry clay around the pin enough to fit it into the cap of the pen took it back out and let it dry , onced it was dry I glued the whole thing back in . The idea came from Sannie Creates . Thank you for your tutorials it was very interesting.
Thank you for your sweet comment :) I am glad you like my channel :) Welcome to our crafty community :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
I really love your videos Thank you for sharing all your amazing art work for beads making It’s fun to make. I’m a only a beginner of this bead making myself but love doing this And watch videos your beautiful videos 👍👍👌👌👌💕❤️❤️❤
Thank you for your sweet comment :) Bead making is such a fun and relaxing craft to do :) It is also very addicting :) Have fun making yours :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Hello Amy I have really enjoyed watching this crafting series I love your beads I have been making some fabric ones I hope you and your family are well, I dont always get to comment but I a here ! Take care My friend Big hugs Sonya
Thank you for the sweet comment :) I know how it is, I watch all of your videos too, but I watch them on my tv and cannot reply. I have been loving the sewing journal, I want to do so many of the projects you are showing, especially the edge piece and the lace up one, they are on my list, lol :) I hope you are staying safe and well my dear friend :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Hello Ami, how are you doing today? I know you’ve been a busy busy woman but I miss your voice so I came back to some of your videos that I really liked and caught up with it. I really like the fuzzy beads. I forgot all about those thank you again for sharing and teaching. God bless and hope to see you soon on the videos your friend 😄
I always use nail polish...works really good. Hint: use a straight pin to start the frayed edges. Works well and keeps my fingers from getting sore. TFS I'm really getting some great ideas.😁
Amy, i still think you are the best tutorial channel around! AND the best person on here because you do not change with the popularity like the others have.
Thank you for your sweet comment :) I am glad you enjoy my videos :) Share them with your friends if you think they would like them too :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Love your idea of using the cotter pins for bead rollers! I've been eyeing them at the craft stores but held off on that purchase. So happy I did. I also use paper & plastic drinking straws of all sizes from drinks at the restaurants, etc. & especially like the coffee stirrers with the whole in the middle. Straws give the extra strength needed for some papers & fabrics. The needle won't catch on the fabric beads & it makes for quick & easy threading of all beads. AND bonus! It keeps the paper & plastic out of the landfills. :D
Thank you for the sweet comment :) Straws are a good choice too, thank you for sharing that with us all :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
I love the idea of the cross piece, the skewer, but I used polymer clay to make the handle. I think I will make one with your added cross piece to make the metal more stable. Thank you as usual for all the great ideas.
Thank you for the sweet comment :) I have made handles with the clay also, and it does seem to get between the circle for a good hold, but this probably would make it more stable :) Thank you for sharing your idea with us all :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
❤You are so Brillant thank you for your ideas. Im wondering if you are a teacher or if you have been in manufacturing beads or what your background I'm super impressed with you becuse tools make a huge difference in any project! Thank you, Barb
Thank you for your sweet comment :) I was not a teacher, but my father taught me to use the right tools for the job, and my mother taught me you didn't need the fancy stuff to make your creations :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Maybe they call them cotter pins, you could take a screen shot and show it to them so they know what you are looking for :) My husband says he has bought the cotter pins from ace before, so if they are the only ones close, try again and see if a picture will help :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
I've purchased all my cotter pins over the years at our local Ace Hardware store. (I keep misplacing them!) Be sure to ask for Cotter Pins", not "keys."
Hello Amy Thank you for all your amazing videos You are such an inspiration Please will you do a video on your painted and decorated fabrics sometime? You had some beautiful patterns to decorate your beads What else do you use them for other than beads and clusters? Thank you :)
Thank you for the sweet comment :) I will put it on my list :) Mostly I use the fabrics in my journals or beads and clusters :) They are not for clothing as I do not use fabric dye :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
very clever idea!. Have you used a bead core on these beads? Wondering about size? Also, I have the wood handles from those foam sponges for painting. I thought they might be useful so I saved them, lol. These might make handles. I'll have to see how one holds up to drilling.
Thank you for the sweet comment :) I do not use regular bead cores with a size, but sometimes I do use coffee stirrers or plastic tubing for a core :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
I always enjoy your bead-making videos; so much fun! I FINALLY found some cotter keys, so I bought a few different sizes and made a handle for one with polymer clay. It's lovely to use, since I tend to make beads in masses, I don't get so much hand fatigue. My first bead roller was a skewer, intact, on which I rolled magazine page beads "held" onto the skewer with a little Elmer's glue. Had to roll quickly and remove the bead before it stuck, but it did work. I think the next beads I want to try making will be fabric, any tips? Great tutorial, thanks for sharing; take care!
