Musings

Musings on “Variations on a Theme”

Musings on “Variations on a Theme”

One of my favorite parts of beadmaking and teaching is the idea to come up with a new design without really creating something entirely new, I...

23rd of August

23rd of August

Since I had the pleasure of welcoming a few new members to the group, I thought there was time for an update. If you have been “with me” for a...

People who change our lives

People who change our lives

I think we all have people in our lives who influenced us in a way we had no idea at the time. This weekend I thought of one of those people…I don’t...

How NOT to make a Clownfish murrini

How NOT to make a Clownfish murrini

In the summer of 2010, during a particularly hot week, I decided to spend a little time in my studio and make something easy and relaxing, like a...

Flowers in Our Garden

Flowers in Our Garden

Hi, I wanted to invite you to take a tour of our flower garden! In a perfect world, each picture would be accompanied by a corresponding floral bead...

Bead Darwinism

Bead Darwinism

What could beads have possibly to do with Charles Darwin? Well, yesterday I was just sitting around, contemplating this and that, and I wondered how...