You know, I know I've mentioned the magazine, The Essential Herbal, that my sister publishes. I think I've mentioned that I do the...

Well, I've been seeing lots of "shard" beads online and have been wanting to try them for myself. This is my first attempt. I...

If you read my blog even occasionally, you might be getting tired of seeing this style of beads from me: I've just been so fascinated b...

This shows both sides of a 39 x 17mm focal. Sunflowers seem to be an ongoing theme around here. I've made sunflower beads before, but n...

Lots of conflicting feelings right now. Our son is leaving today on his great adventure to an unknown new life across the country. Here he i...

About 22 years ago, we spent "Old Year's Day" in St. Thomas. It was the year before I became pregnant and my husband had surpr...

A couple of images from this Christmas Eve... I started baking this morning at 8. This is the platter I took up to Tina's tonight as my...

This may be somewhat disjointed and a bit more personal than usual, but... I guess I'm just having a few thoughts about the holidays. TI...

I've had a couple of requests for some beads (and a bracelet) like the one I showed a couple of weeks ago called "Moonscape". ...

Well, maybe we won't be closing quite so firmly this year! Today was to have been the last day we were open for the year, but there may...

Amazing how quickly time flies sometimes! We've been having little snows every day or so and it seems to be sending everyone into a tiz...

No beads today, but the weather has brought us a wintry blast. There has been a lot of discussion on the Essential Herbal Yahoo List about s...

I've been studying these sets for some time and in the evenings, in between crises the last few days, I figured out how to handle them....

I just added a bunch of new things to the Torchsong website , in particular on the focals page. They include pendants and necklaces: And a ...

We see the change very sharply here. Although a few of the maple trees are still ablaze. This one is right outside our bathroom window an...

Well, all I have to say today is that the next time Tina says, "Looks like we have a clear weekend ahead", I'm going to smack...

When I was very young, I decided I would NEVER cook a turkey. After watching my grandmother prepare various holiday dinners, I was horrifi...

As I was titling this entry, I realized I had written a very similar entry in March, 2006 about the unusually warm and early spring. This ...

That wasn't my original theme on this piece, but once I added the little dangles at the bottom, it was all I could think of. The base be...