Sep 4, 20151 min read
Hurray!
The results of the Fire Mountain Gems and Beads 2015 Jewelry-Making Contest featuring Seed Beads have finally been announced. ...
May 19, 20151 min read
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 14, 20151 min read
Only six are available...
While organizing my studios (I’m still not finished!) and sorting through trays of beads, I took time to assemble a collection containing...
Feb 1, 20151 min read
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 ...
Jan 30, 20151 min read
More hours in a day...please!
Often the business end of art takes far too much time away from the hours required for the creation of art. I have been dying to work in...
Dec 7, 20141 min read
Feeling better!
I'm still recovering, but feel up to filling orders again. And there are some items in my Etsy shop that will make wonderful Xmas...
Nov 17, 20141 min read
Time for change...
My body of work over the past two years has consisted of geometrically bead woven pieces and I've actually beaded myself into a severe...
Nov 13, 20141 min read
The “Fire Dragon” Wrap tutorial is ready!
I’ve just finished proofreading the tutorial for my “Fire Dragon” Wrap design (inspired by Kate McKinnon's book, " Contemporary...
Nov 12, 20141 min read
Timing is everything and...
A scheduled surgery could not happen at a more inopportune time...smack dab in the midst of the holiday season! Thankfully, it is not a...
Nov 9, 20141 min read
Hurrah!
My “Fire Dragon” Wrap is finally finished and I love it! From head to tail and every Wing and Horn in between, this collar is quite the...
Nov 5, 20141 min read
I'm almost finished!
I’m dying to start a new project, but must finish this first! It’s been a while since I’ve beaded a spiral wrap and I’d forgotten how...
Nov 2, 20142 min read
A true story…The Mouse that Liked Bling!
I have always considered myself a packrat…I tend to save anything and everything I think may come in handy some day. This tendency was...
Oct 30, 20141 min read
A different shape to play with….
Aside from Magatama, Drop, and Charlotte beads, I’ve been using Delica and seed beads almost exclusively in my geometric beading. I’ve...
Oct 20, 20141 min read
I'm still at it!
I haven’t done much beading in the past few weeks and I miss it, but life does have a habit of taking over and one realizes there is just...
Oct 8, 20141 min read
I just love the moment when…
My beadwork seems to take on a life of its own! I started this project more than a month ago, but life became crazy busy and time went by...
Oct 3, 20141 min read
It's here!!!
The long-awaited “Contemporary Geometric Beadwork – Volume II” has arrived! I'm dying to carve out some time to peruse all the “eye...
Sep 30, 20141 min read
Jewelry storage is the topic of the day...
My collection of jewelry has grown over the years and continues to grow as I make more. I consider all the necklaces, bracelets,...
Sep 20, 20141 min read
My Shutterfly book has arrived and…
It’s beautiful and I'm so pleased with it! No doubt…it will look wonderful on my coffee table! The turnaround time was just a little over...
Sep 4, 20142 min read
It's just a matter of weeks before...
The long-awaited Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Volume II will arrive in my mailbox along with the newly revised edition of CGB Volume...
Aug 21, 20141 min read
The next project!
While I don’t have time to start work on a new beading project at the moment, I’m thinking about the piece I plan to make next. For the...
