tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49140253476495255742012-01-29T23:07:03.446-05:00My thoughts ... my writings ... my beading ... I welcome your thoughts and your writings and your beading ...Reginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478032600884702958noreply@blogger.comBlogger1431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914025347649525574.post-88858414876313633392012-01-29T20:54:00.002-05:002012-01-29T20:54:19.267-05:00

Here is my entry to this month's Art Bead Scene Challenge... I used African Green Opal and orange Carnelian, along with a mini Ampelos clasp in Copper from ORRTEC as my interpretation of William Morris' wallpaper design. I like the way it turned out, how about you?

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The winner of the necklace and earring set is ... Heather of My Muse, Aquariart. Congratulations, Heather and good luck in the New Year with your goals of creating more and submitting more of your creations for publication. If you would email me your address I will get this set off to you. My thanks to all of you who shared your goals and dreams for 2012.  May you all attain your

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Today begins the sign up for Lori Anderson's 5th Bead Soup Party! To sign up hop on over to her blog! Check out some of the fun I had at the previous parties! Trust me it's a lot of fun. Bead Soup Party I Bead Soup Party II Bead Soup Party III Bead Soup Party IV Have a great weekend, everyone. Oh! don't forget my necklace giveaway in my previous post.Sign up

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My wishes for you for 2012... (I borrowed and modified this poem from this neat web site of Festivals of the World) Hours of happy times with family and friendsAbundant time for relaxationProsperity Plenty of love when you need it the mostYouthful excitement at life's simple pleasures Nights of restful slumber Everything you needWishing you faith and hope Years and years of good

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Look at what I won!What a great Christmas gift! A few weeks ago Cyndi Lavin of Beading Arts.com hosted a giveaway, the prize was this book by Carles Codina. You can read her review of the book on her blog posting, it sounds like a terrific book. I am so excited, can't wait to receive it. I am taking my first metalsmithing class in January and looking forward to embarking in new directions! Thank

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Frosted Berries, anyone? If you have been blog hopping these last few days you would have read about how some artisans have got together and are having an auction in order to help a fellow artisan and her family who have literally  had the rug pulled from under their feet. Many of you visited my blog during the Challenge of Color Blog Hop and commented on how much you liked my Frosted Berries

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Shel of Mishel Designs is hosting her first Holiday Shop Hop this year. The event will take place all day Saturday (Dec. 3rd) and Sunday (Dec. 4th). Many talented artisans have opened their shops for this shopping blog hop, including myself. Shel has done an awesome job, gathering us all together and getting us organized. Thank you, Shel! I am going to take this opportunity to introduce you to

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Not too long ago, Jane Perala of Jane Perala Designs had this gorgeous set of beads for sale. The luscious red centerpiece caught my eye and I had to have it.  Photograph from Jane Perala Designs They truly are beautiful beads, and I want to share what I made with them... I have added to her lampwork beads - two large jet black Swarovski rondelles, gold-filled wafers as spacers, and red

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This 2nd Annual Challenge of Color Blog Hop, hosted by Erin of Treasures Found-Inspiration is Everywhere,  brings together 54 of us beader bloggers. Each one of us chose a color and then were given a color palette built around our main color choice. Erin took on a massive undertaking and worked with 12 of these color palettes, you have got to check out her gorgeous results.  This is my color

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More talented artisans, more giveaways and more great deals. If you have always wanted to buy beads or components or jewelry made by many of the talented bloggers that you visit, here is your chance. This is a wonderful opportunity to support them and buy something for yourself as well. I have been shopping, have you yet? See the list of participants and giveaways at host Lori Anderson's blog,

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Have you checked out the first ever Virtual Craft Show hosted by Lori Anderson of the Bead Soup Party Fame? Some of our favorite artisans are opening their virtual doors with some great deals... Check them out, and what better way to spend Small Business Saturday, than shopping at your favorite small business! There are some great giveaways just for visiting and commenting. Here are some of

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Have you heard? In South Korea, with the increased cost of burial services and land for grave sites becoming scarce, the practice of cremation is being encouraged by the government. As more and more of it's citizens turn to cremating their deceased loved ones, they have found creative ways to keep the memories alive and venerate the remains. Making beads from the ashes! Read all about it...

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I am taking part in the 2nd Annual Challange of Color Blog Hop hosted by Erin of Treasures Found, who finds Inspiration Everywhere!My challenge color is RED.Stop by on the 30th of November to check out the results of the challenge.

