It has been a number of years since i was blogging here on blogger! I now have a fb page: "Bead Enthusiast". I am also on Instagram (i have to figure that one out): Bead Enthusiast_etc. Was going to go into business, or get a new job -- and let the beads go by the wayside...NO! That didn't happen, so what is happening: i made 4 lovely beaded beads (some are on my facebook). One is for _me_ to treasure! Stop back and see my creations, colorful & bead worthy!! 
I'll leave You with one thought about the beading hobby. I thought i could raise the nobility of my craft, by knowing "bede" means to...
"(From Middle English _bēde_ (“prayer, request, supplication, rosary, bead”), from Old English gebed (“prayer, petition, supplication, religious service, an ordinance”), from Proto-Germanic *_bedą_ (“prayer, entreaty”). Cognate with Dutch gebed and bede, German Gebet.   bede - Wiktionary")