Regal Autumn
I'm here, I'm alive...been a while since I've posted but beading has kept me away. It's fall finally!! It has been one long summer...and fall just hasn't wanted to show it's lovely colorful face. That...
View ArticleMore Ethics Discussion
Ethics, ethics...we've all heard all the designers (including myself) woes about stealing copyright designs etc...and how it is unethical to even think of buying a pattern and using it for personal...
View ArticleFun With Hearts
I am having so much fun with these little hearts. Every valentines day I pick up some new heart design and go crazy with it. The fact that the center has a sparkling rivoli just adds to my love of...
View ArticleLeather and Chains
Leather and Chains - December 2010Well, here it is, this is the leather and chain project I had going this weekend contrary to what others were visualizing. This is a great bracelet to make which is...
View ArticleGrandmas Pearls
Grandmas PearlsMy grandmothers birthday is coming up. She will be 103. When she turned 100 I decided to make her something 'beadiful' for her birthdays from here on. I firmly believe that although...
View ArticleLost and Found Valentine
I looked in the garden today thinking, it's time for spring clean up...and saw a little alyssum that had survived the winter and was blooming away...I went to take a picture of it and lo and behold...a...
View ArticleValentine Comfort
Every valentines day I make my husband breakfast in bed, which I did again today just to make him feel special. Instead of going out to dinner like we usually do I wanted to make a nice comfort food...
View ArticleStarry Winter Nights
Starry, starry night...paint your palette blue and grey...I can't help singing the lyrics to Don Mcleans song as I post this. Artbeads.com Winter Enchantment theme this month immediately brought to...
View ArticleSpring Flowers
I'm having lots of fun making these little double petal flowers. Using size 15's, I made a pendant for a simple leather cord and some earrings which I hung low to dangle about two inches below the ear...
View ArticleI'll be watching you
I found a few strand of beads that look like 'eyes'. Oh the wheels are turning again..what can I make with these that are unique? I had made an eye ring from a lampwork glass bead a few years ago...
View ArticleIn Honor of Diana
I don't know about you, but with the Royal Wedding coverage this week all my thoughts went to Diana. When she and Charles were married I watched her and Prince Charles go down the aisle. I watched...
View Article~Vintage Refaire~
Yay...yay...Artbeads.com designer challenge this month was 'What's old is new again'. Or as I like to call it Vintage Refaire (re-do). Love it!! What a fun challenge. I love taking things apart and...
View ArticleRound and round
My newest obsession. Yes, these have been around for a while, but my sister mentioned she wanted one so I have got back into making these again. Great way to use up lots and lots of my extra...
View ArticleBEAD STORE REVIEW
LOOKING FOR A BEAD STORE? Scroll down to see reviews of stores I've visited in California, Texas, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Tennessee ~ NEVADA BEAD STORES DISCOUNT BEADS - LAS VEGAS This...
View ArticleKaleidoscopes
This month I was busy making Kaleidoscopes, each one is reversible! First I wanted to use my new dichroic delicas for some beaded tubes. The delicas are so pricey, a teeny tube of one gram was $15.00...
View ArticleRing Blings
"Golden Seas" Ring Everyone is wearing them, big rings that is. Celebrities at the award shows and reality housewives at parties are all wearing their blinged out fingers, and it appears to be a the...
View ArticlePaper Ornaments
Playing with beads, playing with beads...oops,,,no not this time, I'm playing with paper! Really? There's more to life than beads?? Yes..Virginia there is. I needed to make something flat I could put...
View ArticleFall Bling
I always have leftover beads, and when I do I decide to make a quick ring, this time though I loved this newly designed pattern I made up, I did a few variations on it. The Brass beads are always one...
View ArticleFREE Patriotic FLAG Bead PATTERN!
PATRIOTIC FLAG PEYOTE BEAD TUBES: These beads have a flag pattern: With size 11 or delica seed beads, put on first row in this order: __ (1.) One red, one white, one red, one white, one red, one...
View ArticleCharm Swap
Art charms from 38 artists, and 5 different countries. Our hostess for the event is Jennifer stout cameron, who has spent countless hours notifying all participants as well as sorting, sifting,...
View ArticleBead Hoard Hop
Well...when they announced a BEAD HOARD blog hop I knew I had to be included. Thank you Lori McDaniel Anderson who is hosting this hop. Peruse here on my blog and when you finish click on the BLOG...
View ArticleWolf Moon
Wolf MoonOwwwoooo.... I only found out tonight that we have a ''''Wolf Moon""" ...It is supposed to be the biggest moon of the year..and the brightest...so for fun I ran outside and took a look. It...
View ArticleEmerald Gems
Emerald Gem BraceletI'm in the mood for St. Patricks Day...I usually start my projects for that holiday right about now...Here's a new one I made this week between my bead journal projects. Very easy...
View ArticleFly Away
"Fly Away" Knotted Necklace Just a few things here and there for my project It hasn't gone un-noticed that Spring has sprung where I am, yet it has not "sprung" in the snowy midwest and atlantic...
View ArticleCharming Anklets
Charms, charms, charms....I am loving these base metal pewter charms! Here are a few things I did with them this month while planning for my beach trips to Pismo and Avila...they are easy and quick to...
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