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With Gratitude! To my husband, to all our Veterans, and very specially to our beading Veterans, Thank you!

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Remember the big sale on October 2nd hosted by 'Love my Art Jewelry', well, I went shopping at Melinda Orr's store and checked out her collection of fabulous clasps. It was difficult to choose, but finally settled on four, and here is what I made with one of them... A Copper hook and eye, but not any old hook and eye. Melinda is known for her artistic textured metal work and check out this

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It has been almost 3 weeks since my last blog posting and the Bead Soup Party! What a grand party it was. Thank you Lori and my partner Rose for the organization and the beads, and a big thank you to all the Bead Soup Party blog hoppers, who stopped by and commented on my creations. Your visit and comments are greatly appreciated. I must confess that I have not visited all 362 blogs yet, but I

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Finally, the much awaited Bead Soup Party! It's time to unwrap the results of our creative cooking! I received my bead soup mix from my partner Rose Binoya, and the color scheme was a pretty sky blue with wood brown and gold. I had so many elements to work with and I tried to use as many of the beads as I could. First, the pair of wooden dragonfly beads, I decided it was to be a pair of earrings

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And I thought I had it all together... I had timed my Bead Soup Post, though somewhat incomplete, to post at 1 minute after midnight on 9/16/2011, duh! not 9/17/2011. So if you were at your blog between 12.01 am and 4.48 am EST on 9/16/2011 you might have had a taste... of my soup. I think I got it right this time and I hope to see you tomorrow.... Here's a list of all those participating!

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I would like to introduce you to Rose Binoya, (aka Ahtee or big sister) a lover of all things pretty! Rose is my partner for my fourth Bead Soup Party Swap, and take a look at the goodies I received from her. I love the dragonfly theme and the colors, and the possibilities! I have not been able to get these beads off my mind since the day I received them.  The beads came with a lovely handmade

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Did you hear about the photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of bling in outer space? The Necklace Nebula is located 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagitta (the Arrow). This composite image was taken on July 2, 2011 by the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3. CREDIT: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)  You can read about this amazing

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It is Party Time!Don't forget to sign up! Follow this to sign up!

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No, not just dog lovers, this is a story that will make everyone smile.... Read all about George, the world's biggest and tallest gentle giant!  Weighing in at 18 stone! A stone is 14 pounds, that's 252 lbs of dog! Have a great weekend!

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Sundancegems is the name of my jewelry shop/brand. And it has nothing to do with the other more famous Sundance. I remember working on setting up my website in November of 2004 and coming up with a name while sitting at the computer. Why Sundancegems? It's the name of the subdivision I live in and I love working with gemstones. It's that simple. I thought I would show you some of my latest

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Heathers Powers of Humblebeads fame is celebrating her soon to be released new book 'Jewelry Designs from Nature'. Congratulations, Heather! And she has invited the beading community to join her in her celebration with some challenges to create by drawing inspiration from Nature. I thought I would join in and here is my answer to her week 2 challenge. I made the bird's nest following a tutorial

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Have a Safe and Happy Celebration!

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It's more butterflies and blue sky! Celebrating the season with earrings.This one has Venetian glass beads and Niobium earwires from Artbeads.com.Bright orange enamelled butterflies from Gardannebeads.Have a great weekend!

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It's the beginning of Summer! It's is hot down here in Florida! There are some 400 wild fires raging in the State, but nothing like the ones out west in Arizona. Where are the hurricanes when you need them? But its a case of being careful what you wish for... So I am thinking some cool thoughts, light and breezey thoughts, pretty pink thoughts...

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Some Fun Earrings for Some Summer Fun! I call these my 'Pushing Up Daisies' earrings! Love the carved magnesite skulls, they come is such happy colors.Have a great weekend with all the Dads in your family!

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All you got to do to win them is hop on over to Andrew's blog and leave a comment! The selection of beads are from the following designers/stores 1. Green Girl Studios2. Diane Hawkey3. Pam Wynn and Heather Wynn-Millican4. Susan Lenart Kazmer5. Raven's Journey6. Lisa Peters Art7. HumbleBeads8. Earthenwood Studio9. Amazing Porcelain Are they not truly glorious?

