I found these one tartooful.com, great site for inspiration!
Trollbead addiction
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I found these one tartooful.com, great site for inspiration!
Phédre said:
cute pics! thanks for the inspiration/link! I think frog prince is a great bead. I imagine he would lay on a wrist similar to troll babies or the Baltic wolf.
Check out some of the bead forums...Google Beadthrilled and Trollbead Society, etc.
You will find lots of pics!
You will find lots of pics!
I found the Trollbead Society website far too overwhelming! Made me depressed I didn't have more money to splurge on beads and charms! LOL
I can't buy beads willy nilly either, so each one is special. Having to save for each one just makes for a more intimate collection, imo.
Omg ok awesome! Thanks everyone. I think the frog prince bead isis a beautiful bead; I am concerned about the wearability factor. I am the kind of person that likes to wear jewelry 24-7. I usually only take jewelry off maybe to wear a different item or if I am at the doctors. I just don't want this to be a bead that will be annoying while I sleep 
I am going to check out those sites, thank you!
I am going to check out those sites, thank you!
I see you so much on bead thrilled I thought you were one that had one of those 200 plus beads collections! or maybe you do and are just collecting for longer, lolI can't buy beads willy nilly either, so each one is special. Having to save for each one just makes for a more intimate collection, imo.
I love the designs there, but it makes me depressed sometimes I cant buy all the beads I want (err, need? *blushes*)
if you wouldnt mind me asking, feel free to not answer, how long it is that you collect, and how many beads/bracelets you have?
I am trying to take a break from buying beads for a while. It is sort of a ban, but really it is because I keep going in different directions and I want to be sure about what I am buying/designing. I literally fantasize about Trollbeads while I am in my yoga class. I think it is a problem (!?)
* Mostly the gold bracelet !
* Mostly the gold bracelet !
Engel-
I only have about 50 beads and I have been collecting since around 2004. The beads like joyful, crane and old antique flower were some of my first beads and I would get one bead every 2-3 months. Then life got in the way and I didn't think about beads much until last year when I heard about the USA world tour beads.
I only have 2 bracelet chains and try to make combos every few weeks with what I have; sometimes it gets frustrating when you see people that have hundreds of beads, but I truly love each and every bead that I own so there is some satisfaction in the slow growth of my collection.
It's a fun hobby and doesn't have to be expensive unless you let it spiral out of control!
I only have about 50 beads and I have been collecting since around 2004. The beads like joyful, crane and old antique flower were some of my first beads and I would get one bead every 2-3 months. Then life got in the way and I didn't think about beads much until last year when I heard about the USA world tour beads.
I only have 2 bracelet chains and try to make combos every few weeks with what I have; sometimes it gets frustrating when you see people that have hundreds of beads, but I truly love each and every bead that I own so there is some satisfaction in the slow growth of my collection.
It's a fun hobby and doesn't have to be expensive unless you let it spiral out of control!
Engel-
I only have about 50 beads and I have been collecting since around 2004. The beads like joyful, crane and old antique flower were some of my first beads and I would get one bead every 2-3 months. Then life got in the way and I didn't think about beads much until last year when I heard about the USA world tour beads.
I only have 2 bracelet chains and try to make combos every few weeks with what I have; sometimes it gets frustrating when you see people that have hundreds of beads, but I truly love each and every bead that I own so there is some satisfaction in the slow growth of my collection.
It's a fun hobby and doesn't have to be expensive unless you let it spiral out of control!
Thank you for the answer, and I agree, it is supposed to be fun, and I will try to keep it that way for myself, because my beads (being pandora or troll) make me smile everytime i lok at them, and if this doesnt make them worthy of the money I paid, i dont know what does! I also like slowly adding, really makes each bead that more important. I dont want hundreads and hundreads of beads, because i probably wouldnt use half of them, and if im paying that much for such tiny things, I better use them as much as possible, so every bead I bought so far (less than 10), I truly love.
You have many many amazing beads in your collection, though! It makes me drool!
Thanks!
I got the bead that my sister had sent out today... It is so cute! She sent me the happy fish bead!
Tomorrow I get paid... I might go swing by Pandora and check out their beads... I don't like as many of theirs, but they have a fish bead that is pretty cool.
Thanks!
I got the bead that my sister had sent out today... It is so cute! She sent me the happy fish bead!
Tomorrow I get paid... I might go swing by Pandora and check out their beads... I don't like as many of theirs, but they have a fish bead that is pretty cool.
hooray! happy fish is very cute. I can't remember, is that one of the ones retiring soon? I have a retired fish bones from Pandora on my troll..there was one with orange cz eyes and one with green. I have the green. I believe pandora also has like a big mouth fish and possibly another I can't remember off the top of my head.
I went, saw the fish, went to work, thought it over, and when I went back it was sold! They are going to order one for me! It is only silver, nothing fancy about it.
Here's a neutral combo I put together! I usually like mad color, but sometimes I feel the need for neutral....lol
