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Regaliz sized Handmade Glass Beads Finally available!
You asked.....have been asking for awhile and now they are here! I posted them on Facebook last night but before I send a mass mailing here you go! They are all on the website and available for purchase........ These super special beads are made on an OVAL mandrel...
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Vintage Jewelry from Grandma
One of the highlights of 2015 was attending my son's wedding to his lovely bride Morgan. While there, my sister and I had the opportunity to spend some quality time with our cousin Jennell. Long story but our family has been scattered across the county and only...
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Beads of Courage Bead Challenge 2015
So this will be me all day today - not that usual really except for what I'll be creating. Each and every bead that I create today will be donated! Beads of Courage is an amazing non for profit organization dedicated to bringing art to seriously ill children. We...
read moreBeads, Baubles & Jewels Television Show on PBS – Tomorrow it’s me!
It's finally here - my segment is the last one of the series and it airs tomorrow on your local PBS Station! Along with the show's fantastic host Katie, you get to watch as I create a glass bead on a mandrel.....and then - as I create a bead on a antique key!...
read moreAppleton Art at the Park and NEW Leather!Art
Recently the Sizzix company teamed up with the talented Jill MacKay to create a line of tools designed to cut leather into fun shapes at home! I was introduced to this at this years Bead & Button show - a representative from the company happened by my booth,...
read moreBead Retreat fun!
I was a most fortunate woman to be able to attend the yearly retreat sponsored by my local bead society. The Loose Bead Society is based in the Milwaukee area and has a really large membership....many that come from miles away (one would be me:-) The retreat was held...
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