Oct 4, 20121 min read
Waste not. Want not...
My parents pronounced that old adage often as I was growing up and and as a result, I am quite frugal. Food does not go to waste in this...
Oct 1, 20121 min read
Great displays are essential to selling jewelry...
In fact, they can make or break a sale. Countless times I’ve seen earrings shown on flimsy and/or dog-eared cards. Some are attached to...
Sep 27, 20121 min read
Bold and beautiful...
I could easily have made this choker with polymer clay, but given the size of the beads, I wanted them to be as lightweight as possible....
Sep 24, 20121 min read
Polymer Clay vs Epoxy Resin Clay…
That’s the title of an article in the 2012 issue of “Handcrafted Jewelry” magazine . I’d been experimenting with Epoxy Resin Clay when I...
Sep 20, 20121 min read
How lucky can a girl get...
I love my newfound freedom! No demands, no agenda. Today I have nothing scheduled except a two-hour massage (Steven has poison ivy, so...
Sep 17, 20121 min read
Since I’ve just reviewed PMC Decade…
I thought you might like to see a pair of earrings that have been created with Precious Metal Clay components. The tiny, textured PMC...
Sep 13, 20121 min read
A joy to read...
Last year the PMC Guild announced it would be disbanding and would cease publishing the journal, Fusion. Like many other subscribers, I...
Sep 10, 20122 min read
Change of life...
I feel like a kid just let out of school for summer vacation with weeks of freedom ahead - weeks and months to play and do anything I...
Sep 7, 20121 min read
Tomorrow's the day!
I have a collection of over thirty new jewelry pieces that I'll be showing tomorrow, as well as work that is presently in Brio Gallery's...
Sep 5, 20121 min read
Another piece for Brio Gallery!
I definitely prefer working in mixed media. A multitude of design options are possible when one has a variety of materials with which to...
Sep 3, 20121 min read
Dangles and Drops…
When I first had my ears pierces decades ago, I wore nothing but tiny little earrings that had posts. Petite textured earrings in the...
Aug 31, 20121 min read
Swing and sway...
That would be a fitting title for these tear drop earrings. Hand cut crystal teardrops of zircon are captured inside hammer-textured...
Aug 29, 20121 min read
You’ll be seeing more earrings…
A girl can’t have enough of them. They are the one piece of jewelry that I feel totally naked without. I can get by without a necklace,...
Aug 27, 20121 min read
Have I mentioned that
I have a true fondness for found objects, especially when it comes to components for use in jewelry making. They are often the item that...
Aug 24, 20121 min read
Happy Accidents...
See these earrings? They were supposed to be a matching pair. Each should have had a tear drop gemstone dangling from the bottom, but as...
Aug 22, 20121 min read
A finished torpedo pendant...
I couldn't wait to make a pendant with a fob from the latest polymer collection and here it is. The design is somewhat of a trapeze...
Aug 20, 20121 min read
Goodbye bird...goodbye Bodega Bay!
My vacation is over. I had a wonderful time in California relaxing and visiting family and beading - the first bit of beading I'd done...
Aug 17, 20122 min read
I have a rule when beading...
Always check every row you've just finished. Unfortunately, I forget to follow my own advice and usually notice a mistake in my beading...
Aug 15, 20121 min read
Gimme' shelter...
Meet our new uninvited buddy. It's a gorgeous day and I'd love to be out on the deck with my beading project, but every time I attempt to...
Aug 13, 20121 min read
More polymer fun...
Once again, I've started with core beads in a variety of sizes - some round while others are pebble shaped. Instead of applying...
