Many Uses For / Incarnations Of Picture Marbles

[Kimiko2]

Howdy Crafsternistas! First time poster after lurking for a bit. Love this site to distraction. These glass marble ideas after fantabulous, I must make some immediately.
zen child, you said you were in the UK right? Try IKEA if they are close to you. They have a bag of the marbles in clear and colors for ₤1 (Hope that's the right currency symbol  ). Check the website to be sure they are the ones you want.
Happy crafting!

[zen_child]

Yep, that's the right currency symbol... Y'know, I never even thought about IKEA, but sadly I cannot get there because my nearest store is still too far away.    This makes me sad.

Edit:  I've found one UK site here which seem pretty decent with them...

[kylieultra]

zen, quite a lot of the cheap shops have them as well, and department stores which have craft/ home decorating areas, and also little kiddies "fairy" type shops.

Just look around. They're also known to me as "wish bubbles", so maybe it should help

[aelphaba]

You might also want to try any landscaping shops around you. They are also known as "florist stones" to hold a few stems of flowers in a clear vase.

[gypsysoul3]

ok, MissTee_2, and bluehariedmary...i was all excited to post my pictures, i've been making these marble on ribbon necklaces for awhile....and i see you two have already posted the same "style" that i use.
oh well...here are my pictures anyway, i don't know if you can tell, but the picture is of a compuer "esc" (escape) key, and it's got a pink tint to it. i liked the idea that it seems sort of anti-technology, or like saying "escape..." or something.

sorry if the picture turns out huge. i don't know what's up with that....



p.s. bluehaired mary, i love your picture (of the dog) and that phrase, "craft or be crafted." soooo great!

[piggySTY]

thanks soo much for the tut! i finally decided to make one myself. turned out pretty cool :

-steph

[Kayceeann]

  Steph, I love it! Very cool. I wish I had a Digi cam to show off my projects, aHHHH!

[Lique]

Where would one find a bobby pin at Michaels? Which section of the store? tia

[Nelly]

Steph-

Where did you find a marble so big? I have a bunch of smaller ones that could be used for earrings and for a braclet, but I love what you did with your necklace. Can you find them at local craft stores?

-Nelly

[silloh_77]

Nelly:  you can find big flat marbles like that in the stained glass store. They are called globules.  You want to check out that they are clear, though because a lot of the larger ones have imperfections in them. I found that out the hard way when I went to use them as pins for holiday presents last year.
To the person whose photo's didn't turn out right: you could photocopy the picture. Then you wouldn't be ruining a good photo, plus it would come out on thinner paper and wouldn't wrinkle so much.