What if I can’t remember some information about my beads when I start entering data with BeadEnCounter?
BeadEnCounter is designed to work with your entire bead inventory, whether it’s labeled and counted or not. If you want to simply start entering data with newly purchased items and leave all previously collected items unlabeled, that’s fine. If you want to count and enter data about some or all of your existing stash, great! Most beaders have a substantial stash of collected beads and unless you’ve kept good notes or written info with each bead, memories of cost, material and source will have faded. This is why I created BeadEnCounter in the first place! I couldn’t remember information about beads I’d bought as little as a few weeks previously. Some beads I simply accepted I would never recall the information about them, so I decided not to label these items. When I use them in a finished work, I roughly estimate what their cost was and enter it in the “Additional Material Cost” field. I’m guessing, but I’m so glad I don’t have to guess for all the materials. Other beads I labeled and
