>Last Chance for Originality
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Today, I checked my mail, and received my 'Last Chance for Renewal' notice from a very popular beading magazine. Yes, this is also the same magazine that published my beadwork 4 times in just over a year. I have subscribed to this magazine for at least 4 or 5 years now, and in fact, it is one of the magazines that inspired me to try doing beadwork to begin with. I remember how I used to LOVE receiving the latest issue in the mail, and I would read it from cover-to-cover. But, now it seems that it is full of advertisements, and all of the projects seem the same to me. Once in awhile, there would be an article about a certain artist that interested me, but other than that, nothing in it has really caught my eye in a long time. Perhaps I have just outgrown this publication... Regardless, I decided that I'm going to let my subscription run out... Maybe if they start publishing more articles and less ads, or more about original bead art and less about boring jewelry, I'd change my mind. Until then, I'll be busy beading... :D