Category: Color

  • Use the Muse III — the kit

    I recently received my kit for Use the Muse III, a contest run by Scarlett Lanson of Beadwork.  The requirements of the contest is that the Muse must be used (and not revealed), it must be a wearable piece of jewelry, and as much or as little of the kit can be used.  AND, it…

  • Retired palette

    These lovely beads have been sitting out for maybe as long as a year.  I’m not longer going to use them as intended, and I needed to clean up my workspace. I still want to use these beads someday, although maybe not all of them!

  • New Swarovski rivoli colors!

    Diana tweeted me last night that there are some amazing new Swarovski rivoli colors!  She has an online store in Germany, GlasPerlenDesign.  Here’s her blog post about the new colors.  I asked; she will have them in her store soon (no firm shipping date yet) .

  • A quick visit to the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts

    I love the MIA, its collection, its proximity to me, and the fact that it’s free — which means I can visit briefly if I don’t have a full half day to enjoy it.  I recently went to their Art in Bloom (post here), but it was too busy at that time to see these…

  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts – Art in Bloom 2009

    Art in Bloom is held every year at MIA, for one long weekend in May.  Florists chose a piece of art, and recreate it somehow in flowers.  It’s very popular, and a wonderful way to spend an hour or so. Yes, the original piece is beadwork. This was based on a much darker painting, but…