- Sep 20, 2013
- 1 min
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, 2013
- 1 min
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, 2013
- 1 min
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, 2013
- 1 min
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, 2013
- 1 min
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, 2013
- 1 min
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, 2013
- 2 min
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, 2013
- 1 min
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, 2013
- 1 min
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, 2013
- 1 min
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...
- Jul 10, 2013
- 1 min
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, 2013
- 1 min
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, 2013
- 1 min
Everything’s coming up…
Not roses…but Butterfly Weed, Purple Cone Flower, Coreopsis, Milkweed, Spiderwort, Rattlesnake Master, Penstemon, and other native...
- Jun 28, 2013
- 1 min
Too much going on!
I truly dislike when life gets in the way of my beading and jewelry making! This week has been fraught with the comings and goings of...
- Jun 6, 2013
- 1 min
I’m so tired!
Being at Bead and Button can be exhausting! I had a class last night and one today and this afternoon the floor show opened. As much as I...
- Jun 5, 2013
- 1 min
Packing for Bead and Button…
There are few places one can go with jewelry piled on to the hilt. Fortunately the Bead and Button Show is an exception to that rule....
- May 29, 2013
- 1 min
Another idea for displaying and storing jewelry!
The tag said “On Sale” and the mirror was marked down significantly. I found it at a craft store about fifteen years ago. Originally it...
- May 25, 2013
- 1 min
Delica stash…
I’ve found the perfect storage for my tubes of Delica beads. Stored upside down with the colors visible through the bottoms of the...
- May 17, 2013
- 1 min
The weather has finally warmed up and…
As much as I’d like to be beading, the garden is calling me. I’ve finally planted my herbs and they are very happy to be free to stretch...
- May 11, 2013
- 1 min
Somedays life gets in the way of beading!
The time bandits are stealing the hours I usually spend beading! It started a few days ago when the weather was gorgeous and approaching...