Just out of the tumbler!

Because I’m incapable of doing nothing and was unable to bead while my left hand recovered from surgery, I took time to play with Bronze Metal Clay.  Rolling narrow strips of clay out with my right hand, I decided to create tiny components that could be used in...

Do You Remember This Piece?

The results I’ve been waiting for are in!  I entered my “Fleurs et Papillons” Bead-Embroidered Cuff in the Fire Mountain Gems and Beads 2018 Creative Clays Contest last February and this past week the package I had been eagerly awaiting arrived!...

Finished!

With all the trials and tribulations of this past week, it has taken longer than I hoped to finish my latest design, but I’m pleased to announce that my “Geometric Square Diamond and Isosceles Triangle Components” Drop Earrings tutorial and beading...

Yep…

Still at it…replenishing more beading kits. Now it’s time to assemble the“Geometric Warped Square Arrow Drop Earrings and Variations” kit.What you see above  are the Blue and Yellow Opal Variation kits. I love all three warped square designs equally and wear...

Itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny…

Size 15/0 beads are so very small and those are what are on my beading mat today. It’s one of those fabulous end-of-summer days filled with sunshine and pleasant temperatures ranging in the low 70’s. Birds are chirping and a Pileated Woodpecker is nearby drilling into...

Can’t Get Enough Orange!

Vitamin C?  I’m fine on that front. But, I’m craving the color orange of late.  I have no idea why.  I’ve never been a fan of orange…even during the swinging 1960’s when neon orange, pink, and green were the rage against a backdrop of...

Are You Ready To Play?

Hot off the press…my “Quadra Play” Geometric Triangle Drop Earrings beading kit and tutorial is ready and listed in my Etsy shop. Each color-coordinated earring is composed of two different patterns joined together to make one three dimensional puffy triangle. Four...