I guess I'm a little excited about this bunch that I pulled from the kiln yesterday. First the full set of the swirled beads that I ment...

Well, it's been a busy week. For some reason, I got a cleaing bug and managed to get the house in really nice shape. Delivered orders, ...

This is an unusual year. Spring seems to be coming quickly although the temperatures don't necessarily reflect it. The bulbs on the sou...

What is the saying? Oh, yeah - "It never rains, but it pours." We've been slogging along through the winter, taking care of w...

It isn't much, but at this time of the year, it doesn't take much! It's been raining and ugly. This has been a somewhat mild w...

I was reading a thread in an online forum about needle felting. It referred to a YouTube video which intrigued me. We passed a wool shop o...

Watching the lunar eclipse last night, I was reminded of a once in a lifetime experience I shared 10 years ago with my husband and son. We...

I was making a lot of organic beads. I love that style, but sometimes, I need to work with some bright colors. First, I made something that...

When we had our retail shop, a trip to NYC had become almost run of the mill. Since the shop was sold in 2000, I haven't been there, so...

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...