This bracelet was the result of playing around with a variation of crystal beads, namely, Swarovski crystal top-drilled bicone beads. What’s fun about this is that stringing is very simple, the beads do all the work for you and they nest together…
Those of you who follow my Facebook page may remember a post from last week where I shared a fun use of shrink plastic: Victorian Farmhouse Inspired Shrink Plastic Necklace. Utterly adorable! With that wonderful inspiration, and these great instructions for sanding shrink…
You might remember these fancy jasper beads I picked up at a bead show last fall. (Of course unless if you’re like me… I can barely recall what I did yesterday, ha.) Gotta love these little brass beads, I think they work…
Ah, spring… in New England, spring doesn’t really come until mid-April. Proof of that would be the 20 inches of snow we got this past week. Bleck. In defiance of the storm, I spent it in my craft room, working on this…
Have any of you checked out Craftsy yet? I’ve been meaning to do so for a while and finally took a few of their free classes last month. I have to say I was quite impressed with the quality. The first class…
Aren’t these earrings adorable? I’ve been wanting to get these bow charms for quite some time, and finally placed a Fire Mountain Gems order not too long ago. Wow, was that a fun box to open! (What’s amazing is how much you…
Hey all! I hope you’re having a great weekend. We got yet more snow today, but at least a lot of the white stuff from last weekend’s blizzard had already melted. I spent the afternoon working on a little project for you…
Once again, I’m struck by the beauty of the humble seed bead. It’s amazing how elegant these simple components look when strung together in multiples. This necklace began its life as necklace from a store. I always liked the colors and the…
“Bead Soup,” simply put, is a collection of beads. It can be completely random, like saving all your extra beads in a bowl, then seeing what you can do with them. Or they can be planned assortments with contrasting or complementary colors….
Dunno what the weather is where you are, but here in New England I’m guessing I’m not the only one who has had enough of winter. I’m so tired of being cold, bleah. Sadly, we probably have another couple months before it…
