- Jun 20, 2011
- 1 min
Making Fine Silver Metal Clay Rings…
was the last class I took at Bead & Button. It was taught by Katie Baum and she has all the qualities a great instructor should have! ...
- 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 12, 2011
- 1 min
Ooooohhh! What wonderful goodies…
I’ve returned home with! My s tash includes the tiniest seed pearls I’ve ever seen plus luscious, large keishi pearls in the most...
- Jun 9, 2011
- 1 min
I must admit…
that I love jewelry making t ools, especially these beautiful hammers made by Bill Fretz. In my eyes, they are works of art in...
- Jun 6, 2011
- 1 min
Off to Bead&Button…
and I am really looking forward to my metals classes and shopping the floor show. It will be an exhausting week – it always is! Classes...
- Jun 3, 2011
- 1 min
Silver is…
still horrendously expensive with daily prices fluctuating between $35 and $40 per ounce and that price does not reflect the additional...
- May 31, 2011
- 1 min
Square stitch…
is such a very sturdy stitch – one that I should definitely use more often! I do love working with right angle weave, peyote, and...
- May 28, 2011
- 1 min
Just one week…
before I leave for the Bead and Button show! Fair warning…my Etsy shop will be put in vacation mode while I’m away so if you’ve been...
- 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...
- May 22, 2011
- 1 min
Voila! The finished product…
turned out just as I had hoped! The clasp is substantial – one and a half inches in diameter. No doubt this will become part of a new...
- May 19, 2011
- 1 min
I’ve been playing with bronze metal clay…
again. This time I wanted to make a clasp that plays on the same theme as my flower disk embellishments. To accomplish this (shown top...
- May 18, 2011
- 1 min
It’s always interesting…
to see what others make with components and embellishments from my Etsy shop. One person who bought a collection of my bronze flower...
- May 12, 2011
- 1 min
The Bead and Button Show…
is only weeks away! I’m already dreaming of the goodies I’ll pick up at the floor show. Every year I return home with my suitcase...
- May 9, 2011
- 1 min
I’ve updated my “Beaded Lariat Rope” beading kit and pattern…
and now have them listed in my Etsy sho p. The rope is worked in right angle weave using Delicas and Japanese seed beads, but I’ve...
- May 6, 2011
- 1 min
One of the things I like most about beading…
is the portability factor. Unlike many creative endeavours, especially those that require heavy equipment like metalsmithing, beading...
- Apr 22, 2011
- 1 min
Hot off the press…
literally! These Moo Mini Business cards just arrived and I’m so pleased with them. They are half the width of a regular business card...
- Mar 27, 2011
- 1 min
You have no idea…
how long it takes to assemble beading kits unless you’ve done it. Coordinating the color and types of beads, crystals, pearls, etc.,...
- Mar 24, 2011
- 1 min
The “Bollywood Bling” Beading Kit is Ready!
Are you ready to start beading some bling? Well, here’s your chance! I’ve just finished editing my drafts and the Bollywood Bling...
- Mar 20, 2011
- 1 min
Spring is here!
And fittingly, I’ve title this pendant “Rite of Spring”. The colors are so springlike with deep purple reminding me of violets, one of...
- Mar 14, 2011
- 1 min
Bronze Metal Clay…
must be fired in a reduction atmosphere. Activated coal carbon is used for this purpose. Stainless steel containers are used to hold...