Mar 24, 20201 min read
While Working On The New Earring Design...
I've gotten sidetracked. Perhaps you remember a cuff I designed several years ago titled “Modular Concept”? I retired the kit some time...
Mar 18, 20201 min read
These Are Strange Days, so...
What better time than now to stay indoors and bead! In 1918 the Spanish Flu swept the earth and felled millions, but unless you were...
Feb 19, 20201 min read
Believe Me...
Being an artist is not "all fun and games", especially for one who designs beadwoven creations and writes tutorials, both of which...
Feb 6, 20201 min read
At This Time Every Year...
When winter still holds a firm grasp in the Midwest and the dreariness of cold and grey skies abound, my very being begins to crave...
Jan 15, 20201 min read
Enough With The Rings Already...
Well, at least for now anyway. I really do love to make and wear rings and believe that one can never have too many! But, I'll take a...
Oct 3, 20191 min read
Hunkering Down...
If you’ve been looking for me or wondering what I’m making of late, here’s your answer. I’ve been in my metals studio immersed in...
Sep 7, 20191 min read
Banglemania...
What have I been working on this past week? You guessed it...a slew of bangles. I’ve been filling orders for them and have also managed...
Aug 30, 20192 min read
I Never Thought I'd Be Saying This, But...
I LOVE steel wire! The blue-black flashing that results with torching contrasts with silver and bronze so beautifully and hammered...
Aug 13, 20191 min read
Remember the Polymer Clay Components Shown in My Last Post?
Several of you have inquired as to whether I will have these polymer clay beads and components for sale. The answer is Yes...I’ve just...
Aug 7, 20191 min read
And Now...
It’s what’s on your work table Wednesday! I’ve been working with polymer clay this past week and these faux ivory, bone, ebony, and...
Aug 2, 20191 min read
My Task For The Day...
I’d rather be in the studio creating today, but upon receiving an Etsy order for the “Carnival” Geometric Beaded Bracelet kit, I found...
Jul 24, 20191 min read
Frankly...
It’s just too beautiful outdoors to be in the studio right now. Thus far we’ve had a miserable summer with humid, sweltering hot weather...
Jul 19, 20191 min read
A Great Find!
I’ve fired up the torch, polished my tools, and am back at my jeweler’s workbench and while looking through drawers and in storage boxes...
Jul 4, 20191 min read
Oodles and Oodles of...
Tube beads...ultra tiny, very thin (1/8” wide) polymer clay tube beads are what I’ve been making this past week. Varying somewhat in...
Jun 25, 20191 min read
Round and Round and Round She Goes...
These beads are ready for the oven! I love the colors...mixtures of green, turquoise, lavender, sky blue, a touch of brown interspersed...
Jun 11, 20191 min read
Easing Up On...
Perfection. It’s not an easy thing to let go of when one has been a perfectionist for all of one’s life. As a young child I always...
Jun 4, 20191 min read
Playtime!
Do you feel like a kid when playing with color and texture? I do! I think back to kindergarten and that first day I dipped my fingers...
May 27, 20191 min read
I’ve Just Scratched the Surface...
That statement is a double entendre meaning that I’ve physically scratched the surface of these components, but also that I’m exploring...
May 20, 20191 min read
More Clay Play...
Beads are such fun to make! Rolling clay into round, cone, oblong and other shaped beads, extruding long tube beads that can be sliced...
May 16, 20191 min read
I've Said It Before...
Thank you, Fire Mountain Gems and Beads! A box arrived today via Fedex containing my entry in the Fire Mountain Gems and Beads 2019...
