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National Seed Beading Month?
So, I mused in a tweet that instead of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, where writers produce a 50,000 word novel by writing every day), I/we should bead every day. Should it be NaBeMo? NaSeBeMo? That would be National Seed Bead Month — but I said this in 140 characters or less, of course! Jennifer…
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Blogs added to the blogroll
Here are a few I’ve recently added Rékácska’s Boutique hannah studio (soutache galore!) veidoju rotiņas (first Latvian beading blog in my blogroll)
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Beadwork books at the American Craft Council library
The ACC library has a new library catalog, and out of curiosity, I entered “beadwork” into the search box at the top. The 76 results don’t include many of the how-to books of my very extensive public library, but do include some interesting historical and cultural titles. I see titles on Yoruba beadwork, Navajo beadwork,…
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Denim right angle weave bracelet, step 3
I’ve had just a bit of beading time, so I want to show the progress I’ve made on this bracelet: I’ve really not picked a good project for limited time. I modified the straight layered right angle weave bar of beads I made earlier to create this double-ended arrow shape, and I successfully made the…
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Mary Tafoya teaching in Boulder
Colorado beaders, check out the great classes you can take from Mary Tafoya at the Handweaver’s Guild of Boulder! Mary is teaching mixed media embroidery, color theory, and beading with sequins. The classes are coming up soon, November 14-15, so register soon if you can go. I know she’s an excellent teacher, so this is…