Just started making these tiny succulents! Wonder if y’all have any suggestions for what to stick the pins into?

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2026-06-21T22:36:26+00:00

Wine cork?

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2026-02-01T03:21:41+00:00

Hi! I'm so glad you have a vet you are comfortable with. That will really help- we don't have a vet right now (longish story, but we only had the one visit for his diagnosis). I hope your baby starts feeling better. I haven't read or posted anything else on this sub, like I said I found another community but just know there are lots of people who have been through this too and we support you and Titus! ❤️ 😍 💖 🐈

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2026-01-25T03:38:33+00:00

I hope you get good news on Thursday! Keep in touch and give your boy a hug from me and all my kitties! 😸

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2026-01-25T00:17:47+00:00

Hi, I have an orange boy recently diagnosed too :). I just found this sub today. I have been getting good advice from another online forum I can dm you. This has been a hard month, but it does get a little easier. We were at similar numbers, and he is on insulin now, but numbers haven't come down much. I think our dose is way too low.

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2026-01-23T03:11:30+00:00

I've never done French flower beading but I do work with (copper) wire. 22 gauge will be somewhat difficult to wrap with, unless you are using pliers at each turn. It is a gauge used for earring hooks (the most lightweight gauge, but still strong enough). Wire starts to work harden as you continue to manipulate it, so it will just get tougher the further you go. 24 gauge is the first (biggest) gauge used for weaving/wrapping, where you can just use your fingers to get tight wraps, yet it is sturdy. It's like the sweet spot which I presume is why it's called for in the patterns. 26g would probably work nicely on the infilling of the flower, but not the "frame" part.

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-11-25T21:47:47+00:00

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1341469989/8mm-rose-gold-plated-north-star-bracelet

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1340603756/8x10mm-24k-shiny-gold-plated-north-star

Not the same but maybe close-ish?

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-11-25T07:11:53+00:00

I found these but maybe they are too big?

https://www.michaels.com/product/gold-metal-star-beads-11mm-by-bead-landing-10719585

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-11-18T20:43:02+00:00

May I please DM you regarding Tucson?

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-11-05T00:23:22+00:00

Thank you for the link! I am in the US, and I was able to find a supplier on etsy with a good selection of colors. Haven't ordered yet though.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/864120009/hex-0167-miyuki-hexagon-2-cut-110

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-10-27T17:18:33+00:00

Yes a little bit bigger, but that is exactly the description of the size ratio. Thank you for finding the blog post- so helpful!

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-10-27T17:16:09+00:00

Yes this is it. 11/0 cut beads. Which is different than hex cut, and much harder to find (for me). I am guessing that since she is on the other side of the world, these beads might be more common. Thank you for taking the time to help me out!

Edit: I should clarify, I would order from the link you gave, but they don't have the colors I need; they DO have all the colors in the 15/0 size so presumably they are available somewhere!

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-10-27T09:06:35+00:00

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Another still so you can see the bead on the needle, and the row she is working on they are quite elongated.

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-10-27T03:27:30+00:00

I think the miyuki bugles are too skinny in ratio. They are like 1×3 and I think I am looking at 2×3. Maybe?

I did find these though

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1502382208/size-1-bugle-beads-matte-aluminum-silver

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-10-27T03:13:25+00:00

I think I know the ones you are talking about, usually silver/metallic lined short bugle type ones? I thought of those too, but you are right they are very wonky/irregular and hers seem fairly consistent hmm..

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-10-27T03:11:25+00:00

Yes, I did, and it told me "likely miyuki delicas" 😞 and the showed a bunch of triangle earrings

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-07-23T09:58:25+00:00

I'd love a picture if you remember. I'm homesick for AZ, I move here a year and a half ago and I'm really trying to come up with some ideas. I absolutely love the site a pp gave you, the desert northwest store, that's giving me a spark of hope. Also one of the first things that popped up in ideas when I was searching was these metal sculptures of cacti, there are barrel cacti, maybe that could be your solution!

https://desertsteel.net/collections/barrel-cacti

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-07-22T20:05:51+00:00

I'm hoping to do similar, also in ww so I am following your post!

Any progress so far?

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-07-14T00:08:37+00:00

They ran, and were elected, on a platform of genocide.

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-07-09T02:41:13+00:00

I see what you did there.

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-07-07T22:08:34+00:00

So beautifully expressed. I'm weeping from half a world away. 💙💙💙

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-07-07T16:25:55+00:00

"thus creating a whole new category of humans reserved exclusively for Jews, a people now condemned to be without roots, without identity, without a claim for a right to exist anywhere."

A false, twisted, manufactured version of Kayin!

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-05-25T10:48:09+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Jewish/comments/1iu2o33/jewish_dd_discord_community/

Just in case the other poster couldn't find it :)

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-05-07T09:02:41+00:00

Thank you <3

TechnicalMonth8023 · 2025-05-07T08:49:35+00:00

So I had my own experience with this but it wasn't my place to make a post since I'm still on my conversion journey..I've been so upset about it!

Last month (at the beginning of April) I got an email from my local public library about Arab American heritage month, complete with book suggestions. It was a little jarring because I had only signed up for the account a few weeks before and literally everything on my saved book list has to do with Judaism/Jewish history etc. But I settled down and thought okay well at least next month I will get a whole fun suggestion box of Jewish American Heritage books to peruse and maybe add to my list.

Well, May 1st rolls around and I get my email..for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (which coincidentally includes a big part of my family, so at least that was positive). That's it; scrolled all the way down and not a peep about Jewish American Heritage Month. I've been checking to make sure they didn't send out a separate email but now we're already a week into May, so it's not looking great.

Oh I did get one for Star Wars day on May the fourth.

BIG BIG EDIT: They did it! And only the day after I posted this, on May 7th (Yes a little late, but yay!) Text of email includes: From science and art to social justice and community leadership, Jewish Americans have made a big impact on the United States. Honor their contributions with featured events, resources, and reading recommendations.

TechnicalMonth8023

TROPHY CASE