Bead around the world beads!
Aren’t these great?! These are the beads from the Bead around the world swap, in which I participated at the beginning of the year. All of the beaders except Sylvia are in Europe (mostly Germany). I made the bead at the lower left, specified my colors and finished size (I was pretty flexible), and the…
Beading for a Cure – auction ends soon!
If you’d like to bid on my necklace, now is the time! Bidding closes Monday, about noon Pacific .
A visit to the Mingei International Museum
I posted earlier about some of the details of the Bead Museum’s collection coming to the Mingei, as well about Judith Bertoglio-Giffin’s talk for the Bead Society of San Diego County, also held at the Mingei. Now, on to the museum itself! The Mingei International Museum of Folk Art, Craft, and Design “reveals the beauty…
Beading for a Cure: my necklace is up for auction!
It’s time to bid if you’d like to purchase my necklace! All proceeds are going to the National Colorectal Cancer Research Association. The rope is a stitch variant I developed, which I’m calling twisted right angle weave. Bidding ends April 18th.
500 posts!
Wow, for initially not being entirely sure I wanted to blog, I have certainly stuck with it. I first started blogging on February 10, 2008, so that’s 500 posts in about 3 years. I have found value in blogging, from documenting my work to sharing beadwork and other visual arts I’ve seen. I’ve learned WordPress…