Thank you for the sweet comment :) I need to have a handle now that I am getting older, but I used a tooth pick when I was young :) I will put fabric beads on my list for this mini series :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
I have a bunch of videos for making your own stamps, I love making my own stamps :) I will attach a couple links below, and if you want to see more, you can click on my picture and then use the search bar on my channel to search for DIY Stamps :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy th-cam.com/video/2J-DdsJEh7I/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/N3fEp2F_LaE/w-d-xo.html
Hi! I was putting a new refill in a pen & looked at the empty wondering if it could be reusable. I found that 26 gauge wire fits thru it nicely if you cut off the writing tip. How about that?
Hi, I’m very new here, looking for a craft. I’d like to ask, the dome bead and butterflies, are they cardboard or polymers clay or something like that?
Thank you for the sweet comment :) Here is a link to part one, the butterfly is made of cardboard, and the dome is made of paper strips :) The butterfly bead instructions start about half way through this video, and the dome beads start after that :) I hope you enjoy th-cam.com/video/9ear6Ay5RNA/w-d-xo.html tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Even though this video was evidently done about 2 yrs ago, I still want to mention that although I am liking this video & the crafting ideas that you are displaying, you have some interesting ideas here, you really do, but I don't like it at all, that your phone has been ringing, it was very annoying, the 1st time I heard it, I thought it was my phone & I was watching this after 11pm. So, hearing the phone that I thought was mine was very upsetting to me, as no one really ever calls me that time of night, the only thing I could think of was someone died or was very ill in my family, yup this is just about the only time that I ever hear from my thoughtless family members. I have tried over many yrs to keep in touch with my family only to get shut down with complaints every single time, so I do not contact any of them at all anymore except my niece, as her own mother could careless about her, this to me is so sad, I guess that I come from a very dysfunctional family, But that's life. Anyhow I feel bad about having to write this, but I just felt that I had too, afterall you did say that you think that you had answered all of your important phone calls, so it would have been great if your phone had been shut off. Well, I guess that it may sound a bit odd to you why I would even get upset over a phone call, that might entail bad news, being my family is the way that they are. Heck, I don't really know why I even give a darn at all, but I guess I do, but still I have given up on all of them, because of the way they have treated me.
Thank you for your comment :) I am sorry the phone startled you and to hear of your troubles. I hope crafting gives you some joy in your day :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Thanks for not getting to upset with me, I was reluctant in sending that message, but I felt that I just had to. But I do like your videos, they do bring me a bit of joy, I have learned a few interesting things as well, so thanks for that. Have a great Thanksgiving Holiday, I used to spend mine with at least one family member years ago, but now I have relocated to Washington state & I'm originally from the New England area. I've been away from my family for many years & have tried thru-out the years to hold our family together in numerous thoughtful ways, but I have finally learned that they just do not want to share in any fun family festivities at all anymore, it really makes me angry, but I'm leaning to accept it I guess, it is what it is. So, I get thru each day or evening, by watching TH-cam, Instagram or Pinterest, it helps me get thru somehow, especially thru the holidays, Oh I really like your homemade clay bead roller from your other video.@@aljohn
You are a wonderful teacher and I love the use of found and scrap items. And items from DT.
I like that bit about doing your own thing because we have hand, finger, wrist issues. Your bead twister with Sassafras branch is ingenious. Thank you, you don't speak to fast, everything is so clear, thank you again.
Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
They are supper n I loved your work you are a real clever tru n artist thank u see u soon best regards by now salam from Beirouth Lebanon
Thank you for your sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
I have made some with the skewer just like that, except I put it some glue in the middle of the end of the split to keep it from breaking, then I made 2 straight beads and glued them on .
I also made on out of a permanent marker . I pulled it apart, took the inside out, and threaded a cutter (splitpin) through the hole added some glue, then I put a hole in the bottom of the other part and put different size pin through it added glue and then glued both parts back together. To get a 3rd one I put air dry clay around the pin enough to fit it into the cap of the pen took it back out and let it dry , onced it was dry I glued the whole thing back in .
The idea came from Sannie Creates .
Thank you for your tutorials it was very interesting.
