Medieval Color Palette ~ The way Margie Deeb and I have worked together, is that she sends me emails with attached color palettes that she ...

Color Study #3 ~ Kimono-Inspired Necklace Many of you know my bead embroidery work, and more recently spirit dolls and finger woven brace...

More Building Blocks ~ Color Theory For Bead & Other Artists If you are feeling stuck in a rut with your art, there's nothing like ...

New Ideas For Working With Color!!! I'm so excited about this, I can hardly stand it! I've just gotten permission to share a secre...

Bead Weaving Here are three more pieces by Tressie Hughes. This time, she has made The Royal Family Blackivory , each member featuring an a...

Beautiful Bead Embroidery and Fringes It feels a bit strange to be taking a break from grieving the loss of Dad, doing something normal, thi...

D is for Dad... D is for Dad, my wonderful Dad, who peacefully passed away last Thursday evening, two hours before I was able to get there (...

On the Road Again... Sad news. My wonderful Dad, who has been under Hospice care now for a while, has taken a turn for the worse. So, tom...

More Lampwork Beads & Treasure Bracelets So we continue yesterday's post with a look at some of Nicole LeClaire Brown 's beautif...

Lampwork Beads & Treasure Bracelets Fourteen years ago, I wrote an article for Ornament Magazine about Patricia Frantz and the process...

Wheeeee! Beadland, Here I come... Beautiful day for a ferry ride ! Mt. Baker will be in her glory, early morning light revealing every conto...

Bead Embroidery in Hand-made Book ~ Wedding Gift! Earlier posts (May 29 - June 9) this year covered hand-made books made by my students...

Confessions of a Chocolate Addict ~ How a Spirit Doll is Helping! I am a chocolate addict. You may think this statement is funny, but actual...

Spirit Dolls ~ Two New Ideas! Mary, one of my mail order customers, just sent me an email about her ideas for making her first spirit doll. ...