I’m enjoying an extended birthday celebration, but also had time to make a few new pieces in the studio recently. Inspired by Bead & Button, I finally incorporated some pieces from prior Milwaukee trips. My new ovals are particularly inspiring. A tiny oval helped me create this wrap around a vintage rose pendant. I wanted […]
The other day I visited Sacred Art and we noticed only one pendant was left from my inventory there. So of course I tagged a few more to bring in from my latest batch. I am a bit attached to some of these, but I know they will fly off to good homes. Meanwhile, quite […]
I meant to get my travel blog started but I had too much fun in the studio. Halloween is coming, and I picked up some napkins in Germany to expand the collection from last year. So I set about wrapping wire based on the designs. I used the Now That’s A Jig! Big rounds to […]
When I had my pop-up at Chroma K8, she mentioned the need for different types of ear hooks to safely stay in her ear spools. I had ordered some clip-on loops, and those seemed to work with a trial run. However, of the three pairs one didn’t function, so I perused the Bead & Button […]
I’ve been preparing for the No Frills Fun Run Vendor Night that takes place on Thursday. No Frills Fun Run is an annual charitable run that was started in 2012 by two local moms in Elmhurst, Illinois. On February 28, participants will run a half-marathon or half-half distance (6.55 miles) to benefit one family in […]
It’s been fun to create new goodies for my friends this season. Their inspiration has sparked my creativity, and I have more spin-offs in my head from the pendants and ornaments ordered for their loved ones or themselves. My chunky beaded bangle got a few admirers, and fortunately Dakota Beads had two more strands for […]
I’ve been spooking up the studio with some wax and wire Halloween pendants. I picked out purple and orange papers to embellish with rubber stamps. Then I wrangled some wire to fit the images I fired up the griddle and covered the paper in encaustic medium. Now they’re ready to be worn by new owners! […]
It’s time for some Summer Selfies as I process numerous photos from my August travels. The Yellow Agate Set visited a few stores this quarter while the pink flower wax and wire pendant was admired during NEW’s recent Meet & Munch. I paired it with infinity earrings. in May I wore various Mother’s Day Pendants […]
I got some studio time in recently and decided to add more musical pendants to my inventory (they keep selling out). I’ve just about used up the Irish Rose music sheet I received from a friend. The song is really called: Where the River Shannon Flows. There’s a pretty spot in Ireland I always claim […]
At Christmas Santa gifted me with a subscription to Curly Girl Design’s Love Delivered. Each quarter, the wonderful people at Curly Girl Design pack up their latest releases, boxed sets of cards and other odds and ends to cheer the recipient up. Then the job becomes figuring out whom to send these pearls of wisdom […]