This is the first time I've seen your channel, and I'm so glad I did. You are very inspiring. I have new Ideas to work on. Thank you.😃😁❤❤
Thank you for your sweet comment :) I am glad you like my channel :) Welcome to our crafty community :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
I really love your videos
Thank you for sharing all your amazing art work for beads making
It’s fun to make.
I’m a only a beginner of this bead making myself but love doing this
And watch videos your beautiful videos 👍👍👌👌👌💕❤️❤️❤
Thank you for your sweet comment :) Bead making is such a fun and relaxing craft to do :) It is also very addicting :) Have fun making yours :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Cotter pins genius also!❤
Thank you for your sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
🎉i enjoyed your video. I like the simplicity of your work. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Hello Amy I have really enjoyed watching this crafting series I love your beads I have been making some fabric ones I hope you and your family are well, I dont always get to comment but I a here ! Take care My friend Big hugs Sonya
Thank you for the sweet comment :) I know how it is, I watch all of your videos too, but I watch them on my tv and cannot reply. I have been loving the sewing journal, I want to do so many of the projects you are showing, especially the edge piece and the lace up one, they are on my list, lol :) I hope you are staying safe and well my dear friend :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
I really learned a lot and enjoyed watching this tutorial. Thank you👍❤️
Thank you for your sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Hi! Thank you for your tutorial. Huggs from Romania!❤❤❤❤
Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Hello Ami, how are you doing today? I know you’ve been a busy busy woman but I miss your voice so I came back to some of your videos that I really liked and caught up with it. I really like the fuzzy beads. I forgot all about those thank you again for sharing and teaching. God bless and hope to see you soon on the videos your friend 😄
I always use nail polish...works really good. Hint: use a straight pin to start the frayed edges. Works well and keeps my fingers from getting sore. TFS I'm really getting some great ideas.😁
Thank you for the sweet comment :) That is a great tip, thank you for sharing it with us all :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Youbare so cool !! I love that idea with the Kotter pin / key. Awesome. I like that idea better than the clay one.
Thank you for your sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Amy, i still think you are the best tutorial channel around! AND the best person on here because you do not change with the popularity like the others have.
Thank you for your sweet comment :) I am glad you enjoy my videos :) Share them with your friends if you think they would like them too :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Love your idea of using the cotter pins for bead rollers! I've been eyeing them at the craft stores but held off on that purchase. So happy I did.
I also use paper & plastic drinking straws of all sizes from drinks at the restaurants, etc. & especially like the coffee stirrers with the whole in the middle. Straws give the extra strength needed for some papers & fabrics. The needle won't catch on the fabric beads & it makes for quick & easy threading of all beads.
AND bonus! It keeps the paper & plastic out of the landfills. :D
Thank you for the sweet comment :) Straws are a good choice too, thank you for sharing that with us all :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Thanks very much for sharing all the good ideas! Appreciated!!
Thank you for your sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
I loved this is so much you are very clever love. Thank you for showing and letting us know I really appreciate 😊🦋
Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
I love the idea of the cross piece, the skewer, but I used polymer clay to make the handle. I think I will make one with your added cross piece to make the metal more stable. Thank you as usual for all the great ideas.
Thank you for the sweet comment :) I have made handles with the clay also, and it does seem to get between the circle for a good hold, but this probably would make it more stable :) Thank you for sharing your idea with us all :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
I made some with coders and used shell of a ink pen with rubber tubing inside to hold it in place
❤You are so Brillant thank you for your ideas. Im wondering if you are a teacher or if you have been in manufacturing beads or what your background I'm super impressed with you becuse tools make a huge difference in any project!
Thank you,
Barb
Thank you for your sweet comment :) I was not a teacher, but my father taught me to use the right tools for the job, and my mother taught me you didn't need the fancy stuff to make your creations :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Soooooo beautiful....I've never made these before....you've inspired me!!! Thank you😍
Thank you for the sweet comment :) They are really fun, but can be addictive, lol :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Those cotter keys are hard to find unless you go to Lowe's or Home Depot the may have that kind. But Aces don't carry that kind
Maybe they call them cotter pins, you could take a screen shot and show it to them so they know what you are looking for :) My husband says he has bought the cotter pins from ace before, so if they are the only ones close, try again and see if a picture will help :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
I've purchased all my cotter pins over the years at our local Ace Hardware store. (I keep misplacing them!) Be sure to ask for Cotter Pins", not "keys."
