It was an honor to be asked to review Kassie Shaw's new book, "Beadweaving Beyond the Basics."  I was sent the preview ...

I recently published a new tutorial for my "Night Out on the Town" Necklace and inside it I revealed a trick for hiding thread w...

Yes, life happens and blogs get put at the bottom of the list.  But I'm still here and am going to try to keep up with blogging a little...

The challenge was to use three of my favorite bead shapes in one design, Super Duos, Rizos, and Metal Seed Beads. I've been using meta...

Just a quick post to share some fun things I've been making with the new Super Duo beads.   I created these earrings for a fun earring e...

Finally, the day has arrived!  Almost all of the gorgeous 2012 Battle of the Beadsmith entries have been posted and I must say - they are br...

Meeting Steven Weiss from The Beadsmith has been one of the most memorable and fun events in my life.  He organized a wonderful group of be...

I'm very excited about deciding to participate in the Bead Journal Project 2011 .  BJP is a group of people who have decided to create 1...

The Bead Mavens recently held an Ice Queen Challenge and the winners have been announced.  You can view all three winners on the Bead Maven...

My boulder opal bracelet was included in this lovely treasury created by Smadar's Treasure on Etsy. If you feel like shopping for some...

Oodles and oodles of thanks to everyone who voted for my necklace in the Abeadstore.com Beaded Impressions contest. My entry came in 2nd ...

WHEW! I completed my entry into the Etsy Beadweavers (EBW) Team Challenge entitled "Tropical Holiday." I keep wanting to call it...

It seems like my designing and creating time has taken a backseat to working on the computer these past few weeks. But I did accomplish a l...

The Etsy December Beadweaving Challenge has ended. There were 658 votes and 31 gorgeous entries. The winner with 133 votes (20% of the t...

This is my entry into the Etsy Beadweaver's December Challenge titled "Snow Queen." I chose to use shiny silver and gold roc...

I can't believe how the time has flown by and I haven't written anything here since the end of October! So much has happened and I...

All my life I have enjoyed creating. As a young girl I learned to sew with needle and thread and to crochet with my grandmother. I enjoyed a...