spoooon!

[42itous.livejournal.com]

Does anyone have a source for gobs and gobs of free Mardi Gras beads? Or even just a handful? I have another 50 spoons that I'm about to drill holes in to make more necklaces.

Last year Persis gave me 100+ strands of Mardi Gras beads (thank you, Persis!), all of which got turned into spoon necklaces.

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[ron_newman]

Are you local to or at least near Davis Square? I have twelve cheap bead necklaces that were thrown at me over the years at various First Night parades or Honk festivals or other such events. I'd be happy to give them to you.

(But I don't really understand what you're going to do with them and spoons)

[42itous.livejournal.com]

That'd be great, thanks -- I do go into Davis from time to time.

I use little loops of bead chain (like for dog tags) to connect them. I made the first few using bead chain for the whole necklace, but that gets prohibitive when you're making 150 of them.

[ron_newman]

How can I get them to you? If you send me your street address and it's within, say, 6 miles biking distance from Davis (Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, Somerville, Medford), I can just deliver them tonight or tomorrow.

[persis.livejournal.com]

You can give them to me next Tuesday at Diesel... and I can give them to 42itous at Tech Squares.

[ron_newman]

Not necessary. I just now delivered them to 42itous's front door.

If you go to Carnaval @ SomerStreets in East Somerville this Sunday afternoon, you may find more, either thrown from the parade or discarded in the street afterwards.