Hello Amy Thank you for all your amazing videos You are such an inspiration Please will you do a video on your painted and decorated fabrics sometime? You had some beautiful patterns to decorate your beads What else do you use them for other than beads and clusters? Thank you :)
Thank you for the sweet comment :) I will put it on my list :) Mostly I use the fabrics in my journals or beads and clusters :) They are not for clothing as I do not use fabric dye :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
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Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
very clever idea!. Have you used a bead core on these beads? Wondering about size? Also, I have the wood handles from those foam sponges for painting. I thought they might be useful so I saved them, lol. These might make handles. I'll have to see how one holds up to drilling.
Thank you for the sweet comment :) I do not use regular bead cores with a size, but sometimes I do use coffee stirrers or plastic tubing for a core :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
I always enjoy your bead-making videos; so much fun! I FINALLY found some cotter keys, so I bought a few different sizes and made a handle for one with polymer clay. It's lovely to use, since I tend to make beads in masses, I don't get so much hand fatigue. My first bead roller was a skewer, intact, on which I rolled magazine page beads "held" onto the skewer with a little Elmer's glue. Had to roll quickly and remove the bead before it stuck, but it did work. I think the next beads I want to try making will be fabric, any tips? Great tutorial, thanks for sharing; take care!
Thank you for the sweet comment :) I need to have a handle now that I am getting older, but I used a tooth pick when I was young :) I will put fabric beads on my list for this mini series :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Do you have a video on making your stamp's
I have a bunch of videos for making your own stamps, I love making my own stamps :) I will attach a couple links below, and if you want to see more, you can click on my picture and then use the search bar on my channel to search for DIY Stamps :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
th-cam.com/video/2J-DdsJEh7I/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/N3fEp2F_LaE/w-d-xo.html
Hi! I was putting a new refill in a pen & looked at the empty wondering if it could be reusable. I found that 26 gauge wire fits thru it nicely if you cut off the writing tip. How about that?
Thank you for sharing your idea with us all :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Hi, I’m very new here, looking for a craft. I’d like to ask, the dome bead and butterflies, are they cardboard or polymers clay or something like that?
Thank you for the sweet comment :) Here is a link to part one, the butterfly is made of cardboard, and the dome is made of paper strips :) The butterfly bead instructions start about half way through this video, and the dome beads start after that :) I hope you enjoy th-cam.com/video/9ear6Ay5RNA/w-d-xo.html tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
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Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Good job …. Every time the phone rang I grabbed my phone
Thank you for the sweet comment :) Sorry, but I can't turn it off, lol :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Glossy Accents
Thank you :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Even though this video was evidently done about 2 yrs ago, I still want to mention that although I am liking this video & the crafting ideas that you are displaying, you have some interesting ideas here, you really do, but I don't like it at all, that your phone has been ringing, it was very annoying, the 1st time I heard it, I thought it was my phone & I was watching this after 11pm. So, hearing the phone that I thought was mine was very upsetting to me, as no one really ever calls me that time of night, the only thing I could think of was someone died or was very ill in my family, yup this is just about the only time that I ever hear from my thoughtless family members. I have tried over many yrs to keep in touch with my family only to get shut down with complaints every single time, so I do not contact any of them at all anymore except my niece, as her own mother could careless about her, this to me is so sad, I guess that I come from a very dysfunctional family, But that's life. Anyhow I feel bad about having to write this, but I just felt that I had too, afterall you did say that you think that you had answered all of your important phone calls, so it would have been great if your phone had been shut off. Well, I guess that it may sound a bit odd to you why I would even get upset over a phone call, that might entail bad news, being my family is the way that they are. Heck, I don't really know why I even give a darn at all, but I guess I do, but still I have given up on all of them, because of the way they have treated me.
Thank you for your comment :) I am sorry the phone startled you and to hear of your troubles. I hope crafting gives you some joy in your day :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Thanks for not getting to upset with me, I was reluctant in sending that message, but I felt that I just had to. But I do like your videos, they do bring me a bit of joy, I have learned a few interesting things as well, so thanks for that. Have a great Thanksgiving Holiday, I used to spend mine with at least one family member years ago, but now I have relocated to Washington state & I'm originally from the New England area. I've been away from my family for many years & have tried thru-out the years to hold our family together in numerous thoughtful ways, but I have finally learned that they just do not want to share in any fun family festivities at all anymore, it really makes me angry, but I'm leaning to accept it I guess, it is what it is. So, I get thru each day or evening, by watching TH-cam, Instagram or Pinterest, it helps me get thru somehow, especially thru the holidays, Oh I really like your homemade clay bead roller from your other video.@@aljohn
🙂
Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy