My cousin recommended a site to me called Colour Lovers. It is so amazing. It is basically a social networking site, but with a twist. You get to make art on it. It is all about color, color palettes and making patterns with those palettes. It is really addicting, so you are warned! This is my favorite palette I have… Read more →
I learned another new skill. I took a class at my local bead shop and learned how to knot. It was first developed (I believe) for use with pearls. They were very expensive, and rare and a little fragile, so stringing them next to each other, where they would bump and rub, was not a good thing. If you strung… Read more →
The Bead Renaissance Show was in town. I shopped till I dropped! There were some really great vendors, and some that were not there that I sorely missed. Karen Bye of Byebeads.com was one I look forward to every year and she was conspicuously absent . I ADORE her vessels, and the aromatherapy scents she sells for them. Luckily, by… Read more →
I went to Oregon to visit my Aunts for a week and then to Washington to visit my best friend and her family for 2 weeks. It was wonderful! It took me for EVER to get the pictures uploaded, but I think I got some really great shots.A lot of art inspiration! These rocks just tickled me. They were gorgeous!… Read more →
Beadalot EnterprisesI have an update on Beadalot. THEY ARE BACK! Every once in a while I do a Google search for them, and it finally paid off! http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6830125 This is the link to their Etsy store. Go see them, they are really cool!I am also happy to report that, as of May 14th 2009, they are offering the kits for… Read more →
This is a really fun bracelet to wear. It is stretchy so it is very comfortable. It was made with square stitch on elastic using large rounded triangle beads, in a pale clear blue lined with white, and a pale blue lined with silver. private collectionBecause the beads are triangles they line up next to one another either point up… Read more →
I just found the greatest Blog. Trishalan Designs at trishalandesigns.blogspot.com. If you were interested in the Kumihimo post I did, take a look at her site. She does some amazing work! She has more braids than I knew existed. Trish also makes some of the coolest bracelets I have ever seen. She calls them Wrist Cuffs (great name!) I believe… Read more →
Private collection I have been playing with flower forms lately. I made these for my mother for Mother’s Day. I really like the tulip form from The Beaded Garden by Diane Fitzgerald. That was the starting point for these earrings. They are done in Delicas (c) with sterling sliver findings, and are worked in herringbone.The bead coming out of them… Read more →
I was talking to my Dad today, and something he said made me think of this page spread in my Journal the Journey journal. So I thought I would share. I did this spread after receiving one of my favorite, inspirational how to sell your art books, Holy Moly Mackeroly. It is by Gloria Page. If you can get a… Read more →
So, I got a new toy! I went to the Bead Renaissance Show, and fell in love with a technique, that was new to me. It is an ancient art form that has been updated by Hamanaka. It is called Kumihimo. It is a form of braiding. It is really amazing what you can do with it. Pre-Hamanaka it was… Read more →