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...

Mom turned 100 years old last January and is still enjoying life.  She walks a little slower and her eyes are growing dimmer, but her mind a...

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...

Just a quick post to show off how a customer used one of my dichroic glass cabs to create a custom ordered necklace.  The creator is Joan Fi...

Yesterday I received the exciting news that The Beadsmith will be placing a full page ad in the award winning German beading magazine Perle...

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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...

You just never know what lies around the next corner.  One day you send in some pictures to a Beadsmith Kumihimo challenge on Facebook an...

I was very delighted to find out last night that my Going Green bracelet had made the front page of Etsy.  This was a FIRST for me and I ha...