Beads that just sit there

Peatroll · Trollie Joined: Jan 29, 2009 Posts: 143 Location: UK

Do you have a bead in your collection that just seems to sit there doing nothing?

For me, it is my Green Eye bead. It was bought as part of a kit, but I never ever use it .... though, having said that, I would never part with it either.

chewbacca · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:45 pm Post subject:

I have a lot of beads that just sit there. Mostly, they are OOAKs that I bought thinking I would use them and just don't. I'm not even sure I like them any more :oops:

I know I definitely play favorites!

TrollTech · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:07 pm Post subject:

I also have favorites... BUT I tend to use them in rotation...

Right now... They are all sitting there... I have not played beads since the beginning of Jan... Just had too much going on... Plan is Wednesday snow day = play date (and laundry)!!!
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dreaming. · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:09 pm Post subject:

I d have some beads I never use and some of them are retired beads I paid a fair bit for so its a real shame.

binjy · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:28 pm Post subject:

The pastels, I have not used the baby pinks and blues for well over a year or more, also my dark blues, even though I started out with blue beads I now never wear them, I much prefer greens and earthy colours, or turquoise, purples and reds. :roll:

Pondshadow · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:20 am Post subject:

Right now I am not wearing my harvest hued beads with the exception of my orange armadillos who are curretly playing on an all dillo bracelet. I like to think they are just resting until pressed into service in a few months.
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carla · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:38 am Post subject:

Yes! At one time I loved flower ooaks. I have one that I never wear. I have managed to swap or sell the others. I also have a dillo with a shamrock on it. I am saving it for St Patrick's Day. Most of the beads that sit in my box are ooaks, now that I am thinking about it! :roll: :roll:
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SnorkMaiden · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:49 am Post subject:

Several. The blue and the white retireds, some OOAKs, and some from the current collection.

My least used beads must be Black Dots which really is a Black Buds and the eye bead. But they came in a kit.

But, as you said yoursef, I couldn't part with them either. So the unused and rarely used beads have all moved to the safe-deposit box in the bank vault. Room in the bead villa!
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Troll-Baby · Trollaholic Joined: Oct 15, 2009 Posts: 1087 Location: USA

I have beads that just sit there, and my Eye bead is one of them, too.
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rainyday · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:36 am Post subject: Re: Beads that just sit there

hayheadsbird · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:13 am Post subject:

I don't use my green jade as much as I expected, but the one I use least is a pink ooak.
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SaMar · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:26 am Post subject:

I have a seagrass I never use. The green and blue in it don't seem to match other blues and greens. But I consider it a collectors item :-)

AnnaChristie · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:42 am Post subject:

When I realized how expensive my addiction could become, I decided not to hold on to anything I didn't love. Those are few, while the ones I do love are many. Some of my neutrals are just sitting there, but I can't part with them like Glass Stone, Black Squirrel, and Gray Armadillo.

Molamola · Trollkeeper Joined: Jul 13, 2008 Posts: 6527 Location: UK

My least used glass is my Blue-White Armadillo because I don't yet have the beads to use it in a combo. One day I will.
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TrollGirl · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:04 pm Post subject:

I rarely use my Beige/Blue Dot. I just don't have anything else with that color blue in it! And my Russian/Pink Amber doesn't get used either. Sad based on what I paid for it. I've often thought of selling it, but keep going back and forth, thinking I might feel guilty?! :?
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SaMar · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:27 pm Post subject:

Trollgirl, the pink ambers are not easy to match, but don't sell them. They are so beautifull wih gold and some dark browns. Or with orange.
Just make them a project, and you will love them again.

tish · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:34 pm Post subject:

I HAVE MANY THAT SIT IN THE BOX SO I HAVE PUT THEM UP FOR SWAPS ON THE M FORUM AND 1 OF THEM IS THE GREEN EYE BEAD LOL
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tish · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:35 pm Post subject:

tish · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:36 pm Post subject:

Molamola · Trollkeeper Joined: Jul 13, 2008 Posts: 6527 Location: UK

Sorry tish, it's mine all mine :wink: :D !
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Lyric_Girl · Guest

Interesting, but my green eye bead too sits in the box and has never made it to a bracelet. Also, most of my jasper is sitting in the box too.

AnnaChristie · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:29 pm Post subject:

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SnorkMaiden · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:36 pm Post subject: