Oooo. I got an order of beads in yesterday. Some of them were perfect, some were better than the picture, but there were some I was a little dissapointed with. Namely, the honey jade. The picture showed them to be a pale yellow. Paler yellow than I was hoping, but still a definate lemon yellow. What I got was something a little more akin to brown. Still, it's better yellow than most of the other yellow jade's I've seen on Ebay. It was still a little dissapointing. But really, I can't complain. It was three dollars for the strand, and it's still a usable colour. I generally actually like that colour of yellow better than the bright lemon yellow (I just saw a creation of yellow jade, silver spacers, and garnet drops that Janette made, and was inspired; I wanted to make something similar). Oh well. The citrine turned up very pale, but like the picture, so oh well. They were bigger than I was expecting, too. The moonstone is a very good colour in itself, but has little rainbow in it. (It's still usable.) The pearls turned up picture perfect (they're baroque, I think is the term). The amethyst heishi are fantastic. The tourmaline is actually better than the picture. The picture made them a lot less regular; these are fairly regular rectangles, of good colour. The lapis lazuli drops are better than I expected; just like the picture. I can't wait to use them. I don't know what I'll make with them, but they'll be fantastic. Err...I don't remember what else I got. Nothing else really stood out, but they're good stock. Huzzah for beads! Oh, and Loren smells. . Rosie. PS, I'm trying to conserve money right now, so I'm spending a lot of time at home, watching old British murder mysteries and doing a lot of sewing. Also, the weather is changing drastically here, and I think the change in air pressure is giving me a headache. I try not to thing about it, and drink a lot of tea.
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