- Aug 25, 2010
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Polymer Clay Covered Makeup Brushes To Go!
Makeup brushes often have plastic handles, so finding a set that has wooden handles is always welcome because they beg to be covered in...
- Aug 23, 2010
- 1 min
A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words.
I enjoy looking at a piece of jewelry as if I were in a museum studying a work of art and imagining the story behind the brush...
- Aug 22, 2010
- 1 min
More Fun and Games!
Here’s a pendant that includes dice and a tiny puzzle piece from a jigsaw puzzle that claims to be the world’s smallest – 234 pieces...
- Aug 20, 2010
- 1 min
The Dog Days Return!
After a brief interlude of wonderfully cool weather, the sultry dog days of summer have returned with oppressive high humidity which...
- Aug 20, 2010
- 1 min
Resin “Artifact” Pendant
Imagine being in a foreign land on an archeological dig and finding an ancient bronze pendant. That’s what I thought of upon finishing...
- Aug 19, 2010
- 1 min
Artful Polymer Clay Covered Tools
One of the many things I like about polymer clay is the ability to use it in so many ways! It’s really fun to incase a tool artfully in...
- Aug 18, 2010
- 1 min
Aloha means…
This resin pendant is titled “Aloha”, a word that has so many meanings – love, hello, goodbye, and until we meet again, to name a few. ...
- Aug 17, 2010
- 1 min
Jewelry Trunk Show
I’m really busy right now. I have a trunk show coming up on September 11 at Brio Gallery in Galena, Illinois. That’s just three weeks...
- Aug 16, 2010
- 1 min
The Dream Machine is Here!
You may remember that I met the people who own Polymer Clay Express at the Bead & Button Show last June. It was there I ordered their...
- Aug 14, 2010
- 1 min
My Pals!
For me, the most difficult aspect of traveling is being without my furry friends. I just hate leaving them behind. I miss cuddling and...
- Aug 13, 2010
- 1 min
French Text
I don’t quite know why I’m so enamoured with text, but I do like using it in my work – especially foreign language text. I think it’s...
- Aug 12, 2010
- 1 min
A Find in Chinatown!
I truly had no intention of shopping for beads in San Francisco, but sometimes, there you are at the right place at the right time with...
- Aug 10, 2010
- 1 min
New Lampworked Beads – A Nice Surprise!
One of the packages waiting for me upon my return was something I’d ordered from Kate McKinnon’s shop – three incredible lampworked beads...
- Aug 9, 2010
- 1 min
Travel Weary
I’m back from San Francisco and very tired. It was a fast paced five days in California with a late flight home. So far I’ve managed to...
- Aug 8, 2010
- 1 min
Fashion Forward
I’ve been perusing the August issue of Bazaar magazine and it is jam-packed with great ideas for jewelry and purses. I’ve been...
- Aug 7, 2010
- 1 min
Tiniest Puzzle Earrings
I believe these earrings hold the tiniest puzzle pieces in existence. They are from a jigsaw puzzle that claims to be the world’s...
- Aug 6, 2010
- 1 min
Teaching at the Bead and Button Show
Today is the last date for submitting projects for teaching at the 2011 Bead and Button Show. I thought long and hard about whether or...
- Aug 5, 2010
- 1 min
Several Uses for These Tools!
If you’re a metalsmith, one “must have” tool is the dapping block. I have a collection of dapping blocks, both large and small, some...
- Aug 4, 2010
- 1 min
The Perils of Beading While Flying!
Would someone please invent a tiny pen sized battery operated vacuum that picks up seed beads? No sooner had I pulled out my bead...
- Aug 3, 2010
- 1 min
Beading on a Jet Plane
Whenever I’m on the road, I take a good book and a beading project along. I love that beading is so portable and easy to travel with! ...