Jun 20, 20131 min read
After contemplating this design for several months...
At long last, I’m finally working on a ZigZag cuff! I’ve wanted to make one ever since I first saw the amazing cuffs in CGB . This is an...
Jun 17, 20131 min read
And...
This is a bracelet that I made in Anne Mitchell's class at Bead & Button. It combines sterling silver with fine silver fused rings and a...
Jun 14, 20132 min read
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 11, 20131 min read
Spinner Ring Redux!
This is the spinner ring that I made in Robyn Cornelius’s class at Bead & Button. The ring is made of silver and the interior spinning...
Jun 9, 20131 min read
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...
Jun 6, 20131 min read
I'm so tired!
Being at Bead and Button can be exhausting! I had a class last night and one today and this afternoon the floor show opened. As much as I...
Jun 5, 20131 min read
Packing for Bead and Button...
There are few places one can go with jewelry piled on to the hilt. Fortunately the Bead and Button Show is an exception to that rule....
Jun 2, 20131 min read
My "Empress Ming's Cuff" needed company, so...
I've made a pair of beaded earrings to go with it (refer to my January 18, 2013 post if you haven't seen the "Empress Ming" Cuff). I...
May 30, 20131 min read
More bronze seashell collections!
If it's embellishment with faux seashells you desire, look no further. I've listed five collections of the bronze seashells in my Ets y...
May 29, 20131 min read
Another idea for displaying and storing jewelry!
The tag said "On Sale" and the mirror was marked down significantly. I found it at a craft store about fifteen years ago. Originally it...