You know what bead soup is, right? - It's all those leftover beads, different sizes, shapes, colors; leftover from previous projects, waiting to make themselves useful in some way.
Beadweavers, especially, have a unique type of bead soup, because it tends to be chock full of those teeny-tiny little beads - you know, the 11s, the 15's, the delicas, the Charlottes.
And people manage their bead soup in different ways - some just dump it all into a big tub, or bag, and use it randomly.
I, with my advanced OCD (that's AOCD, to you lay folk), have to organize my bead soup - both by color, and by size.
So I had (HAD) about 10 little tubs, each separated compulsively by color, made up of the beads generally smaller than 4 mm.
And about 10 large tubs, again separated by color, containing all those extra beads over 4-6 mm.
This was working SO well for me, until about 11:45 this morning.
When the shelf, in my BRAND NEW cabinet, where I had carefully,. compulsively stowed these tubs, decided to collapse while I had the cabinet open -
And this is the result.
Thousands, and thousands, and thousands, and thousands of beads, spilled all over my back room.
And quite a few naughty words shrieked when those beads dumped on my feet.
It took about an hour to scoop all these up - we used a dustpan, and just dumped them into a big box, and I'll undoubtedly be bringing that box home with me tomorrow night to sort, because it is driving me insane that they are now comingling.
I WOULD have brought them home tonight, except that tonight I have to do the monthly sales tax report AND price out all the new beads I bought yesterday from the traveling bead vendor.
What a fantastic way to spend Valentine's Day!
This is a nice shot of the gorgeous sun-catcher/ornaments that are displayed on the door to my shop - they are all made by the extremely talented Mike, of GimmeBeads.
Here's a set they have displayed in their Etsy shop.
Nice, nice work -
Happy Valentine's Day - I hope you are having more fun than I am!
Aieeeee! I'm so sorry for your crashing bead soup. Maybe something wonderful will come from the rubble...
ReplyDeleteouch :( been there, done that...
ReplyDeleteOh CD - I still feel like this ;( today because of this whole bead-spilling mess. It seems like the harder I go, the behinder I get.
ReplyDeleteBut evidently some people have very similar OCD manifestations to me, because a surprising number of people have offered to come in to the shop next week and help sort out the mess - they all say the same thing: it calms them down to sort beads. I weirdly also get very a great deal of calming satisfaction from doing it.
But it still is a lot of time when I would rather be doing something else.
I just hate when this happens and I'm so sorry! Loved the sun catchers in your window, so beautiful watching color capture light!
ReplyDeleteLove my suncatchers, too, Sharon!
ReplyDeleteAnd I still haven't sorted the beads - more pressing matters seem to keep popping up!
I haven't even visited my WiiFit since Sunday - and I bet I'm in for a chastising whenever I do get back to her.
That little Mii can be quite witchy!
Oh I know what you mean. The last time this happened to me I think it all sat it a container for months! Life gets so hectic sometimes doesn't it?! Ok, ALL the time! Hope you're enjoying the weekend though.♥
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sharon - You, too!
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful and sunny here, but awfully windy, which makes it a little nippy outside.
Bailey wants to play outside, but I have an overwhelming amount of housework to do, so he and I will have to reach a compromise!