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Tree Wings Studio Blog Hop and Challenge
If you're looking for my Bead Hoarders Blog Hop reveal piece, I'm sorry, I couldn't get anything finished. I had a case of Heat Exhaustion and haven't been able to finish my pieces. I'm still working...
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Work around the Ranch, Deck flower bed replanted
We've finally been getting a ton or work done around our small Texas ranch. We had redone the skirting/foundation around the bottom of the house in March, but had never gotten it done around the deck...
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Blu Mudd Bracelet Bar Design Challenge
Go HERE to vote for your favorite. But first please read about my design and journey.Yipee, I got to play again with one of Moriah Betterly's Ceramic Bracelet Bars in her current Design Challenge for...
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Goodbye Garfield
When our youngest son moved off to New York to do some volunteer work, we inherited his cat, Garfield. He was a NEEDY cat. Worse than a dog, but he was a lot of company. He always wanted to curl up...
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Polymer Clay Wonky Bead Blog Hop Challenge
Recently Kristi Bowman-Gruel at DreamSome Designs issued a challenge for all artists using her new Polymer Clay Wonky Beads. I love them, they are so rustic and earthy looking and feeling to me. So I...
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CBC 2000 Giveaway
Recently a group I'm in on Facebook, the Creative Bead Chat held a giveaway for reaching 2000 likes. There were about 40 different artists that donated prizes. All you had to do was comment on the...
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ZNETshows Keychain Lightning Round
Another great ZNETshows challenge. I was contacted a few weeks back by Hope of Crafty Hope and ZNETshows about doing a lightning round challenge with their Keychain hooks. The idea was, we pick out 2...
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OctoberFest or What do you do for Fall?
A while back, Rita/JewelSchoolFriends challenged us all to do something for Fall. It could be pictures, jewelry, bead-making, recipes, whatever. Then we were to post it on our blog. I love fall, so...
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Clay and Lampwork Blog Hop
Recently Lisa Lodge of Pine Ridge Treasures sent out the call for another blog hop. This one is a Clay and/or Lampwork Blog Hop. We signed up and received either a Clay or Lampwork set of beads to...
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Into the Forest Blog Hop
A while back, Lisa Lodge of A Grateful Artist sent out a challenge. She was providing beads for a blog hop with the theme, "Into the Forest". The challenge was to see how we would interpret that theme...
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Hot and Cold Jewelry Connections Book Review
I recently received this book from Kalmbach Publishing for review. It's written by Kieu Pham Gray. This is a fantastic book describing how to make jewelry with and without a torch. So many of us don't...
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ZNETshows Winter Pearl Challenge
As part of the ZNETshows design team, our newest challenge was for the Winter Glossi. It is a Winter Pearls Challenge. We were to pick out 3 pearl items and 2 other items, either crystals or base...
View ArticleBayMoonDesign Patina Challenge blog hop
Please bear with me. I'm having technical issues on my iPad and just deleted my pictures for the challenge. Unfortunately they're on my computer at home and I can't load them again until I get back on...
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Patina Challenge Blog Hop
I had my post all ready to go, had the pictures uploaded and then had to go out of town. No problem, I was taking my iPad with me so I could polish it up some before posting. Unfortunately, I can't...
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Weaving Freeform Wire Jewelry
Kalmbach has done it again, along with Kaska Firor. They sent me Weaving Freeform Wire Jewelry by Kaska Firor to review and it's a fabulous book. I love working with wire, and this book has my mind...
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Beautiful Leather Jewelry book Review
Here's another great book from Kalmbach books. This one comes to us from Melissa Cable, called, Beautiful Leather Jewelry, timeless techniques for today's trends. Melissa is a mixed media artist who...
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8th Bead Soup Blog Party Partner and Soup Teaser
I've signed up for Lori Anderson's latest Bead Soup Blog Party. I love these. This is the 8th one. She pairs you with a partner, you e-mail back and forth so you can get to know each other a little bit...
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Color of Dreams Blog Hop
Today is the day. I signed up for Rita of Jewel School friends' Color of Dreams blog hop. She graciously sent all the participants an orphan/ooak bead from Patricia of Color of Dreams Boutique to...
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Create Three Dimensional Jewelry book review
Kalmbach sent me another great book to review. This one is 'Create Three Dimensional Jewelry' by Heather DeSimone. Heather lives in Maine and has been taking apart and putting together jewelry for 35...
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My Bead Soup party Partner and my Soup reveal
I'm finally getting a chance to post about my great partner for the Bead Soup blog party. Her name is Katrina Taylor from 'Is the Babysitter here Yet?' blog. She's a veterinarian from Pennsylvania,...
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Bead Soup Blog Party
It's here! Finally the 8th Bead Soup Blog Party! Weeks ago, we signed up and were paired with our partners by Lori Anderson of Pretty Things. My great partner is Katrina Taylor of Is the Babysitter...
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Waxed Linen Blog Hop
(If you're looking for my BSBP Reveal post and design click HERE) Recently Diana of Suburban Girl studio issued a Waxed Irish Linen blog hop. The participants were to use waxed irish linen and...
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Ocean Blog Hop
A while back, Lisa Lodge from A Grateful Artist blog issued a call for an Ocean themed Blog hop. I'm not really an ocean person, but I love walking along the beach searching for seashells and...
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ZNETShows Summer Challenge Blog Hop
Back in April I was notified that as part of the ZNETshows Design team I was part of a new challenge. This one was a Summer challenge. The theme was 'Summer Days and Nights' and focused on their...
View ArticleSummer Carnival Blog Hop and Chicklet Blog Hop
If you're looking for my reveals for either the Summer Carnival blog hop or the Chicklet Bead blog hop, please return later. This has been an enormously busy summer for me (my youngest is getting...
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