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As a Design Partner for Artbeads.com I am taking part in their latest blogging challenge, where we were asked to draw inspiration from the past. The only requirement for this design challenge was that we incorporate an 'old' item and add modern elements to make it 'New Again'. Well, I decided to go with really old as in ancient and extinct old! I had bought this beautiful pendant of an Ammonite

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The picture says it all.No need for words.If you want to win these beads,Hop on over and comment to enter! These gorgeous beads are from Golem Studio!Look what I made the last time I played with their stoneware beads. Have a great weekend!

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I first became acquainted with Tagua (Tah-gwa) beads, when Bead Style Magazine in March 2008 featured a colorful spring necklace made from slices of Tagua nut. Then in December of 2010, I won some Tagua Bead Jewelry Kits from EcuadorianHands.com sponsored by Pearl of The Beading Gem, who was blogging about the eco-friendly Tagua Beads from Ecuador. Some weeks later I received this envelope from

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Barbara Lewis is celebrating the release of her new book on Amazon with a great giveaway for all her beading friends. Congratulations Barbara! Take a look at these beads, aren't they gorgeous? If you would like a chance at winning these beauties, hop on over to her blog and follow her instructions to win...

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You have got to check out this giveaway sponsored by Art Bead Scene Blog, the place to go to find out all you ever wanted to know about Art Beads, but was afraid to ask! Erin of Treasures Found is organizing this giveaway with goodies from many of the artists featured in the 2011 Buyer's Guide to BEADS.  What a collection! Here is a selection of some the gorgeous beads that are part of the

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 Happy Mother's Day!

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After being away for so long from the beading and blogging scene, I am trying to get back in my groove by blog-hopping and checking out what my fellow beaders have been up to these past two months... I find that posting about current giveaways is a good way to get back into the blogging groove... Check out these beautiful pastel spring colors. This wonderful selection of beads and findings from

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Want to add some creative color combinations to your jewelry?Check out this generous giveaway by Lori Anderson of Pretty Things and Lori Anderson Designs. To win a copy of the book Color Harmony 2 all you have to do is post a comment on her blog.You have to hurry as the drawing for a lucky winner is happening on Tuesday May 10th. A guide to creative color combinations!

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Happy Sunday morning to you all! It has been a long time! First, let me explain my long absense from my blog. It was all due to Taxes and Travel. March madness to me meant getting my books ready for my CPA and completing the filing of my taxes, both personal and business, and then April brought travel, a three week trip to Sri Lanka. Got back on Thurday, still suffering from jet lag, and trying

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Tonight I used the random number generator from Random.org to obtain a number between 1 and 106 to choose the winner of my 'Sunshine on my Shoulder' earrings and the number was 24.... Esme. I would also like to thank all 106 of you who stopped by to comment on my necklace and earrings. Your visit and your comments mean so much to me. Thank you! Now, I would like to introduce you all to Esme

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Yesterday, I finally finished my - around the world - tour of all the Bead Soup Party blogs! All of the other 209! If you are still blog hopping here is my soup creation! A big THANK YOU to Lori Anderson for organizing this great Bead Soup Party. I can only imagine how big the next one would be. I would need to take a few days off from work to do the blog hopping! What a journey this has been!

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WELCOME To the 3rd BEAD SOUP BLOG PARTY So, what is a Bead Soup Blog Party, you ask? Each beader was paired up with another jewelry designer by our hostess, Lori Anderson and tasked with  sending their chosen partner:A Focal A Special Clasp (and not the ordinary lobster clasp) And some coordinating beads.  Using the focal and the clasp is mandatory, but everything else could be either from the

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This month Artbeads.com presented a challenge to its design partners and the theme was Winter Enchantment. Living in Florida, I used my imagination to conjure up a picture just like the one below of Maria Grimes' backyard after a snowfall in California! Did you know that this winter, Florida was the only state in the union that did not have snow on the ground?  I guess I could have worked with a

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Andrew Thornton's word of the week is BOUNDLESS.  To me boundless means unending, without boundaries and without limits.  It reminded me of this unending necklace of cultured freshwater Pearls that I had made some time ago. These pearls were of a unique shape - little cylinders - and I thought they would give a new meaning to the traditional string of pearls. Boundless Pearls Andrew invites

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Here are some great giveaways happening this weekend, so take some time to visit these blogs for some fabulous prizes. First stop, say Hi to Andrew, back from Tucson and giving away some of his famous family's newly unveiled beads. These goodies are from Green Girl Studios, and my favorites are the peacock toggle and the little elephant charm. What a wonderful collection! Picture courtesy of

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I hope everyone has had or is having a great day today! Last week I posted about my entry to the Happy Mango Beads Valentine's Day contest 'Bead My Valentine". Today the winners were announced... And the best in show award goes to none other than Dawn Marie Douchette for her intricate and romantic necklace. So beautiful, so delicate. Congratulations, Dawn! Now I can say, I knew her before she

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Not too long ago I posted about the Be My Valentine contest being sponsored by Happy Mango Beads. Today I would like to show you the piece I entered... I call it a dozen red roses for my sweetheart! What do you think?  What do you get for your sweetheart on Valentine's Day? 

