Apr 14, 20151 min read
Only six are available...
While organizing my studios (I’m still not finished!) and sorting through trays of beads, I took time to assemble a collection containing...
Apr 11, 20151 min read
Shelf life...
Practically everything has an expiration date. When it comes to art supplies, thankfully metal lasts forever! Polymer clay may get a...
Apr 8, 20151 min read
It’s like Christmas in April!
I can’t believe the “treasures” I’m rediscovering. while cleaning my metals studio. I've already sorted through the Delicas, seed, and...
Apr 6, 20151 min read
I needed a break from sorting beads so...
I’m tackling the task of cleaning and reorganizing my metals studio. I have the TV rolled up to the door so I can listen and occasionally...
Apr 3, 20151 min read
At the moment...
I’m a bit overwhelmed. Assembling the six new storage cabinets was the easy part, but sorting out my collections of beads,...
Mar 31, 20151 min read
One down, five to go...
My beads and jewelry-making paraphernalia have been stashed in every available nook and cranny for far too long. It was definitely time...
Mar 28, 20151 min read
In lieu of attending classes at Bead & Button this year...
I’ve ordered a slew of instructional DVDs from some of the best teachers around! The reviews of those I've chosen are highly rated and...
Mar 25, 20151 min read
The April issue of LJJA has arrived!
LJJA is short for Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist magazine and my "Sea Flower" pin/pendant is in the April 2015 issue...pages 30 through...
Mar 23, 20151 min read
After twenty-five years of metalsmithing...
My original set of disc cutters, which has served me well, has seen better days, so I've treated myself to the "king" of disc cutters...a...
Mar 18, 20151 min read
I just couldn't resist!
Having put beading aside temporarily while working with polymer clay and metal, I haven’t placed an order for beads in several months,...
Mar 10, 20151 min read
As promised...
Here’s the tutorial for my polymer clay “Petal Drop Earrings” . Full color photos accompany the step-by-step tutorial and you have the...
Mar 4, 20151 min read
Upcycling Revisited
I’m big on recycling! Being one who wastes nothing that may have a chance at a second life, I always contemplate a purpose for something...
Mar 1, 20151 min read
I finally “bit the bullet”!
I had been coveting an Ezel Beading Pal for the longest time. The folks who make the Beading Pal had a booth at last June’s Bead and...
Feb 25, 20151 min read
Back in the studio!
I’ve had a delightful vacation, but am glad to be back in the studio. Although I missed the cats terribly, the reprieve from snow was...
Feb 14, 20151 min read
Love is in the air!
One of the best things about having a wedding anniversary (our twentieth!) on Valentine's day is that so many others are celebrating love...
Feb 11, 20151 min read
Lucky me!
I’ve had a second project accepted for publication by Interweave Press! The first project accepted was my “Sea Flower” Pin/Pendant, which...
Feb 9, 20151 min read
Heads up...
I need a few days of play time so I'm taking a brief vacation away from the business end of art, which means I've temporarily deactivated...
Feb 7, 20151 min read
Another use for recycled cosmetic containers!
Being frugal, it seems that I never throw anything away. I've used empty cosmetic containers for so many purposes...storing beads,...
Jan 30, 20151 min read
More hours in a day...please!
Often the business end of art takes far too much time away from the hours required for the creation of art. I have been dying to work in...
