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even got close to doing so), it WAS fun. Not surprisingly, it's harder than it looks. I have a bad habit of watching people make something, think "Oh please...I can totally do that!" and then be both surprised and disappointed when I'm not AWESOME at it from the get go. If I ever *do* find something I'm awesome at from the get go, I'd better make that my career. I'm also woman enough to admit I'm a little jealous that while I'm usually at least pretty good at a craft I try (with the exception of anything involving yarn or thread <g>), bff is always just a *tiny* bit better. She's so much better than me at so many things...I just want one (or two) things that I'm better at than her, dang it <g>.

I know you're a crafty person...I bet with practice, you could make paper beads. It's easier with an official bead roller like this - the little slot holds the paper in place when you begin the rolling process, which is a lot easier than doing what I do and using a bamboo skewer (and giving yourself splinters). I also hate having to cut my own paper, though part of my enjoyment when rolling paper beads is the thought of reusing some of my paper--calendar pages, extra craft paper, an occasional page from a magazine--and turning it into something pretty.

I have not, but I would like to! There was a free craft supply swap several months ago; I almost snagged a quilling set that would've produced art like that, but it was missing the roller, and I wasn't sure if the roller was more important in quilling than in paper bead rolling.