Another Wednesday has arrived. Most Wednesdays I try to participate in Bead Table Wednesday, and like to show beads or jewelry in progress. This week, since things are in a state of chaos over here due to an allergy-induced sinus infection and taxes, I thought I’d do a quickie post and just show you two [...]
This afternoon I got a couple of hours to myself because my husband took our son to the Easter festivities downtown. Bless him! I’d been wanting to try out a new bangle design I’ve been thinking about that uses heavy gauge copper wire and my hammer. Here’s the prototype. If I make any more of [...]
This morning I spent an hour or so making this pretty floral button bracelet with multiple strands, stone beads and waxed linen cord. Unfortuneatly, I didn’t give myself enough length, and ran short to finish it off the way I wanted to, so I had to MacGuyver it, with less than ideal results (Note to [...]
February Birthstone: Amethyst I’ve been trying to add more sterling silver into my jewelry repertoire, and today I found some time to make this amethyst and tourmalated quartz bracelet. I wired all the beads on 22 gauge, half hard sterling silver wire, and used gray Swarovski pearls as accent beads. Two different cuts of tourmalated [...]
Our local bead shop is closing its doors because the owners are retiring, and a few weeks ago, I picked up these pretty turquenite rectangle beads during their going out of business sale. Mineral database and mineralogy reference website Mindat.org defines turquenite as “an artificially-colored blue variety of Howlite or Magnesite dyed to resemble Turquoise [...]
I live in the Midwest, not too far from Lake Michigan, and in January into February, we’re subject to lake effect snows and gloomy gray skies. I like snow, and I don’t mind cold, but I do hate the month-long stretch of unrelenting cloudy weather. I miss the sun, and it’s made me somewhat depressed. [...]
I’ve been hard at work trying to get jewelry made for Artbeat 2010, which I’ll be attending on Aug. 28. We still haven’t gotten our booth assignments, but the event organizers sent out a follow up email saying they’re working hard on it, so I should know soon. The other night I decided I’d take [...]
