Acrylic floor wax + beads equals…
Slightly shinier, somewhat stiffer beadwork! I have previously been a bit reluctant to dip my beads in acrylic floor wax. Diane Fitzgerald recommends it for a project of hers that I’m working on, but I wanted to try the final step of dipping the project using just a sample first. The final piece is in…
Cyn and Marcia
Cyn Bicker is an online beading friend (I’ve met some of her beadwork, but not Cyn in person), and she’s decided to bead Marcia DeCoster‘s Beaded Opulence cover-to-cover. Read her intro, and enjoy her journey. Time for Cyn to go Swarovski shopping!
Bead blogs added
Here’s a few more: Veronik Bijoux La pasión de TupiBlue Blacky at home KRAJKY A KORALKY
An ode to a library – Prairie Edge bead library
So, walking up a flight of stairs at Prairie Edge in Rapid City, South Dakota, you see this: Wait, what does that sign say? Yup. This is exactly what it is. Check out these cabinets of beads, all amazing Italian beads, now no longer made. Interested in blues and greens? This one has that amazing…
Beading for a Cure necklace complete!
Here’s a closeup of the center front: The necklace is about 21″ long, with a hidden hook-and-eye underneath the back cabochon. I have used at least one of every bead in the kit, and my bead addition was gold-plated charlottes. The cabs are foiled glass vintage Cherry brand, from occupied Japan. The cabs and surrounding…