Build Better Bead Storage

by Judy Larson

Years ago I built and finished a number of these 7" deep 61"tall pine shelves to fit at either end of our clothes closets in our home. They were perfect for toy, shoe, purse, and miscellaneous item storage. Once the children were out on their own, a few of the shelves were empty and I found that my bead boxes fit perfectly!

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Being only 7" deep, one of these shelves takes up hardly any space in my work room, and BONUS, all of my beads are out in the open so I don't often order the same ones thinking I don't have them! Colored labels with the name of the stones contained in each box were run through my sticker maker and attached to each box. When the boxes get mixed up, as they always do, I don't need to read each label. Looking for the label color saves a lot of time.

The top shelf holds metric and standard mandrels for making jump rings, a couple antique tools I inherited from my watchmaker father-in-law, as well as steel and rubber blocks. After watching Kim St. Jean in one of her wire jewelry video classes, I even took apart one of my "Sad Irons" to use the base as a bench block. There is also just enough room above the bead boxes on one shelf for the thin box of colored pencils I sometimes use when sketching out new ideas.

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Technique(s): Beading, General Education

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Judy Larson

My philosophy has always been "I will never live long enough to learn everything I want to learn, go everywhere I want to go and see everything I want to see!" So, what I make and how I create it is always changing and evolving. I was born shortly after WWII to parents who grew up during the Depression. They always had a "we can do it, we can make it" attitude which rubbed off on my two younger brothers and me. My brothers are amazing and can make and do ANYTHING! When I was a little girl, my mother gave me an old carved cigar box, which I cherish, filled with pop beads, wooden beads and yarn for stringing. That was the beginning of my jewelry making journey.

On a visit to the Grand Canyon when I was a young woman, I was fortunate enough to help a Native American silversmith sand cast my first silver bracelet and bezel set a large turquoise nugget on top. I was in love, hook, line and sinker! While working full time and having a family here in northern Minnesota, my artistic endeavors slowed down but never stopped. I am an artist, scrapbooker, seamstress, woodworker and jewelry artisan. Now that I am retired, I am able to indulge in all my hobbies. However, there just never seems to be enough time in the day to do it all, but I try!

I have been teaching community education beginner and intermediate jewelry making classes since my retirement. Many of my students have been bitten so hard by the jewelry making bug that they say I have turned them into monsters-they just can't get enough. Making jewelry, seeing something take shape from small bits and pieces, is so rewarding that I hope it brings out the "monster" in you, too!

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