Back when The Phantom Menace was in theatres, I went to see the movie more times than I care to admit now. After about my third viewing, I w...

The first design in my new challenge series was a quick project that I couldn’t wait to start. When I decided to start a new series inspired...

It’s interesting to look back at how much jewelry trends changed over just two decades - from the big, gaudy, plastic and neon pieces of the...

Thanks to the inspirations of soutache artist Amee K. , I’ve been noticing soutache embroidery jewelry everywhere lately. The wonderful swir...

When I first began to look for common three-color palettes to explore in beads, I imagined that there would be plenty of inspirations to cho...

Do you know where your preferences for color come from? Do you embrace the colors of your past, or avoid them and explore new possibilities?...

As a movie lover, I am a big fan of the sincere re-imagining. When a new artist pays tribute to an old one through their work, it can be an...

In 1999, People Magazine declared Marilyn Monroe the “Sexiest Woman of the Century”. Although she appeared in 30 films , and had her own p...

If you go to Etsy.com and type “Twilight” into the Handmade search bar right now, you will find yourself with over 800 pages of results. So...

Female villains are often some of the most terrifying in film and literature. They are usually beautiful as well as cruel, which in many c...

Some images are so intriguing and inspiring, that they stick with us for years and years. Artists and designers of all mediums can attribut...

Every few years or so, young women and girls everywhere find themselves head over heels for a someone or something in the media. Once there...

I was suffering from a bit of beader’s block recently, and I decided to try and find a little inspiration by watching a movie. It had to be ...