by Barbara | Oct 30, 2014 | An Aside, Beading, Beads and Materials, Components, Delica beads, Designer Patterns, Handmade, Jewelry kits, Materials and Supplies, One-of-a-Kind, Seed Beads, Tutorials
Aside from Magatama, Drop, and Charlotte beads, I’ve been using Delica and seed beads almost exclusively in my geometric beading. I’ve been dying to create a design using some new accent beads. My order of Czech glass two-hole triangle beads just arrived from...
by Barbara | Oct 25, 2014 | An Aside, Art to Wear, Beading, Beads and Materials, Materials and Supplies, One-of-a-Kind
With the many sales on Swarovski crystals of late, I decided this was a good time to stock up on the colors and sizes I use most in my work. Because I’m primarily working with Delica and 15/0 seed beads these days, tiny bicone crystals are often my embellishment of...
by Barbara | Oct 20, 2014 | An Aside, Art to Wear, Beading, Beads and Materials, Designer Patterns, Embellishments, Handmade, Inspiration, Jewelry kits, Materials and Supplies, One-of-a-Kind, Seed Beads, Techniques, Tutorials
I haven’t done much beading in the past few weeks and I miss it, but life does have a habit of taking over and one realizes there is just not enough time to do everything one would like…fact of life. But, because of this, I am so appreciative of the moments I can...
by Barbara | Oct 14, 2014 | An Aside, Beading, Handmade, Inspiration, One-of-a-Kind, Seed Beads
My “Coneucopia” Brooch is on its way home! I’d sent it to Kate McKinnon for inclusion in “Contemporary Geometric Beadwork – Volume II”…it’s shown on page 53! Cool midwest Autumn weather has descended on Illinois and...
by Barbara | Oct 8, 2014 | An Aside, Art to Wear, Beading, Beads and Materials, Delica beads, Designer Patterns, Handmade, Jewelry kits, Materials and Supplies, One-of-a-Kind, Seed Beads, Techniques, Tutorials
My beadwork seems to take on a life of its own! I started this project more than a month ago, but life became crazy busy and time went by wicked fast. In fact, the most beading I was able to accomplish resulted in twelve completed rows! Life hasn’t slowed down for me,...
by Barbara | Oct 3, 2014 | An Aside, Art to Wear, Beading, Handmade, Inspiration, Jewelry kits, Materials and Supplies, One-of-a-Kind, Tutorials
The long-awaited “Contemporary Geometric Beadwork – Volume II” has arrived! I’m dying to carve out some time to peruse all the “eye candy” contained therein page by page! From first glance, it appears to be filled with even more works and info than “CGB-I”,...