Artbeads is having a up to 50% sale store wide. Just thought I’d share for anyone who needs beads!!!

Back on vacation in Canada again, grouse hunting and fishing this time. Soooo. Long drive and quiet evenings for beading. I really like these Tilas so this has been main project so far.

First time experience with beaded crochet. It took a week to get but I finished a bangle

We are organizing as my husband bought shelves.

This has been on my bucket list for a long time! I had ChatGPT put together a portrait of my 2 dogs. Then I ran it through Planbead. The next step was to review the beads it put in the pattern. This is where MatchBead was very handy because it brings up pictures of the beads so I could change the transparent and metallic ones. In the past, I would have to go to another web site to see pics of the beads. I chose to have 30 colors in the pattern so that I could get good definition in the dogs, but the grass is not so important so I merged a couple of those colors together. Next, I went to my bead inventory to see what I already have or could substitute. No sense in buying beads I don't need, especially since I only need a few grams of each color. My picture is 8 x 10 inches. I already have enough green colors that I will just use what I have. This is where I am now, trying to sort what colors I can use and what I need to buy. I want it to turn out well, but I don't want to spend $300 on beads. For those of you who have beaded "photograph" patterns, do you avoid transparent beads and metallic beads too?