- Jan 19, 2017
- 1 min
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 1, 2017
- 1 min
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 9, 2016
- 1 min
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 !...
- Nov 25, 2016
- 1 min
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...
- Oct 21, 2016
- 1 min
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 1, 2016
- 1 min
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 2, 2016
- 2 min
Catching Up!
It’s been a good week with absolutely gorgeous fall-like weather. Comfortably warm days and cool nights have been a welcome relief from...
- Aug 6, 2016
- 1 min
Proof that…
All that glitters is not gold. When I found out that Jean Power was offering this collection of 50 pair of Swarovski 12mm crystals...
- Jul 14, 2015
- 1 min
It’s not all about jewelry-making…
Although it’s a wonderful material for making beads and jewelry components, epoxy resin clay does so much more! I’ve used it for mending...
- Jun 18, 2015
- 1 min
When it comes to bead weaving…
Repairs are something I truly loathe to do! I was going to wear this piece today and it wasn’t until I pulled it out of the jewelry box...
- Jun 9, 2015
- 1 min
Only one is available!
I just came across the needed bronze clasp and disk embellishing components required for the “Op Art” Cuff beading kit …I was sure I had...
- Jun 3, 2015
- 1 min
It’s at you local newsstand now…
I’ve just received an issue of “Easy Metal Jewelry – 30 Simple Metal Jewelry Projects”, a special edition presented by Step by Step Wire...
- May 28, 2015
- 1 min
Woohoo!
I’ve just received notification from Fire Mountain Gems and Beads that my “Sea Dragon Wrap Variation” and “Mermaid Cuff” have made it...
- May 19, 2015
- 1 min
I have only one…
Instead of taking classes, I’m watching jewelry-making and wire-working instructional DVDs and I’ve ordered quite a few of them recently....
- Apr 3, 2015
- 1 min
At the moment…
I’m a bit overwhelmed. Assembling the six new storage cabinets was the easy part, but sorting out my collections of beads,...
- Mar 10, 2015
- 1 min
As promised…
Here’s the tutorial for my polymer clay “Petal Drop Earrings” . Full color photos accompany the step-by-step tutorial and you have the...
- Feb 22, 2015
- 1 min
Fortuny Poppy?
Yes, I’m still at it…playing with polymer and making pleated flower rings! I really should move on, but making rings is so much fun and...
- Feb 11, 2015
- 1 min
Lucky me!
I’ve had a second project accepted for publication by Interweave Press! The first project accepted was my “Sea Flower” Pin/Pendant, which...
- Feb 9, 2015
- 1 min
Heads up…
I need a few days of play time so I’m taking a brief vacation away from the business end of art, which means I’ve temporarily deactivated...
- Feb 1, 2015
- 1 min
More from the archives…
Turn on the Way Back machine…I found another tutorial from “way back when” while rummaging through my computer files. I designed the ...