At the end of May, Heather Powers put a shout out for a bead give away and a challenge to promote and celebrate the release of her book (Jewelry Design from Nature) into Hobby Lobby and Michael’s brick and mortar stores. Since I had played along when she had the nature series challenges last year, I […]
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Wild Horse Necklace BTW
Bead Table Wednesday… here’s what was on my table this week. A gift for someone, using a special pendant created by the talented Birgitta Lejonklou. Really liking those etched lampwork beads too.
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A rare, quick peek at one of my non-bead, non-jewelry related activities. As my brother once said, “if a person loved you this much it would suffocate you.”
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Never one to just sit idle, even when I’m really busy, I can’t not fuss with some project. The buttons for this challenge were no exception. I had to pull out the drill and add a few more holes for the earrings and then I decided to alter the large royal blue button. I […]
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Here’s the reveal day for the One Crayon Color Challenge. Thanks to Sally Russick for hosting the hop. I’m not sure why I selected the color orange. I’m really fond of certain shades and tones of orange, mainly rust colors, but flat out orange always seems a bit too bright and obnoxious to me. While […]
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A quick update and a peek at the buttons that I received from my Button Swap partner Jeannie at jkdjewelry What can I say, gorgeous packaging… and beautiful polymer clay buttons to work with… Now, what to create with these buttons? Thanks to Cindy, host of the Button Swap Blog Hop at Sweet Bead Studio.
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I can’t believe that it’s almost Easter and I’ve only had time to create one necklace since early March. No time to melt glass, play, or even read very much. On the flip side, I get to be outside everyday, enjoy nature, meet people from around the globe, and on most days my puppies can […]
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