Jewelry Design

From Blogging to Beyond!

You never know where your blog will take you…being a part of this wonderful jewelry blogging world has not led me to some far away places! A part of me was fortunate enough to travel to England recently. Well, a little something handmade did all the traveling. My travels all started back with Lori’s […]

Art Bead Scene Challenge

Have you heard? Art Bead Scene {the go-to site for the latest in handmade art beads} has a new feature! The editors are now offering a monthly Design Team Challenge! I was invited to participate by Heather Powers this month, along with fellow designers Erin Prais-Hintz, Lori Anderson, Jen Judd, and Lorelei Eurto. At the […]

Presenting Easy Wire 2010

Are you new to working with wire? Or have you been working with wire and are ready to learn a few new techniques? Easy Wire 2010 hit the shelves this week, and you’ll want to to run to your nearest bookstore and pick up the lastest issue! Easy Wire 2010 is packed with over 50 […]

Fabulous Indeed!

See this hat? Seeing it sitting right there in the back of the class room on Monday morning signified that great things were going to happen. Richard Salley walked in to the class room wearing it, and taking it off meant the Fabulous Found Objects Pendant workshop would be underway soon. Right off the bat […]

The Beauty of Spring

What do I think of when I think of Spring? Pretty May flowers of course! Vintage flowers took center stage when I designed jewelry for Artbead’s “Beauty of Spring” Design Partner’s theme. When I selected beads for my design, I did something a little different. Rather than search for interesting focal beads, I decided to choose […]

Today was special

Today was a fantastic one for our family. Our 7 year old son celebrated his First Communion. My little guy had been anticipating this day for so long, and when he woke up this morning he said it was the best day of his life! I just love that excitment. I had planned to make a rosary to give […]

Bead Fest Wire 2010

Here’s the scoop on Bead Fest Wire: It was an absolute BLAST!!! Jeanette and I drove up together to King of Prussia/Valley Forge, PA on Friday….chatting the whole way about every little bead-related thing you could think of. It is so GREAT to talk with a like-minded friend who is just as crazy about it […]

Blossoms and Bead Fest

It’s finally that time of year. With spring comes the famous Cherry Blossoms, blooming just about every where we look. Dogwoods and Cherry Blossoms are at their peak now, so we recently took a trip in to DC to see these pretty blooms with the back drop of the Nation’s Capitol. The view from the […]

New on the shelf!

Look what’s new on the bookshelf! The April issue of Bead Trends is out and I’m so proud to be a contributor this month. It seems like ages ago that I created Joie de Vivre, a pendant featuring a polymer clay focal and a whole lot of steel wire. The reason I’m particulary excited about […]