Aug 12, 20171 min read
Do You Like to Play With Color?
The power of color is amazing! How it is used determines what the eye sees. For example, these three geometric warped squares were woven...
Aug 8, 20171 min read
Bead Soup...
I had not intended to start my warped square project with a confetti-like design. I had carefully drawn out a mosaic-like colored graph,...
Aug 4, 20171 min read
More Beads...
This order of Delica beads arrived several weeks ago, but I've been so busy playing with resin and making rings that I haven't had gotten...
Jul 29, 20171 min read
Last Weekend...
I took a class taught by Richard Salley (great teacher BTW!!!) and learned to make the "Ketoh Bracelet"...typically a wrist guard worn by...
Jul 24, 20171 min read
You Asked For It!
There used to be a TV show back in the 1950's called "You Asked For It", but in this case I am referring to the tutorial I promised for...
Jul 21, 20171 min read
Haleakala?
I've seen it and even took an early morning bike ride downhill from Haleakala on one of my vacations to Maui. This latest resin ring so...
Jul 19, 20171 min read
Twin Peaks...
I've finished another! This third in a series of resin faux crystal rings is titled "Faux Beryl Crystals Ring". Measuring 25mm in height...
Jul 15, 20171 min read
Before and After...
This ring started with just three pieces of silver...a bezel, backing, and ring shank. Having hammer-textured the silver, the bezel join...
Jul 12, 20171 min read
A productive week thus far...
Can you tell that I'm having fun? All beading and polymer clay projects have taken a backseat to resin for the moment. I'm still...
Jul 7, 20171 min read
Druse, Drusy, Druzy...
Whichever way you choose to spell it, I find Druzy to be dazzling! If you haven't a clue of what I'm referring to it is a coating of fine...
Jul 2, 20171 min read
This Past Week...
I've been playing with resin. These faux resin crystals don't look like much just out of the mold, but after I clean them up and buff...
Jun 25, 20171 min read
Faux Amber, Coral, and Turquoise Revisited...
I spent time this past week replenishing the polymer clay faux amber, coral, and turquoise beads that are included in my “Tibetan...
Jun 21, 20171 min read
Lucky Me!
Richard Salley is teaching the Ketoh Bracelet (shown above) workshop in Mineral Point , Wisconsin at Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts...
Jun 17, 20172 min read
As Usual...
What I liked best about the Bead & Button Show was a class taught by Susan Lenart Kazmer. Over the past years I've taken several of her...
Jun 10, 20172 min read
Report from the Show...
It was a whirlwind trip to the Bead&Button Show...a four hour drive to Milwaukee on Thursday and a repeat back home on Friday. I solely...
Jun 5, 20171 min read
Gotta' Bead!
It's just too beautiful outdoors to stay inside today! I've gathered up a selection of Delica beads, needle, thread, and beading mat and...
Jun 2, 20171 min read
I’m Goin’ Shoppin’…
My contest entries have just been returned and thanks to Fire Mountain Gems & Beads and a $150 gift certificate (the silver medal award...
May 26, 20171 min read
A New Tutorial!
I’ve received so many inquiries from fellow polymer clay enthusiasts who love my “Matisse Inspired Cutouts” Earrings as to whether a...
May 19, 20171 min read
Charmed...
Woohoo! The results of the 2017 Fire Mountain Gems and Beads Jewelry-making Contest featuring Metal have finally been announced! I'm...
May 13, 20171 min read
You May be Wondering...
Have I abandoned beadwork? Absolutely not! And I promise to get back to beading eventually, but my creative muse has the upper hand and...
