Jul 19, 20131 min read
Birds love our house!
Every spring and summer without fail, several birds will build nests in any nook and cranny they can find on our house. In June we had a...
Jul 16, 20131 min read
I'm happy to report that...
My “Safari Cuff” design (inspired www.ContemporaryGeometricBeadwork.com ) is being well received! I’ve spent a good part of the last two...
Jul 13, 20131 min read
Yes!!!
My ZigZag “Safari Cuff” (inspired by the Rick-Rack designs in Kate McKinnon's CGB ) is finally finished and it has fast become one of...
Jul 10, 20131 min read
It's so frustrating....
Although time for beading and jewelry making is so abundant during the winter months, it just seems to disappear in summer. Entertaining...
Jul 6, 20131 min read
A different finish...
Look at the great wrist-wrap that Donna Barkanic made with my Sea Dragon Variation beading kit (inspired by CGB ). I love the novel way...
Jul 3, 20131 min read
Slowly, but surely...
I’m making headway on my ZigZag cuff. I’d lost four days of beading time - daily minutiae and secretarial projects for our homeowners...
Jul 1, 20131 min read
Everything's coming up...
Not roses...but Butterfly Weed, Purple Cone Flower, Coreopsis, Milkweed, Spiderwort, Rattlesnake Master, Penstemon, and other native...
Jun 28, 20131 min read
Too much going on!
I truly dislike when life gets in the way of my beading and jewelry making! This week has been fraught with the comings and goings of...
Jun 25, 20131 min read
Slow progress....
This cuff is undoubtedly my most ambitious undertaking in geometric beading to date. It's not that it's anymore difficult to bead than...
Jun 23, 20131 min read
More embellishments!
I've just listed more bronze metal clay sea urchin embellishments in my Etsy shop. They make wonderful necklace and bracelet closures...
