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 […]
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Silk Sari Earrings
I found a way to use all those little bits and pieces of thread, cord and silk sari ribbons that are left over from other jewelry/craft projects. Silk sari earrings. Looking forward to some interesting color combinations and recycling is always a great thing.
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday, September 28, 2011 – BTW
I planted these in the kiln last night… Look what sprouted this morning! Wishing you productivity and contentment this Bead Table Wednesday.
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Here’s what I do when my creative muse refuses to cooperate… Glass headpins on a heavier gauge wire wrapped with glass headpins on a smaller gauge wire.
Read the rest of this entry »Torch Enameling Results
I’m always interested in expanding my my artisan skills, so this past month I decided to pursue the task of learning how to enamel metal employing the torch firing method. Since I already have a torch set up, all I needed to do was get my hands on some enamels and instructions. This is where […]
Read the rest of this entry »Fiddleheads Necklace
Another challenge piece here for the Inspired By Nature jewelry series by Heather Powers. This weeks theme is the Forest Floor. It’s been some time since I’ve been for a stroll in the forest, perhaps five years or more. So, it took me a while to remember, then I recalled that when I lived in […]
Read the rest of this entry »Beading Yogini Silk Sari Bangle Bracelets
Hand cut and dyed silk ribbon, recycled silk sari yarn, leftover bits of c-lon cord from micro-macrame projects, torched glass tipped copper head pins, lampwork wired wrapped beads and hammered copper wire. It’s a color fest. Thanks to Shannon Levart for her inspirational tutorial. Check out her work at missficklemeadiacom.
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An assortment of micro-macrame bracelets today.
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