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Join me for a Button Swap Blog Hop!

Do you have jars full of buttons? Do you head straight over to the button lady at the antiques shows? Or maybe you collect handmade buttons just because they’re beautiful. If you’re even remotely intrigued with BUTTONS, this Button Swap Blog Hop is calling your name! Some of you may remember the Button Swap and […]

Copper Component Blog Hop!

In the midst of winter, I’ve been transported back to a sunny summer’s day.  How did I get so lucky?  I jumped at Kristi Bowman’s challenge and joined her Copper Component Blog Hop!  For Kristi’s blog hop, the participants chose to work with either her sea-inspired Urchin or Ammonite components.  Kristi’s copper clay components are […]

Bead Soup – the book!

Have you seen it??  The cover of Lori Anderson’s upcoming Bead Soup book was just revealed! This book is going to be amazing…just looking at the cover, I am already drawn in!  I am excited to share that I helped both as a tutorial contributor and with photography.  I really enjoyed spending hours over the […]

Holiday Ornament Swap Blog Hop

  It’s time for an ornament swap!  Back when Sally of Wireworked  announced that she was going to host an ornament blog hop, it sure seemed SO far away. December 17th?  Ages away.  Now here we are on the day of the hop already! I was thrilled to be paired with the incredibly talented crafter […]

Color Palette Blog Walk {….Joy}

Today is Color Palette Blog Walk, the 3rd Round!  Brandi over  at Brandi Girl Blog is the originator of this fun color-inspired hop around blogland.  The premise is to take one of your own photos, and translate them in to color palettes. Brandi is well-known for her photography and her gorgeous color palettes, which she […]

Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry virtual book tour!

A must-have book has hit the shelves.  Have you seen Barbara Lewis’ essential book, Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry:  A Workshop in Painting with Fire ?   If you have, I bet you couldn’t put it down!   I know I couldn’t either.  To celebrate the much-anticipated release of her book, Barbara has launched a virtual book tour that started […]

Bead Soup Blog Party time!

Thank you for stopping by the sweet bead studio corner of the great big Bead Soup Blog Party.  The blog party is hosted by my friend  Lori Anderson, and this is my 3rd time participating in this international event.  Lori has created a blog hop (and it’s much more than a blog hop) that so […]

Bead Table Wednesday {the BSBP version}

Hello friends I know I have been all but absent lately.  I’m simply not online much these days….NO time!  Once school started it just seems as if I felt a sudden urgency of deadlines and events.  I’m sure you’re feeling this way too.  I apologize if  I haven’t visited your blog in a while…I will […]

A Bead Soup Sneak Peak

Hello friends The very first thing I would like to say is thank you.  Thank you for all of the heartfelt words that you left for me after my last blog post.  Your stories, words of understanding, and virtual ((hugs)) meant so much to me and gave me comfort. Have you enjoyed seeing the many […]