Aug 2, 20131 min read
Adieu my lovelies!
Albeit for a brief period - these pieces are on their way to Kate McKinnon . She'll take photos of them for Contemporary Geometric...
Jul 31, 20131 min read
It's a Door County kind of day...
And I might add, a very good day for staying indoors and beading! A gentle mist is giving our prairie a chance to recover from the...
Jul 28, 20132 min read
The chart is finished and...
As I mentioned in my last post, end product charts are usually far different from the initial ideas I experiment with. This design has...
Jul 25, 20131 min read
Industrious is the operative word...
I've been on the computer creating charts for my upcoming project. I'm toying with several ideas, all of which are sea-themed. Here is...
Jul 22, 20131 min read
Another Geometric ZigZag cuff is in progress...
I've selected my colors...aren't these luscious! It's like having a rainbow at my fingertips! I have an idea for this cuff and I'll start...
Jul 19, 20131 min read
Birds love our house!
Every spring and summer without fail, several birds will build nests in any nook and cranny they can find on our house. In June we had a...
Jul 16, 20131 min read
I'm happy to report that...
My “Safari Cuff” design (inspired www.ContemporaryGeometricBeadwork.com ) is being well received! I’ve spent a good part of the last two...
Jul 13, 20131 min read
Yes!!!
My ZigZag “Safari Cuff” (inspired by the Rick-Rack designs in Kate McKinnon's CGB ) is finally finished and it has fast become one of...
Jul 10, 20131 min read
It's so frustrating....
Although time for beading and jewelry making is so abundant during the winter months, it just seems to disappear in summer. Entertaining...
Jul 6, 20131 min read
A different finish...
Look at the great wrist-wrap that Donna Barkanic made with my Sea Dragon Variation beading kit (inspired by CGB ). I love the novel way...
Jul 3, 20131 min read
Slowly, but surely...
I’m making headway on my ZigZag cuff. I’d lost four days of beading time - daily minutiae and secretarial projects for our homeowners...
Jul 1, 20131 min read
Everything's coming up...
Not roses...but Butterfly Weed, Purple Cone Flower, Coreopsis, Milkweed, Spiderwort, Rattlesnake Master, Penstemon, and other native...
Jun 28, 20131 min read
Too much going on!
I truly dislike when life gets in the way of my beading and jewelry making! This week has been fraught with the comings and goings of...
Jun 23, 20131 min read
More embellishments!
I've just listed more bronze metal clay sea urchin embellishments in my Etsy shop. They make wonderful necklace and bracelet closures...
Jun 20, 20131 min read
After contemplating this design for several months...
At long last, I’m finally working on a ZigZag cuff! I’ve wanted to make one ever since I first saw the amazing cuffs in CGB . This is an...
Jun 17, 20131 min read
And...
This is a bracelet that I made in Anne Mitchell's class at Bead & Button. It combines sterling silver with fine silver fused rings and a...
Jun 14, 20132 min read
Lots of Loot!
I tried to be very good this year by not buying more of what I already have and I think I did pretty well. With so many classes...
Jun 11, 20131 min read
Spinner Ring Redux!
This is the spinner ring that I made in Robyn Cornelius’s class at Bead & Button. The ring is made of silver and the interior spinning...
Jun 9, 20131 min read
Goodbye Milwaukee. Goodbye Bead and Button!
The last five days I've spent at the Bead and Button Show have been fun-filled, exhilarating, exhausting, and awakening. I've met with...
Jun 6, 20131 min read
I'm so tired!
Being at Bead and Button can be exhausting! I had a class last night and one today and this afternoon the floor show opened. As much as I...
