Like writing a novel, a really useful bead collection doesn't happen overnight.
I've been haunting thrift shops and bead stores since 1985, and I have enough loot to stock a small store. I also use it up. Drives accountants crazy when I try to explain that it is all art stock, and I may not use it for years. Had one 'cleaning expert' tell me I should discard anything I haven't looked at in five years. I looked back and said 'You're not an artist, I take it?"
I've been haunting thrift shops and bead stores since 1985, and I have enough loot to stock a small store. I also use it up. Drives accountants crazy when I try to explain that it is all art stock, and I may not use it for years. Had one 'cleaning expert' tell me I should discard anything I haven't looked at in five years. I looked back and said 'You're not an artist, I take it?"