Lino Tagliapietra
I’ve now been introduced to this Smithsonian slideshow of this glass artist three times, I think – from the Smithsonian e-newsletter, from a Yahoo group, and a private email. Just in case you haven’t seen it, enjoy the slideshow of work by Lino Tagliapeitra.
Vielen Dank, Mariposa!
At the end of December, Mariposa generously wrote detailed instructions for these beaded beads, and posted the pdf on her blog here. I was able to make the beads without any translation tools, simply using the exploded diagram on the last page. So I could more easily see where the increases were, I counted the beads…
Blogs added
A few more… Pearls of Passion Gyöngybagoly gyöngyékszerei Snapdragon Beads This are now more than 100 blogs in the blogroll — but as I use a feed reader, reasonable for me to keep up with, IF I look a couple times/day (not usually a problem for me). There’s 20 showing at any given time in…
Christmas presents
Here’s some of what I gave away as beaded Christmas presents in addition to the O-rings I gave to coworkers. First are right angle weave pendants with a Japanese chevron in the middle. One side is squared and stiffened with red charlottes (the chevrons have a bit of red), and the other with green. These…
Premio Dardos
Kndla gave me this award! In Spanish: Este premio reconoce los valores de cada blogger en su compromiso personal con el mundo cultural, literario y los valores personales al comunicarnos mediante la creatividad. Using Google Translator (because I know very little Spanish!) — and Spanish-speakers, feel free to correct me: This award recognizes the values…