May 6, 20131 min read
I did intend to bead yesterday, but...
I t was the first beautiful, sunny, warm day we had experienced in weeks. I set out to attach hoses to various water spigots around the...
May 4, 20131 min read
The beading kit and pattern are ready!
The Loch Ness Sea Dragon III beading kit and pattern (inspired by the Sea Serpent in Kate McKinnon's book, "Contemporary Geometric...
May 1, 20131 min read
Loch Ness - Sea Dragon III...
It's finished and I think it's a stunner (click on the photo to see it better)! Of the three Sea Dragons I've made thus far (all...
Apr 29, 20131 min read
As the Dowager Countess said...
"Nothing succeeds like excess!" Maggie Smith, playing old Lady Grantham, made that statement in Season 3 of Downton Abbey. When it comes...
Apr 27, 20132 min read
Creating tutorials is hard work!
I wish there were some magic way for creating tutorials - some wonderful software program that one just plugged info into and the...
Apr 24, 20131 min read
I should be farther along on this project, but...
Life has a habit of getting in the way. I was making good progress and had finished the second row of tiny horns on my Sea Dragon III...
Apr 23, 20131 min read
Another order of Delica beads has arrived...
Nine pounds of Delicas and over one hundred colors to be exact - that's a lot of beads! It took three hours to unpack and I'm presently...
Apr 22, 20132 min read
I'm back from a whirlwind weekend...
I haven't walked so much in a very long time. I'm ready to give my legs a rest and happy to settle into a day of beading and giving the...
Apr 19, 20131 min read
Michigan Avenue...here I come!
It's been months since I've been to Chicago. Years ago when I lived in the greater Chicago area, I often frequented what has been dubbed...
Apr 17, 20131 min read
It all began with Pop Beads...
I think my passion for jewelry began that day; fifty-some Septembers ago (does that make me an antique?). It was my birthday and I had...
