Right now I feel like I have all the time I need to come up with new design ideas, so naturally I’m having trouble deciding what to make or ...

Projects are chugging along on my bead tray once again, and it’s great to finally have a rhythm going. I’ve just finished up a tagua and St....

I haven’t been getting quite as much beading time in as I would like over the past few weeks, so I’ve spent some of my days off avoiding mor...

I think that this new blue bugle cuff might be the reaching the record for the longest I’ve ever worked on a piece, not counting the Cornuco...

This week my workspace is feeling totally neglected. I caught one of those early spring colds that feels as if you’re being sucked back into...

This week I’ve got a crazy work schedule, but I am finding time to squeeze in a little beadwork here and there. It seems as if the momentum ...

I’m way behind on both blogging and beading this week, with a super heavy schedule of work, events, and outings. It’s even harder to be away...

I’m feeling a little rushed again this week, still working out a routine that includes school, work, beading, writing and a little R&R w...

I’m a little behind in this week’s project, because it took several tries to find just the right pattern. For the fierce and sometimes viole...

Yesterday morning all of the puddles in the neighborhood were frozen solid - winter has arrived. I suppose that means it’s time to start thi...

Summer and the beach go together like carnivals and cotton candy - especially when you live in a cold climate. The few months of the year wh...

Over the years, I’ve had a lot of different methods for keeping track of beading ideas, including notebooks and recipe cards, bulletin board...

Not every project can turn out they way we want it to, but if we’re determined enough, we can make mishaps work for us. This happened to me ...

Have you ever had a finished project turn out even better than you had hoped? For my most recent destash piece, I wanted to tackle the huge ...

This week I picked up on my mission to remake old designs in new colors. I was craving something ‘easy’ - a design that I could just make an...

I can’t speak for all beaders, but for me, one of the most intriguing beadwork styles is the collar, and I’m always on the lookout for new m...

Before I share this week’s bracelet design, I have a beading confession to make. I am terrified of bugles. Or at least I was before I tackl...

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a job creating bead palettes and mixes? Imagine how much fun it would be to decide which beads go together ...

If every beader got their wish to be swimming in piles of wonderful, sparkly beads, they might get a new understanding of the phrase “Be car...

The dice have been thrown, and the lucky winner of my color lined cubes giveaway is Julie, who shared an inspiring story of teaching kids t...