- Jan 19, 2018
- 1 min
It’s Interesting How One’s Tastes Evolve..
When I first learned to bead a decade or so ago I preferred to work with beads that were muted in color…transparent or silver-lined or...
- Jan 13, 2018
- 1 min
Repurposing again…
I love giving objects a second life and having just finished with the holidays, I found that many of the gifts we received were packaged...
- Jan 5, 2018
- 1 min
Faux is great!
I haven’t worked with bronze metal clay in some time…I just haven’t been “into” it! But I recently ran out of the flower-shaped disks...
- Dec 28, 2017
- 1 min
Santa was most generous!
If you’ve been following my blog, you know that I’ve been working with paper most recently. Well, Santa brought me a lot of new dies from...
- Dec 14, 2017
- 1 min
Yes. Most Definitely…
I will get back to beading and metal work, but every now and then I need to step back from it all and delve into something totally new....
- Dec 1, 2017
- 1 min
Do you remember this piece?
This is my “Loch Ness Sea Dragon III” Wrap design (inspired by Contemporary Geometric Beadwork). I entered it in the Fire Mountain Gems...
- Nov 26, 2017
- 2 min
Reflecting on time…
When I was a young girl, it seemed that every person over the age of fifty constantly remarked how fast time was passing. I didn’t...
- Nov 17, 2017
- 1 min
Staying Ahead of the Holidays…
What am I doing this week? I’m creating tiny gift boxes and bags. With the holidays rapidly approaching, I’ll need hostess gifts and...
- Nov 3, 2017
- 1 min
Last Night…
I had a dream in which I was teaching a bead embroidery class and as in so many dreams one has, it was fraught with problems that must be...
- Oct 29, 2017
- 1 min
In a blue mood…
Last August while on vacation in California, I purchased some wonderful natural crystals from which I created molds This collection of...
- Oct 21, 2017
- 1 min
Do You Have a Favorite Beading Stitch?
I’ve worked primarily in Peyote stitch for the past few years because it lends itself so well to geometric beadwork. The beads sit...
- Oct 13, 2017
- 1 min
I almost missed it!
The deadline for latest Fire Mountain Gems contest featuring Swarovski Crystals was October 8 and I finished this neckpiece just in time...
- Oct 6, 2017
- 1 min
It’s that time of year…
I love Autumn! Daylight now has a different glow with the sun lower in the sky. The prairie is awash with brilliant shades of yellow as...
- Sep 29, 2017
- 1 min
The Kit and Tutorial are Listed!
Have you been eager to bead a project composed of Warped Squares, but didn’t know where to start? Then you might be interested in my...
- Sep 24, 2017
- 1 min
It’s been a long time coming, but…
Here it is…my “Staggered Geometric Warped Square Bracelet”. I’m extremely pleased with the finished design and feel it was definitely...
- Sep 16, 2017
- 1 min
Here’s a Sneak Peek…
I’m on the “home stretch” with this “Staggered Geometric Warped Square and Triangle Bracelet”. Had I stopped with just the warped...
- Sep 8, 2017
- 1 min
Another Find…
Aren’t these the cutest little glass bottles ever! Look at how tiny they are next to the tube of Delica beads! These are another “find”...
- Sep 2, 2017
- 1 min
Woohoo!!!!
I am so excited!!! In early March I entered my bead-embroidered neckpiece featuring polymer clay flowers and butterflies in Fire...
- Aug 26, 2017
- 1 min
Getting There…
Designing and engineering this warped square beading project has taken longer than I imagined, but I’m closing in and can see light at...
- Aug 19, 2017
- 1 min
I’m Back in the Studio…
While vacationing in California over the past two weeks, I did find some time to work on a beading project and that was something I...