Aug 26, 20101 min read
Two Sides To This Story
Double-sided pendants offer a great deal of versatility. They are like having two pieces of jewelry in one! I've titled this pendant...
Aug 25, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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, 20101 min read
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...
