My desktop computer is being a bit cranky this morning - probably matching my mood. It's a Monday, I stayed up and watched football (GOOD games) and am resigned to once again seeing Patrick Mahomes in a Super Bowl. Although, seriously, I have to congratulate Kansas City. It's their fourth time at the Super Bowl in five years, and that's an outstanding achievement. Still, it's going to be Kansas City vs San Francisco again - shades of 2020! I was hoping Detroit could pull things out against San Francisco, but they just fell apart in the second half.
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It's Kansas City vs San Francisco in this year's Super Bowl. I'm not thrilled with it, but it should be a good game - entertaining to watch. They were last in this situation in 2020, so it's a repeat experience for both teams. |
Today is the first day of our first "Six Day 50% Off Clearance Sale" and we're concentrating specifically on Delica beads. Delica beads are a Japanese seed bead, made in several different sizes and two shapes - cylindrical and hexagonal cylinders. The most popular size is the size 11o, and we've got almost 50 of those included in the sale, but the majority of what we're offering for this are the other sizes - the 8o, 10o and 15o sizes. For those of you who aren't using this product, the 8o and 10o sizes are larger and the 15o size is smaller than the more commonly used 11o size.
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These are regular rounded seed beads, not Delica beads, but you can get an idea regarding the size differences and shapes. The most commonly used size is the Size 11, the next most commonly used sizes split pretty evenly between Size 8 and Size 10. |
People first entering beadwork get confused by the sizes. They're like anyone .. the larger the number, the larger the bead. Except, for beads, it goes back a century or more and the numerical designation roughly corresponds to how many beads would fit a predetermined measurement - like an inch, although that may not have been the size the factories started using initially. Still, the numbering system stuck, and although there might not be exactly 11 beads in an inch for an 11o bead, it's close enough.
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What I sell in my store are the two categories on the left - the standard 11o round seed beads (from several factories and two different countries) and the Miyuki Delica beads - a true cylinder bead with exceptionally standard sizing bead to bead. I fell in love with these when they were first introduced and they're still a favorite of mine. The second bead is the one we're putting on sale this week. |
Around 2:30 am, I awakened with a horrible thought. I have a specific style of 11o pulled for the sale. They were collected and organized and strung by Chickie into a sample strand, and she made a list of the Part Numbers for me - more than 100 beads. HOWEVER, I also need the Price Lookup Numbers so that we can actually pull those beads for people wanting any of them. OOPS. My early morning at the shop will be spent doing a quick look-up of those secondary numbers so that I can effectively sell the items.
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The Price Lookup Code (PLU) is what I need to plug into my computerized cash register to be able to sell the product. The Delica Bead part number is the color number and we organize our beads by those numbers. Our string of beads on sale are also organized by our part number, but we need to find the beads by the PLU. Oops. First thing I'll be doing, as soon as I get into the shop, is making a cross-reference list so that beads can be pulled easily. |
Also, it's a Monday. It's Chickie's "day off" and I'm working with DH (who tries to be helpful, and usually only gets in the way). By the end of the day, I'll be a wreck - LOL. If I can get today to run smoothly, tomorrow will be a breeze with Chickie, and hopefully I'll have all of the kinks worked out so that Chickie will be OK on Wednesday and Friday and I'll get my own days off. We'll see. In the meanwhile, since I don't have anything else earthshaking to share (not that any of the above is earthshaking either - LOL), I'm signing off. Have an excellent Monday and I'll be back tomorrow for a quick post before hitting the road to get to the swimming pool. Slava Ukraini and חיים למען ישראל.
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