Category: Jewelry

  • Use the Muse III – the completed project

    The copper color of the Muse is a richer version of my hair color, and I surprisingly have never made something beaded for my long hair.  Butterflies belong amidst flowers, so I made some flowers (documented previously on this blog), and settled the Muse on the largest bloom.  The flowers are constructed using peyote, brick,…

  • Christmas presents tease

    Can’t show the whole pieces now!

  • Xhosa wreaths

    Made with Xhosa double scallop stitch (from Valerie Hector’s The Art of Beadwork, and a past issue of B&B), these little wreaths are my gifts to my coworkers this year.  They can be either pendants or ornaments.

  • Voting for Haute Couture contest

    Voting is now open for the Haute Couture beading contest, hosting by Good Quill Hunting.  I entered with the green ruffles necklace, just completed.  Go look, enjoy, and vote!

  • Read My Pins

    I am looking forward to seeing this book about Madeleine Albright’s pins, subtitled Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box. Even better than that would be to visit the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City to see more than 200 pins, “many of which Secretary Albright wore to communicate a message or a…