Interview with a Spiritual Influence

Meet Meagan, a person I met on SwapSity.  Meagan knows how to say just enough and leaves you wanting more. Without giving anything away I can tell you I benefited when Meagan recently reduced her glass beads  ’stash’. As soon as I can I’ll be making some glass bead artisan jewellery.
H: Who are you in your [...]

Great News – eSMArties

MY FIRST ENTRY

There’s a new shop in town: the Etsy eSMArts boutique of hand crafted items.

Memories

Memory wire embellished with hearts, glass beads, and coiled wire beads: this is my first offering in a new shop at Etsy.com: the eSMArts Boutique.
At the Etsy gallery, where everything is handcrafted, a new boutique can be found. It is [...]

About Town – Handmade Jewellery

Look everybody and see what I’ve found!
 
Vanessa Glavac is a young entrepreneur who found a niche market; producing videos of basic techniques in beading. She breaks down each technique into easy to follow steps and, before you know it, you are creating your own artisan jewellery. Once you have these basic techniques you can do [...]

Spanish Bracelet 1

Cuff Bracelet to Spain

Cuff Bracelet Going to Spain

My sister wants a trip to Spain. She needs to save a whole lot of money to get there. As a reminder, like the string tied onto a finger, she commissioned a piece of artisan jewellery that would act in the same manner as the string.
I’ve had an awful [...]

Notes to Self # 7- Crimp Beads and Components

Confessions of a Control Freak.
I am excited about this find. Anything I can do without depending on somebody else is good in my books. And, since I like to bead in the evenings when the shops are closed, it’s good to learn how to make as many findings and components as possible.
Well! Here’s a lady [...]

Niki.Tasha – Lesson 14 – Amulet Bag Strap

Hiya, Niki. We’re almost done with the peyote technique.
A decision must be made how you intend to use this small amulet bag. Will you wear it attached to your belt? or around your neck? or as a cell phone strap?
If you choose to wear it around your neck, you must decide how long you want [...]

Note to Self 4 – Bead Journal Project

Hiya. I am really sorry that I can’t remember the person on whose website I discovered the Bead Journal Project. But, happy I am for having discovered it.
This will be the 2nd year for the Project and the 07-08 participants are just finishing up their works.
And the rest of us who are waiting to start [...]

Niki.Tasha – Lesson 5 – Colours

There are all kinds of websites that dedicate some space to defining the meanings of colours.  In Lesson 4 – Colour, we discussed colour theory and we explained cool and warm colours.  In addition to the theory, is the ‘feeling’ or reaction one has with colours. 
The warm colours of yellow, orange and red are gregarious, [...]

Niki.Tasha – Lesson 3 – Needles

Needles!  I have so much to say!
Once upon a time needles were an important part of a housemaker’s kit.  They were hard to come by then and were housed in elaborate needlecases; sometimes made of silver or gold and sometimes of wood and whalebone.  A valuable gift for  a sailor to give the sweetheart he [...]

Bead a Button

My mother died in 2001.  Behind she left a grieving husband and 3 daughters in shock.   She died suddenly and we all felt the terrible loss.  Daddy died just 9 months later.  And then we were orphans, hanging onto one another and in fear of diminishing the family still further.
We went through our parents’ belongings [...]