- Jul 10
- 1 min
It’s Just Too Beautiful!
I simply can’t work indoors on a sunny, warm summer day! I finally invested in a large Artbin container and loaded it up with polymer...
- May 30, 2020
- 1 min
Portability is the Key Word Here…
We have been having such gorgeous weather that beading outdoors on the screened porch has become my favorite place to be of late. I...
- May 10, 2018
- 1 min
It’s Time Consuming, but…
It’s all so beautiful! I’ve just returned from Murphy’s Gardens with a box full of herbs…thyme, parsley, rosemary, mint, and lots of...
- Jun 14, 2013
- 2 min
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 9, 2013
- 1 min
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...
- May 11, 2012
- 1 min
More fun clay covered tools…
One just can’t have too many jewelry making tools! These polymer clay-covered tools are some of my favorites. A little green lizard...
- Jan 14, 2012
- 1 min
Storage…
One never seems to have enough. I’ve already filled three jewelry boxes with pieces I’ve made over the last twenty years – pieces I can’t...
- Jun 12, 2011
- 1 min
Ooooohhh! What wonderful goodies…
I’ve returned home with! My s tash includes the tiniest seed pearls I’ve ever seen plus luscious, large keishi pearls in the most...
- May 12, 2011
- 1 min
The Bead and Button Show…
is only weeks away! I’m already dreaming of the goodies I’ll pick up at the floor show. Every year I return home with my suitcase...
- Feb 3, 2011
- 1 min
Life in the country…
is wonderful and I don’t miss city living a bit, but when we have a massive snow storm with three feet of snow arriving in one day, it...
- Jan 10, 2011
- 1 min
More Clay Work in Progress…
I’m working on a batch of bronze metal clay at the moment…lots and lots of teeny seashells to have on hand and to include in my “Tide...
- Jul 1, 2010
- 1 min
Clean and Clear…Finally!
It’s taken almost a week of hard work, but my workbench is finally tidy and clear of all miscellaneous and superfluous clutter. ...
- Jun 14, 2010
- 1 min
Home, Sweet, Home!
Although I had a fabulous and exhilarating and exhausting week at the Bead & Button show and am very much looking forward to the 2011...
- Mar 9, 2010
- 1 min
Lampworking Classes?
The Bead & Button show is only a few months away. I always attend the show because there are so many vendors under one roof from whom...