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Hello world!
So, when you start a new blog, sometimes there’s a dummy first post, and I have seen it titled “Hello world!” So here I am, again. Hello! This blog is just over five years old, and my life has become steadily more complicated in the last six months or so. Nothing bad, just more. My…
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Christmas tease 2 – vase!
This vase is made of myrtle wood – I liked the greenish tone of the wood with these pretty red luster beads. I need to buy more transparent lusters, I’m infatuated with this bead finish right now.
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Christmas tease 1 – rivolis!
I love these colors.
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Snowflake 2012
I make a snowflake for my Christmas tree every year. This was the one I made for this year – Swarovski beads, copper charlottes, copper-lined 2-hole beads, and some lined green seeds that work with the Swarovski. I’m not sure it looks like a snowflake, more like a flower. And this continues essentially the same…
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Christmas presents for coworkers
I work in a library, so this was a great present for my coworkers. I used a guitar pick punch on library cards of various vintages (there’s been four different designs used since I started my job), made a hole with a micropunch that I bought years ago for making earring display cards, and added…