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The Hands Of An Artist

Look what I got my hands into yesterday afternoon. I was a henna canvas for artist Kelly Hilger at Just Breathe Wellness Center. Happening here this week the Vegas Face/Body Painters Jamtacular Expo.

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Scored a Serger

Little teaser. A while back I scored this Juki serger for $ 35 at a local thrift store. It was missing the foot pedal. I finally found a foot pedal, figured out how to thread the machine and it works! It looks like it could use a new upper blade, but so far it’s doing […]

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BSBP7 Partner Intro

The 7th Bead Soup Blog Party is kicking into high gear and is currently announcing partner match ups for the three reveals. This time around, my partner for the 1st Reveal is Debra Behrends of  Hopeful Journeys. This Bead Soup business is always a fun swap and a great way to cyber meet fellow designers and […]

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Inspire Change Wellness Words Jewelry Challenge

Inspire change wellness words jewelry challenge…yup that’s quite a mouthful. The hostess, Tracy Statler (makebraceletsblog.com) proposed this challenge and I enjoy a good challenge. Especially a challenge that does not have too many rules or regulations.  I am never certain what will inspire me or where my creativity and imagination may go. Tracy’s suggested guideline: […]

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January 2013 ABS Challenge

Peacocks…beautiful and captivating in all their splendor. Highly symbolic in many spiritual traditions (read more about that here.) Black Peacocks with Japanese Persimmons Jessie Arms Botke, 1940 Oil and Gold Leaf on Panel I really like the texture in the tail feathers in this piece of artwork. For the January 2013 Art Bead Scene Challenge, I […]

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Memories and Thanks Blog Hop 2013

The past year has been filled with many personal and professional challenges. Some tragic circumstances ( a suicide death of a remarkable friend and a manslaughter death of a co-worker.) To say that it was a tough year would be an understatement. I’ve learned over the years to just do my best to stay in […]

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ABS 2012 Year In Review

  At the beginning of 2012, I decided to participate in a personal challenge. Using the Art Bead Scene Monthly Challenge as my foundation, I challenged myself to complete the full year. Let’s take a look-see and review the year of 2012…  And Happy New Year.

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Metal Prong Challenge

The Metal Team over at Artisan Whimsy is hosting this challenge and there is a great, free “how to” tutorial in the event that you have never tried the metal prong technique. The tutorial was put together by Staci Louise Smith. (Thanks Staci.) I haven’t done any metal prong work in quite some time, so […]

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Kalmbach Bead Soup Party

It’s always fun to participate in the Bead Soup Party Blog Hops hosted by Lori Anderson and I decided that it would be fun to participate in the Kalmbach Bead Soup Party as well. This party is timed to coincide with the release of Lori’s Bead Soup Book. I’m pretty excited about this because it […]

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Vintaj “Radiant Raven” October 2012 Challenge

I decided to participate in the October Vintaj monthly challenge and create a piece inspired by ravens. Did you know that ravens have one of the largest brains in the bird kingdom? They were one of the first animals to be let out of Noah’s ark? They like round shiny objects (hey not so different […]

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