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If you are a regular bead blogger you certainly know about Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Swap Party! Today I want to introduce you to my Bead Soup Swap Partner. I will be sharing my Bead Soup with Suzette Bentley of Ellie's Bijoux. Suzette's has been designing jewelry for a few years and in 2010 embarked on her website and blog.  Take a look at the beads and findings I received from her for my Bead

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Photograph coutesy of Birgitta I wake up this Saturday morning, get the coffee brewing and sit down to check my blog... and I have news from Sweden, that I won! Yes, Birgitta picked my name as the lucky winner of nine of her colorful ceramic goodies... Thank you, Birgitta! Birgitta's artistic talents caught my eye when she was picked as the Designer of the Week in the January Challenge 

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I am sure by now you have heard about Lori's wonderful giveaway!  She is giving away the one thing you really need to make such great earrings!An ImpressArt Letter Stamp Set from P.J. Tool & Supply. Mixed-up Love Earrings by Lori If you are like me and had a very busy weekend and are now sitting down to catch up, then you better hurry on over to Lori's blog - Pretty Things, and follow her

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A hundred followers and growing... I am humbled and honored that you all choose to spend some of your time with me. I thank you for your visits and I cherish your comments. You have introduced me to a whole new world of gorgeous beads and creative beading and more wonderful people! I must also thank our generous bead suppliers, who make it all so affordable and keep it interesting and add to the

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Back on December 22nd, Lorelei announced a Fusionbead.com Blog Challenge and I joined in because the beads and findings she suggested were not the ones I regularly use and tweeked my interest. I ordered my beads the very same day from both Fusionbeads.com and Beadaholique and inspite of the early order, some items have still not arrived, so I made do with the beads I received. I guess it was all

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The happy people from Happy Mango Beads have just announced another beading contest (and it is not just for jewelry) for Valentine's Day inspired projects. The categories that you can enter are... Loves me like a rock - gemstonesRose are red, violets are blue - flowersI heart you! - heartsUnchained Melody - chains, metalLove Shack - wood, glassLove makes the world go 'round - ethnicPuppy Love

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If you would like to improve your beading skills, learn a new technique, or find out the correct way to perform some beading/jewelry making task, this is the site you need to check out. It is called Beaducation and it is such a treasure trove of information. You can shop for tools and other supplies... Along with plenty of free how to videos and written guides... and plenty of online video

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And nobody really listened. I, now have a scientific study backing up something that I have known all along... Housework is bad for your health. Raising your blood pressure  Read the conclusion of a study done by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine shows that cooking, cleaning and shopping (Do you think shopping for beads would do that? maybe? excitement? joy?) caused the highest

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Did you know that Jasper was petrified mud? Petrification is the term used when organic material turns to stone. Mud is just an organic soup (I like the way the word soup has been used in 2 of my 3 posting this year, got bead soup in the brain! can't wait!) that turns to stone, a process that takes over 100 years... I love Jasper! I love the variety of colors and markings found in Jaspers from

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Did you know that January is National Soup Month? Did you know that January 22 is National Soup Swap Day? What do you do on National Soup Swap day? Make soup, of course! You make a big pot of your favorite soup and you call up some friends. That's what you do! I love soup! Who doesn't? If you want to have a Soup Swap Party, you will find instructions on planning it here. So how do Beaders

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Wishing You All a Healthy and Happy New Year!

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As you gather with family and friends to celebrate  this wonderful day I bring you a selection of Christmas beads from Rings&Things Have a Merry Christmas! and Happy Beading!

