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2011-01-11, 1:43pm
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Pulling Goldstone Stringers
Hi All-
After some discussion in the Garage Sale area, I decided to put together a tutorial on making your own goldstone stringers- it's pretty basic, but it might be useful !
http://chestnutridgedesigns.com/sections/blog/blog.aspx
I used the "cubes" I purchased in the Garage Sale a few months ago, I am assuming the chunks would work the same- Laura
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2011-01-11, 2:22pm
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Thanks for doing this tut, Laura! You're right - handpulled is a totally different beast! Those little goldstone blocks are very nifty and I have never seen them. Does anyone know where to purchase some?
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2011-01-11, 2:50pm
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When you pull your own, you can encase with other transparents too...I love to use red on the original goldstone and green or aqua on the blue goldstone.
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2011-01-11, 7:36pm
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Hi Vicki- I got mine from Bindy, but I don't know if she has any more. they are nice because they are a uniform size/shape.
Jana- that is a great idea- I never thought of doing that to add more color
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2011-01-11, 8:13pm
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Nice tut,I think I will pull out my goldstone.
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2011-01-11, 8:36pm
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Thanks so much for this Laura. It will be back to the drawing board tomorrow for me as I made quite the mess yesterday attempting to do this.
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2011-01-11, 8:41pm
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oh so SMART YOU ARE.. i always crushed those blocks up first!!! no more i say! you are my hero!
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2011-01-12, 11:39am
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Thanks for this tut. - I've used the striped beads and twistie bead tuts from your site and enjoyed them very much.
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Oh!!! I needed this!
I bought some and then thought..."now what"?
NOW I know "what"
Thanks!!
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2011-01-14, 8:29pm
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Thanks!
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2011-01-14, 8:42pm
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I use donuts that I buy from Shipwreck beads. Big 1.5 inch across donuts.
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2011-11-20, 8:57pm
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This tut was AWESOME - can't wait to try it! Thank you for posting it.
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2011-11-20, 9:21pm
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donuts?
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Originally Posted by Kevan
I use donuts that I buy from Shipwreck beads. Big 1.5 inch across donuts.
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So you can just melt the goldstone donut and do whatever you want with it? Cool! K
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2011-11-21, 11:31am
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I have always encased it in clear- but you could try just melting it and pulling stringers- see what happens. I love using goldstone with all of my organic beads and it looks great with just about everything:
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