Yes, chef. I’m in the kitchen again cooking up another pot of bead soup. Searching for the perfect combination of ingredients that will stretch, delight and challenge my partner. This time around, I’m paired with the hostess herself, the one responsible for masterminding this big blog party.
Read the rest of this entry »Art Bead Scene June Challenge 2012
I’ve always liked this painting by Edward Hopper Nighthawks (1942) Can’t everyone relate to the late night, cheap diner experience? I think we’ve all been there and done that at some point in our development. Who knew, even the Simpson’s had an episode featuring this cheap diner backdrop? Enough talk, here’s the jewelry design for […]
Read the rest of this entry »Naturally Lucky
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 […]
Read the rest of this entry »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.
Read the rest of this entry »Three Dog Night
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.”
Read the rest of this entry »The Button Swap 2012
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 […]
Read the rest of this entry »One Crayon Color Challenge
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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