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My neighbor switched from PC to Mac desktop a couple of years ago and says once you do get hold of all the little differences, it's a much easier system to use. He's had a couple of bad knocks on the head in his lifetime on motorcycles, so if he says it's easy he means it--not much is for him...

Some definitely will, as one of my favorite things about my work room is the five-foot-wide north-facing window directly behind my computer monitor :) The pics I'm currently posting are meant to be "general idea" shots; if anyone wants better pics or to discuss the design ideas I'd love to find...

And that's gonna be it for a bit--having a very tough day with anxiety & upcoming appointments, but taking the time to just post pictures of pretty things has helped me a LOT to be able to bootstrap it up and face my afternoon with a smile that isn't *entirely* bared teeth :)

...Noticing that my 4mb upload is now 19K, I'm gonna see if the upload manager was nice enough to do the re-size I apparently forgot on more than one photo... The one thing I can sometimes use pearls for is twisted-wire trees if I'm careful with the pearls :) This one is unfinished (they get...

Erm, maybe just help figuring out how to delete the extra version since it looks like sizing it down worked?

Boy do I hope this one sized down properly--help fixing if it didn't? I had forgotten to scale down the original and can't find a delete button in Manage Attachments, so I did the size-down properly on my end and re-uploaded. These are dyed reds of various sizes, no clue when or where I got them.

I don't remember where I got this, my biggest supply of any one sort of pearl. Just baroque whites, most likely cultured, full drilled, lots of pink & green iridescence in good light. I *definitely* have a design idea for some of them that will require someone good with unusual bezels on...

The pink baroques I picked up Valentine's shopping. I'm considering whether they might be good for a design idea I'm mulling over.

My "generally gold, tan, greenish, earthone" pearls. Starting at the penny & going clockwise are baroques, all but one long & narrow & thin. Next are dyed gold/tan/brown of varying sizes. "Not tan but not part of any other color group" is next, including a couple of greenish pearls. Last are...

Last one for today: Dark-colored dyed faceted. I know a lot of pearl fans do not care for the faceted look, but I find my inner not-a-child (that li'l brat is half magpie and half packrat, compelling me to hoard small shiny things!) simply falls into a swoon. Only for the darks; though--as a...

And here is the same dish, same penny, different pearls: If I've done this right the penny will be at top right. Going clockwise are flat-backed dyed dark purple cultured pearls, two square-ish black baroques, one wildly shaped baroque directly below the penny, five long narrow flats with...

Here then should be the "blackish" smaller pearls in an old silver dish, with a penny for scale.

Rather than swamp ppl who are already 99% likely to be WAY busier than me, I'll check back in the afternoon my time ('tis now 9:05 am...) and if the photo post was successful & moderated in, I'll upload a couple more of the dozen-plus pearl pix I took as prep for joining :) I'm really excited...

As will hopefully be accepted by moderation, I did get the upload & attach to work :) And I have a WORLD of patience for ppl who fix anything computer-related, be it hardware like my squeaky processor cooling fan or software like this forum or one of my other few forum hangouts that specializes...

...and this is why I describe myself as something of a technological troglodyte. Go to Advanced: worked perfectly. Upload Image...will not upload from my computer even when it takes me to my own hard drive to browse. Pic is just over 800 pixels long way & 600 short way, is a .jpg, and is 29...

Well drattit I was going to try to attach a photo of some of the pearls I have, but the FAQ says I have to do that without using the Quick Reply, which is the only option I'm given when I click on Reply To Thread above or below the current posts. I'll see if this little Include Image icon...

I have taken beading workshop-style classes, plus five semesters of jewelry design & manufacture way back in the mists of high school. I've always been a much better designer than crafter or artist when it comes to jewelry at any level--I've read a lot of the forums here and there is just no...

Sadly, I'm staring down the barrel of osteoarthritic hands plus some weird neurological problem that major testing did not track down. 4 of my fingers are numb most of the time (rings & pinkies), which is why I stopped making teeny animal sculptures. My camera I can hold; small supplies not so...

New member with low-to-middling beading pearls, happy to trade your work for my materials to get a few choice favorites strung up. I also have at least most of a broken vintage pink faux pearl choker that needs re-stringing. I have LOTS of photos of said materials available, as macro...