The Saga of the Buttons
In seeing and reading these pages of Beaded Jewelry you are seeing my journey as it progresses. All of my friends who make and sell wonderful jewelry and beads, will tell you that I resisted getting into jewelry for a loooong time. Of course now they jovially remind...
Black & White | Circular Peyote
You may recall my first real piece of jewelry making! It required a ring of some sort and I tried any number of ideas. Initially I bought a ring, about 1.5 inches in diameter, but didn't like how it looked. Really, what I wanted was to make a ring. So I tried to cover...
Christmas Earrings
Here's my post, as promised, about my 'Christmas' earrings. The first pair were inspired by the idea of the dodecahedron beaded beads. I just love making these. The instructions vary so my advice is to find one that makes sense to you. I use one where you lay out all...
Soutache Two
So - I bought Amee's book (you can too at White Fox Beads) cos I was sold on the whole Soutache thing and I couldn't wait to get hands on with this stuff. I freaking love it!!! I'm sure you have gathered that I love this stuff, especially if you checked out my...
Soutache OMG
Even if I do say so myself I am amazed at my own creativity!!! I know, blowing my own trumpet, again, but if you know any of my beady and arty farty buddies you can ask them about how much a disavowed making jewelry. I was commonly heard to say "I don't make jewelry!"...
My first piece of jewelry (almost)
I went to a trunk show and spotted a piece of jewelry that I liked but hated the colors so decided to try my hand. Don't ask me what started this, I guess you could call it a 'flash-in-the-pan.' The first step was to make the ring and after a coupe of false starts,...