- Aug 26, 2017
- 1 min
Getting There…
Designing and engineering this warped square beading project has taken longer than I imagined, but I’m closing in and can see light at...
- Aug 12, 2017
- 1 min
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, 2017
- 1 min
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,...
- Jun 10, 2017
- 2 min
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...
- Mar 3, 2017
- 1 min
Dazzling…
This is a sneak peek at several resin Faux Fire Opals that I made last week and the colors are mesmerizing…they are absolute “eye candy”!...
- Jan 22, 2017
- 1 min
Materials and Supplies…
This is a stash of goodies I purchased previously at the Bead&Button show. I’ve just received a list of the floor show exhibitors for...
- Jan 19, 2017
- 1 min
What is a weekend?
I just loved watching Maggie Smith playing the Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey. Especially when she inquired as to what a...
- Jan 9, 2017
- 1 min
Time to reorganize…
I have an entire drawer dedicated to Delica beads…hundreds of 7 gram tubes have been stored there. But in the past year I’ve started...
- Nov 25, 2016
- 1 min
You Tarzan. Me…
I don’t have a specific project in mind for the beads shown below, but I know I want to create something (earrings seem to be my thing of...
- Nov 12, 2016
- 1 min
Stop the World – I Want to Get Off…
That is the title of a 1961 musical written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, but I tend to vociferate that phrase when it seems...
- Oct 28, 2016
- 1 min
Really…
I should have started playing with Warped Squares several years ago when the craze for geometric beading was in its infancy. But there...
- Oct 11, 2016
- 1 min
Today…
All I want to do is bead, bead, and bead some more! I’m playing with a selection of 15/0 Toho seed beads and trying my hand at the...
- Sep 27, 2016
- 1 min
I’ve decided…
The project I take on my next vacation will consist of Delica, seed, and Charlotte beads and a collection of beautiful Swarovski crystal...
- Aug 26, 2016
- 1 min
It’s been a crazy, busy week…
I didn’t have a spare moment to bead, do metalwork, or anything else remotely creative. We have company coming for the weekend so there...
- Aug 20, 2016
- 1 min
Looking for a particular bead color?
Whether shopping at a bead store or online, searching for beads that have a particular color name can sometimes be frustrating. Problems...
- Jun 18, 2015
- 1 min
When it comes to bead weaving…
Repairs are something I truly loathe to do! I was going to wear this piece today and it wasn’t until I pulled it out of the jewelry box...
- Jun 9, 2015
- 1 min
Only one is available!
I just came across the needed bronze clasp and disk embellishing components required for the “Op Art” Cuff beading kit …I was sure I had...
- Apr 14, 2015
- 1 min
Only six are available…
While organizing my studios (I’m still not finished!) and sorting through trays of beads, I took time to assemble a collection containing...
- Mar 31, 2015
- 1 min
One down, five to go…
My beads and jewelry-making paraphernalia have been stashed in every available nook and cranny for far too long. It was definitely time...
- Nov 2, 2014
- 2 min
A true story…The Mouse that Liked Bling!
I have always considered myself a packrat…I tend to save anything and everything I think may come in handy some day. This tendency was...