Art Elements Monthly Theme: Nests
Welcome to my blog post for the Art Elements Blog Theme for Nests (March 2018). I think about nests in a few ways: My nature brain thinks of the place where critters can safely rear their offspring. My mother brain swirls about trying to figure out how to balance my life with kids and making […]
Humble Beads – Bead Table Wednesday – Stacked Earrings
My friend Heather Powers, the artist behind HumbleBeads.com hosts a weekly Bead Table Wednesday live video post through her Facebook page almost every Wednesday. This week she created a pair of earrings with my textured disc beads, her polymer clay beads, Irish Waxed linen, and Vintaj ear wires. If you have some time, check out […]
Bead Show Now – Bead Shop Now – Online Bead Show Now – Share Where You Shop via Social Media
I am a big fan of shopping in person for handmade beads, strands and tubes of beads, lapidary items, tools and findings. If I can support a brick and mortar store or a bead show vendor so they can cover their costs, I will! It used to be really easy to open a bead magazine […]
2018 Bead Shows
I LOVE BEAD SHOWS!!! Don’t you?! Shopping at a Bead Show is the perfect time to hang out and shop with your friends that are into beads as much as you are (leave anyone at home that does not like to walk all day bending over looking at beads – they will thank you for […]