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Mary, thank you so much for this tutorial!  Yours are my favorite frogs and I've often wondered how you make them - and now I know (and it's not quite as complicated as I would have made it if I'd tried to reproduce the). Can't wait to make one - think I'll try it today!
And Suzanne, if those feet are crooked, I don't think I'll be posting my first attempts here! They look very good to me.
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Thanks Kathy!
Everything in beadmaking is stripes, scrolls or dots...it's just how you layer them on that makes the look. If you can make stripes and dots and control your heat you can make anything.
These frogs are mostly stripes with 2 dots for the eyes and 12 for the toes. When you think of them that way, they aren't intimidating at all.
Good luck!
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Fabulous tutorial, Mary.
I've never made a frog bead, I'll have to give it a go.
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Your generous spirit shines through to you beads and that is a big part of the reason I am drawn to collect them!
Great tutorial, by the way.
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P.S. I want your computer and photography skills when I grow up. And your beadmaking skills too! lol
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thats awesome mary thank you for sharing! I will have to try this soon.
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Wonderful tutorial! I like your frogs! Very well done. Thank you.
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Very generous Mary, you're a doll. Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to giving this a try.
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Now that looks more like a frog than that other tut I've seen. Awesome thank, I'll have to try this one. Thanks for sharing.
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I'm going to give this a try, thanks Mary! How generous and sweet of you to do this!
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Wow, Suzanne, those are great!
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Those are awesome, suzanne!! My froggy feet are mangled. 
This is Clubfoot Charlie:
Thanks for the tut Mary! I've always loved your frogs.
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2007-03-29, 5:05pm
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Here are mine. I'm having the same problem with the feet.
This is one of the best tutorials ever offered. MEGA BANG for the buck.
Thanks Mary!!!
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Mary, you are awesome! And to all of you that have shared your first frogs ever, you rock. They look great.
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Thank you very much Mary for sharing your frog tutorial.
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Shawnette & Kendra your frogs are great.
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Thanks for your generous sharing, Mary! Does this mean another tut for the book? I tried a froggie (in the kiln), and I am going to call him "only a Mother could love" 'cause it will probably be hard to tell he's a frog, but i understand the process much better. The body is difficult to get to look right - the feet not as hard as I thought!
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Oh Mary you are so generous. yes as you said I tried the implosions actually loved them but no none of them ever turned into a bead that would overflow the bead market...lol
now I will give froggie a try, not only becouse they are cute but I used to have a toad . oh and then tentacles and then the world. I dont know but I sure appreciate the tutorials. For me that's like having a teacher right in your corner and best of all you can't hear me swear if it does'nt turn out right....
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Oh Mary you are so generous. yes as you said I tried the implosions actually loved them but no none of them ever turned into a bead that would overflow the bead market...lol
now I will give froggie a try, not only becouse they are cute but I used to have a toad . oh and then tentacles and then the world. I dont know but I sure appreciate the tutorials. For me that's like having a teacher right in your corner and best of all you can't hear me swear if it does'nt turn out right....
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LOL, and you can't hear me swear either. LOL
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Thanks for your generous sharing, Mary! Does this mean another tut for the book? I tried a froggie (in the kiln), and I am going to call him "only a Mother could love" 'cause it will probably be hard to tell he's a frog, but i understand the process much better. The body is difficult to get to look right - the feet not as hard as I thought!
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Vicki, I've been thinking about your for DAYS.
I hope all is well with you and if you can share a pic of your little dude, please do.
Thanks to all you guys for posting your progress. It is very rewarding to see that.
Hugs.
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Thanks so much Mary!! I made an orange and blue Dart frog!! My critters are always more cartoony than lifelike, so of course my frog has a smile. I will post pics tomorrow.
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My first froggie, I shared my guy in the frog exchange thread, but since it is Moth's tut that showed me the way....
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Ok, here's attempt #2:
This is Charlie's little brother Crookedtoe Craig:
Getting better! The only time I've had to torch has been at work, so I only get to do one a day. Maybe I'll sneak in 2 today...
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Thank you so much for the tutorial Mary. It's very easy to follow.
Everyone's froggies are beautiful. I won't even show mine (well maybe...after I make my next attempt).....usually when I say a bead is ugly my 7 year old emphatically says "no it's not".
Well this morning I asked her if she wanted to see the frog she watched me make. She went up front and got it and came back with her face all screwed up and said "it is ugggleeee"
I made better beads before I added my second concentrator with my mini-CC so I'm figuring I have to get used to the extra heat, and I was using Moretti. I'll keep trying.
Shawnette I love the names of your froggie brothers...cracked me up. I love them.
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Here's mine. I gave him a big bubble throat so I had room to make him smile. I wanted to do something different with the legs, but I didn't put the back feet where I wanted them so I'll try it next time.
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He's purdy Gelly I like the poked hole toes. My daughter wanted me try again today.. I told her maybe tomorrow. DH said I was a chicken***t.
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Thanks Sherry... I think he still needs to grow into his feet, lol! The stringer I used was too fat apparently.
Hahaa... don't be a chicken, try again!
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I posted this in the frog bead exchange, too
Thanks to your tutorial, I have improved. My small army of frogs has grown. 
My skills have improved, I think.
And even though this guy's bead cracked, I like him, and I'll keep him as long as the glue holds! 
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ADORABLE!!!!
You guys rock!!!
It doesn't take very many of these at all to get the swing of where to put the legs, how fat to make the stringers and get carried away with all you can do to these little guys.
Layers, dots, mixed colors, warts, bubble toes, murrini toes, different eyeballs. You will have a blast. I DO!
Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to see more awesome frogs.
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