Oct 14, 20131 min read
Empress Ming is progressing slowly...
I haven’t had more than a few hours to bead in the past ten days. Between cooking for company, readying the herb garden and prairie for...
Oct 12, 20131 min read
Cooler weather has arrived and frost is not far behind...
It's time for the final harvest of basil, oregano, thyme, and sage from my herb garden. They will be used in soups, stews, sauces. In...
Oct 7, 20131 min read
Another great book from SLK...
Susan Lenart Kazmer's latest book, "Resin Alchemy" just arrived in my mailbox. Having taken classes from Susan and knowing what a...
Oct 1, 20131 min read
One of my B-Day presents was a wide-angle lens and...
That was incentive enough to clean up my beading table so I could take a photo and experiment with the lens. When I'm immersed in a...
Sep 28, 20131 min read
A few more pages...
These are two more pages from the Shutterfly book showing different layouts. The Creative Components Wrap and coordinating earrings are...
Sep 26, 20131 min read
My book has arrived!
The book that I created using Shutterfly.com is here already...I hadn't expected it to arrive so soon! I'm very pleased with the...
Sep 23, 20131 min read
I can't think of a better way to celebrate!
Granted, sixty-five is a significant birthday. My husband kept trying to come up with ideas for celebrating it. He wanted to do something...
Sep 20, 20131 min read
Okay, I'm finally ready to start...
A new Empress Ming's Cuff will be in the works shortly. I'm ready to enter planet Mongo once again as I've had several requests for a...
Sep 18, 20131 min read
I'm feeling a bit old today...
It actually started fifteen years ago when AARP began sending me offers to join their organization of senior citizens. Lately, literature...
Sep 14, 20131 min read
Have you ever made a photo book?
A few years ago, as a present for my husband, I created a book filled with photos of our European vacation. There are several companies...
Sep 7, 20131 min read
Staples...
You can never have enough of them! I'm not talking about office supplies here. I mean those necessities that are used in a myriad of...
Aug 31, 20131 min read
No rest for the wicked!
I'd much rather be beading today...the Parrot Fish cuff wants my attention! But as you can see from this photo, my herb garden is in dire...
Aug 15, 20131 min read
Yummmmmmm.....
I have little sales resistance when it comes to beads and I’m always eager to add new colors to my Delica stash. This luscious collection...
Jul 31, 20131 min read
It's a Door County kind of day...
And I might add, a very good day for staying indoors and beading! A gentle mist is giving our prairie a chance to recover from the...
Jul 25, 20131 min read
Industrious is the operative word...
I've been on the computer creating charts for my upcoming project. I'm toying with several ideas, all of which are sea-themed. Here is...
Jul 19, 20131 min read
Birds love our house!
Every spring and summer without fail, several birds will build nests in any nook and cranny they can find on our house. In June we had a...
Jul 16, 20131 min read
I'm happy to report that...
My “Safari Cuff” design (inspired www.ContemporaryGeometricBeadwork.com ) is being well received! I’ve spent a good part of the last two...
Jul 10, 20131 min read
It's so frustrating....
Although time for beading and jewelry making is so abundant during the winter months, it just seems to disappear in summer. Entertaining...
Jul 6, 20131 min read
A different finish...
Look at the great wrist-wrap that Donna Barkanic made with my Sea Dragon Variation beading kit (inspired by CGB ). I love the novel way...
Jul 1, 20131 min read
Everything's coming up...
Not roses...but Butterfly Weed, Purple Cone Flower, Coreopsis, Milkweed, Spiderwort, Rattlesnake Master, Penstemon, and other native...