VOA慢速英语 珠饰者通过双手结交朋友

　　In the end, he was able to produce a very similar crystal bracelet for less than twenty dollars. Later, as his skills improved, he made earrings and a necklace in the same color and design. That was about four years ago.

　　Today, he makes jewelry as gifts for friends and family members. They always ask if he plans to sell any. He says no, then making jewelry would become a job. But others have turned their jewelry making hobby into a money making career.

　　VOICE ONE:

　　Jeannette Cook has been beading since the nineteen sixties. The Southern California artist started by making "love bead" necklaces. Today, she says she earns about sixty thousand dollars a year through her company called Beady Eyed Women.

　　Jeannette Cook says she attends four or five jewelry shows a year where she teaches workshops and sells her products. And she has produced six books about beading in a series called "The Beady Eyed Women's Guide."

　　She says beading not only looks good, it feels good. In times of stress she will go bead for an hour, she says, and that calms her down.

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