Saturday night I was sipping wine and dorking around with my beads when I did a mental inventory of whom I had to “gift” with a “creation.” I know that giving away these things for free will shoot me in…
Stupid Beading Tricks: Rose bracelet
I’m still working on knotting, and getting MUCH better if I say so myself! This is a straight-up braclet knotted with gray waxed Irish Linen Thread. The pinks just jumped out at my from my bead boxes. I gave this…
Stupid Beading Tricks: More bracelets
We are off from work today to celebrate an amazing Annual Meeting. Which I didn’t have to attend, but we get the day off anyway. While I was waiting for maintenance to come in this morning and fix a crack…
Stupid beading tricks: Hooty hoo
Anyone who knows anyone who has a Pinterest board knows that Radiant Orchid has been chosen as the color of 2014. This means 2 things: 1) No stores have one piece of clothing in that color, because retail buyers order…
Stupid beading tricks: Seahorse set
Happy Presidents Day! Mom’s birthday was on Thursday, and unfortunately, our get-together was snowed out. (Surprise, surprise.) Instead we went out last night to Iron Hill Brewery. As part of her gift, I made her this bracelet/earrings set: The cream…
Making a statement … necklace
While at BeadFest Philadelphia last month I picked up a small mix of beads called the “Euro Fashion Mix.” I’ve been dorking around with them for a bit and I think this is the layout I’ll go with for a…
Links I loved: Week of June 3
Happy Saturday! I spent this morning on my balcony drinking coffee and reading my new beading book. This afternoon we are headed to a jewelry store to get a setting for WM’s grandmother’s diamond so I can have an engagement…
Stupid Beading Tricks: The Only Child bracelet
After I gave my coworkers the New Orleans Bracelets, I had a humorous encounter with a member f the business department, who was impressed with the bracelets and wanted one too. “I’m an only child!” she said. “So you have…
The lovely Design Seeds
I love doing things that include color, but I’m not always great at choosing color palettes. Via Pinterest, I found a site called Design Seeds that is going to be a very close friend of mine from here on out….
Stupid Beading tricks – waiting for a yes
While I was waiting for TNP to give me the big “YES!” answer, I kept busy by making jewelry. For these, I felt like experimenting with hoops and drops instead of the usual “tight” earrings I come up with. And…
Stupid Beading Tricks: Organization
I have a lot of beading supplies these days. Enough to fill a plastic four drawer unit that sits next to my desk. But that’s not always practical when I’m working on one or two projects. I’m too lazy to…
Stupid jewelry tricks: Chainmaille bracelet & wire wring
aka “Stupid beading tricks with no beads.” I’ve been in a long dry streak, creativity-wise. I have drawers full of jewelry making components and no idea what to do with them. I get caught up looking at other jewelry for…
