- Jul 16, 2011
- 1 min
Kits, kits, and more kits!
That’s what this weekend is all about. I’ve had a flood of orders from my Etsy shop and it’s time to print patterns, gather tubes of...
- Jul 14, 2011
- 1 min
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, 2011
- 1 min
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, 2011
- 1 min
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, 2011
- 1 min
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 28, 2011
- 1 min
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, 2011
- 1 min
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 18, 2011
- 1 min
Faux Bone, brass, and copper…
are the materials we used in Richard Salley’s “Ancient Shield” class at the Bead and Button show last week. I like and am very familiar...
- Jun 16, 2011
- 1 min
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, 2011
- 1 min
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...
- May 25, 2011
- 1 min
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...