Feb 3, 20171 min read
Busy work...
I'm running low so it's time to make more components for the "Tibetan Inspired Beaded Rope Necklace" Kit . This entails creating more...
Jan 19, 20171 min read
What is a weekend?
I just loved watching Maggie Smith playing the Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey. Especially when she inquired as to what a...
Jan 16, 20171 min read
The "Tide Pool" Cuff Beading Kit is listed...
Although the tutorial for this design has been available, it's been a while since the "Tide Pool" Cuff beading kit has been listed...
Jan 6, 20171 min read
It's that time of year again...
Registration is open for the 2017 Bead&Button show . I've been perusing the class catalog and there are several classes I'd consider...
Jan 1, 20171 min read
Happy New Year and...
What better way to start the New Year than with something colorful and sparkly! I’ve just finished this pair of mismatched earrings (I...
Dec 22, 20161 min read
Moo...You're the Best!
I was running low on business cards and Moo.com had a sale...25% off. I simply couldn't pass up a deal like that! I've ordered from Moo...
Dec 19, 20161 min read
Woohoo!
More beads are in my future! I've been running low on several colors of Delica beads and my Fire Mountain Gems and Beads gift...
Dec 12, 20161 min read
Ready for the Oven!
I needed some immediate gratification and polymer clay always delivers! These colorful beads are part of a bigger plan. After they are...
Dec 9, 20161 min read
Hurray!
I've just been notified that my "Coral Reef" bangle is a bronze medal winner in the Fire Mountain Gems 2016 Creative Clays contest !...
Dec 3, 20161 min read
Remember those beads in tropical colors?
I've just finished another pair of geometric warped square (inspired by CGB ) arrow-shaped drop earrings using yummy greens, pale purple,...
Nov 30, 20161 min read
At the moment...
I'm still catching up from being away from my studio for almost two weeks...amazing how much work piles up. There are orders to fill and...
Nov 25, 20161 min read
You Tarzan. Me...
I don't have a specific project in mind for the beads shown below, but I know I want to create something (earrings seem to be my thing of...
Nov 6, 20161 min read
Still Playing With Warped Squares...
I'm loving playing with the Warped Square in different colourways! I plan to suspend this Warped Square from a 14 x 10mm Swarovski...
Oct 28, 20161 min read
Really...
I should have started playing with Warped Squares several years ago when the craze for geometric beading was in its infancy. But there...
Oct 23, 20161 min read
They're Ready!
My "Geometric Warped Square Arrow" Drop Earrings were such fun to make that I will want to create several more pair in different colors!...
Oct 21, 20161 min read
Another take on the Warped Square...
I'm almost finished with my tutorial for the "Geometric Warped Square Arrow Drop Earrings" that were featured in my previous post, but I...
Oct 16, 20161 min read
My Take on the Warped Square…
This may be the start of a beautiful friendship…with the warped square! Inspired by Kate McKinnon's book, "Contemporary Geometric...
Oct 8, 20161 min read
One-of-a-Kind...
A bit of "eye candy" to start the weekend...I've just assembled three more "Sea Garden" bead-embroidered brooch kits in an array of...
Oct 1, 20161 min read
Bronze Metal Clay...
It seems like forever since I’ve worked with it…months have gone by without playing in this medium. But I had run out of the Bronze...
Sep 27, 20161 min read
I've decided...
The project I take on my next vacation will consist of Delica, seed, and Charlotte beads and a collection of beautiful Swarovski crystal...
