Jul 14, 20111 min read
My latest beaded cuff is finally finished!
I'm very pleased with it! The vibrant colors and petite seed beaded patchwork appliques, Swarovski crystal Lochrosen, and the polymer...
Jul 9, 20111 min read
A great deal of engineering is required in jewelry making...
especially when moving part are involved. Often mathematical equations are involved - not something I enjoy! When designing a beading...
Jul 6, 20111 min read
I've been away from beading for too long and...
I'm eager to get back to the beaded bracelet project I had been working on before I left for the Bead&Button show. It is close to being...
Jul 4, 20111 min read
The metal clay firing is finished...
and I have lots of new goodies listed in my Etsy shop! Bronze metal clay components galore are being offered. I love the tiny urchins...
Jun 30, 20111 min read
The Evenheat Sierra 360 Kiln...
that I've been using for firing metal clay for the past five plus years is starting to become temperamental. My last three firings of...
Jun 28, 20111 min read
This is the third pendant...
in a series that I've made using various components anchored on the egg and/or bird's nest theme. I've used a curved fine silver cast...
Jun 22, 20111 min read
Bird Land...
Perhaps I'm being influenced by the fact that we have bird's nests in several areas on the outside of our house. Mrs. Robin has built a...
Jun 20, 20111 min read
Making Fine Silver Metal Clay Rings...
was the last class I took at Bead & Button. It was taught by Katie Baum and she has all the qualities a great instructor should have! ...
Jun 18, 20111 min read
Faux Bone, brass, and copper...
are the materials we u sed in Richard Salley's "Ancient Shield" class at the Bead and Button show last week. I like and am very familiar...
Jun 16, 20111 min read
As promised...
this is the second piece I made in Susan Lenart Kazmer's "Non-traditional Forms in Wire: Bird's Nest" class. It's a bangle of hammered...
Jun 14, 20111 min read
Susan Lenart Kazmer's classes...
are always tremendous fun and the class I took from her at Bead&Button was no exception. She is a blast! The class was titled...
Jun 12, 20111 min read
Ooooohhh! What wonderful goodies...
I've returned home with! My s tash includes the tiniest seed pearls I've ever seen plus luscious, large keishi pearls in the most...
Jun 2, 20111 min read
Silver is...
still horrendously expensive with daily prices fluctuating between $35 and $40 per ounce and that price does not reflect the additional...
May 31, 20111 min read
Square stitch...
is such a very sturdy stitch - one that I should definitely use more often! I do love working with right angle weave, peyote, and...
May 25, 20111 min read
Bronze metal clay and sparkly seed beads...
this is a sneak peak of th e materials for the next project I have in mind! It will be a cuff - I am definitely enamoured with...
May 22, 20111 min read
Voila! The finished product...
turned out just as I had hoped! The clasp is substantial - one and a half inches in diameter. No doubt this will become part of a new...
May 9, 20111 min read
I've updated my "Beaded Lariat Rope" beading kit and pattern...
and now have them listed in my Etsy sho p. The rope is worked in right angle weave using Delicas and Japanese seed beads, but I've...
Apr 30, 20111 min read
My Etsy shop is...
open again after a ten-day hiatus while placed in vacation mode. I've added some new items that you may want to check out...more bronze...
Apr 29, 20111 min read
I'm back from my vacation...
a wonderful, restful time in the Caribbean. On a tiny island where no phones, television, or internet are available, it was easy to put...
Apr 25, 20111 min read
Another fun kit and pattern...
will be available in my Etsy shop when it reopens. Would you like a fun project that combines beading with brick and peyote stitch...
