As promised I have moved on from herringbone fringe necklaces, but I wasn’t quite ready to give up on fringe yet. Not only is it really sati...

This week I’m taking a little creative break and making something just for the fun of it. I’ve been craving an African Christmas bead projec...

I’m a little behind in this week’s update, having lost an entire day of work due to illness. Although I’ve been scrambling to catch up the l...

Although I was prepared for having very little time to bead this past December, I had no idea just how long I would end up going without pic...

The ombre project for the Egyptian God Shu is coming along slowly but surely. Beading time is always pinched down to a minimum at this time ...

Things are finally getting back to normal in my workspace after a great craft show weekend. This means that tons of new ideas are piling up,...

It seems like the closer I get to craft fair day, the less free time I have to bead. I lost a few days working on Halloween costumes (totall...

It’s hard to believe that this year’s beading challenge is nearly finished - it still feels as if I’m just getting started. I’ve got 9 more ...

I haven’t made much progress in the timetable department since last week , and I still feel as if I’m just spinning my wheels as the to-do l...

Sometimes, no matter how much time we spend working on an idea, projects can completely get away from us, with unexpected results. When the ...

Often when we discover a new technique or material that we enjoy working with, it sticks. All of our ideas seem to steer towards this one co...

It’s been so long since I’ve made a lariat necklace, that I actually had to go looking through my blog archives to remember what the last de...

Yesterday we had a look at ways to connect and combine St. Petersburg chains for fun beadwork variations. Coincidentally, three years ago I...

After completing the step-by-step photographs for my beaded flower tutorial , I was left with a single yellow and purple beaded bead. I tuc...

As I write this, I think I may be sitting right between two of the hottest days of the year. Even in the wee hours of the morning, the heat...

Keck Telescopes Gaze into Young Star's Life Zone Photo Credit: NASA Goddard Photo and Video and David A. Hardy. Nature is one of the...

When looking for a way to describe togetherness, we often use foods for analogies: peanut butter and jelly, salt and pepper, peas and carro...