Time passes so quickly when you love what you do. As always, I feel that I am seriously blessed to be able to do what I do to pay the bills. Teaching yoga for the City of Las Vegas, one of my long time loves; helping things grow at Cactus Joe’s Blue Diamond Nursery and making art. For the past few years, that art has been melting glass, making lampwork beads, wire wrapping and making jewelry. This year I have focused on micro macrame jewelry. Now I’m branching out a bit and getting into basic metals, torch fired enameling, clay, and seed beading. One of my absolute favorite things to do is to hunt down used items and incorporate (repurpose) them into my art. Here’s a smattering of what is on my Bead Table Wednesday: 

Trying my hand at a seed bead embroidered cuff. First attempt, wish me luck.

Messing around with metal embossing.
Using the new tool, The Vintage Big Kick. It was a splurge, but I don’t gamble, so…

Torch enameling some objects I found in the growing grounds at work.

Enjoying some seed bead goodness from a recent visit to the local bead store (Bead Haven). I only stopped in for beading needles. Most likely a bracelet in the works.

And last but not least, mulling over a design for the Challenge of Color Blog Hop, hosted by Erin at Tesori Trovati Jewelry, with color palette creation by Jessica Colaluca of Design Seeds. I chose the color teal because I rarely use it and it seems I have lots of teal beads. I really did end up with a lovely color palette to experiment with.