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Playtime 10 Nov 2012 | 04:35 am
Here's the first piece of jewelry I've made in over a year. (My son really loves LEGO, can you tell?) It's a neck cuff assembled from my son's stash - a completely temporary affair, but it was fun t...
Easter Egg Maracas 17 Apr 2012 | 06:55 am
I went to Target this morning for sundries and discovered that the store has marked down all Easter supplies to 90% off original price. The section was mostly picked through, but they had a ton of pl...
All I Got Was a Rock 12 Mar 2012 | 08:09 am
I finally decided that hauling the SO out to collect geodes in a riverbed was not realistic, at least for the next year or two given his age, so I gave in and we picked out one at the local rock shop ...
I'm in love... 12 Jan 2012 | 09:04 am
Oh, how I love this... (The artist is painting between layers of resin, fyi.) (Yes, I'm still alive - I even have new work to show, if I can get my act together to photograph it. You know you've be...
Boy Beads 12 Aug 2011 | 12:42 pm
I had to place an order with Oriental Trading Company recently for some party supplies. As usual, I got sucked into the website and ended up buying a few more things, including these super-cute foam r...
Fire Mountain Gems and Beads, Grand Prize Silver Medal Winner 23 Jul 2011 | 07:44 am
I've produced so few new pieces in the past couple years, it gives me a great deal of pleasure to be able to reveal, finally, one of my favorites - my bracelet entitled "Evolution". Fire Mountain Gems...
Still Alive, Still on Hiatus 15 Jul 2011 | 05:21 am
My in-laws were visiting, and they took the SO (and me) to the Museum of Science and Industry. Ironically, he wanted to spend most of his time there in the 727 they have as a walk through exhibit on t...
Who Does Mattel Think It Is? 21 Jun 2011 | 04:04 am
Okay, I admit it, I'm steaming mad. My son, about whom I often write, is 5 years old. He adores superheroes. Simply adores. For his age group, I am quite certain we have one of the biggest superhero t...
Bead & Jewelry Linky Love 25 Apr 2011 | 04:57 pm
I've been reviewing old work recently. Here's one of the first necklaces I ever made, "Charmed Kiss", designed around one of Sarah Moran's wonderful buttons. (It ultimately appeared in the gallery sec...
Shameless Self-Promo 24 Apr 2011 | 07:12 am
I just received my author copy of the magazine in the mail today - it was a fun trip down memory lane. The bulk of the projects I wrote for Creative Jewelry are reproduced here, as are many of my favo...