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I am sure many of you are rushing around because time is running out and you still got all these family and friends on your list and you need to buy them gifts, and the weather is awful, and how can you get to the malls, and what can you get them??? Well, here is one way to get 10 people off your list and its free and you can do it at your computer in your PJs, while sipping a cup of hot

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Back in October, I posted the first of my designs for the Artbeads.com Colors of Fall design assignment  since then fall has left us and yes, its winter now, but somehow I could not get this piece together until this weekend. I hope you like the results. The colors I chose were inspired by Pantone's Woodbine colors by Peter Som. I have not used much silk or fibers in my jewelry and I wanted

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Remember the What Inspires You Beading Contest sponsored by Artbeads.com? Just look to the left! Well, I entered my Purple Passion necklace in the contest. If you would like to read about what inspired me to make this necklace, please check it out at the Artbeads.com contest site on FaceBook. The contest is currently in the public voting stage and everyone gets to pick out 5 of their favorites

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Celebrate this holiday season with Happy Mango Beads! Happy Mango Beads is sponsoring a 'Trim the Tree' Christmas Party! Make an ornament for the Christmas Tree and win! Your beaded tree ornament can be of beads purchased from anywhere and anybody, not just from Happy Mango Beads, that's very nice of them! The ornament must fit into any one of the 10 categories that they have listed. Which

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This week Andrew Thorton, known for his great Thursday Giveaways is giving away six, yes, I said six colorful spools of Soft Flex Craft Wire from the generous folks at the Soft Flex Company. Hurry on over to his blog and read all about it and enter to win by leaving a comment. The deadline for this great giveaway is Tuesday, December 7th. Talking about Andrew, in his shop he carries some of my

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Today November 27, 2010 has been declared the first ever Small Business Saturday! Show your support for local small busineses, your neighbourhood mom and pop stores, your local bead stores, frame shops, flower shops, craft stores, butchers, bakeries, candlestick makers, etc. ... you name it, they have it. These folks employ our neighbors, spend time and money giving back to the community and

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Happy Black Friday! It's a sale!  If you are up and cyber shopping, check out Sundancegems and Sundancegems-too for some great deals and have a great day!

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Happy Thanksgiving! Have a wonderful day with family, friends, and food!

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The winners of a pair of Gemstone Donuts from my Rings&Things goodie bag, determined by a random number generator, are Needlewings of A Frayed of Fibers and Stonesetter. Congratulations to both! Each of you will receive a pair of donuts, one of Picture Jasper and one of the green donuts. Please send me an email with your name and address so that I can mail your donuts to you. Enjoy! A big thank

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THANK YOU! Have a hugged a Veteran today?I did, and then he went off to work!I work in a bank, and I get to stay home? 

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In October I was informed by Dave of Ring & Things that I was the lucky winner of their monthly goodie bag, Yeah! So I waited with anticipation and then they arrived, Gemstone Donuts, the kind of donuts that are good for you, no calories, no guilt, no extra inches around the waistline! I LOVE natural gemstones, in fact, it was what lured me into beading in the first place, and this goodie bag

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Today I unveil, the first of my designs for Artbeads.com 'Colors of Fall' series, showcasing jewelry made by fellow Artbeads.com shoppers and design partners. I chose the Pantone 2010 'Purple Orchid' for my palette and particularly like how they described it as purple leaning to fuchsia, an unexpected choice for fall bringing magic and vibrancy to the season. Oh my, the possibilities... For my

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Using a random number generator the winner of the $25.00 gift certificate for beads of their choice from thebeadchest.com is Boot-C from Mamas got to Doodle!  Congratulations to the winner and a big thank you to every one who participated. Boot-C commented that if she won her choice of beads, she would choose snake beads. The original snake beads were actually made from the vertebrae of snakes,

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While you and I play and create and make a livelihood with our beads, I wonder how many of us realise the profound influence beads have had in the history of our world. Take beads from Africa for example. Back when European explorers, traders and missionaries were venturing into the African continent, one of the important items they took with them was beads. Beads, mainly of glass, were used as

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If you were born in October, a very Happy Birthday to you and a very Happy October to the rest of us. Read all about this necklace and earring set with a Boulder Opal pendant and white keshi freshwater pearls and round faceted smoky quartz beads. Interested? Let me know.

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For the second morning, we Tampa Bay residents woke up to a cool 65 deg. F.Slept last night with the air conditioner turned off and the windows open... very nice. As I resized a bracelet for a client, I thought, this bracelet says it all.... Good bye Summer and hello Fall. Enjoy the weekend!

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Happy October! Can you believe it was 65 deg. F this morning in the Tampa Bay area? Today I name the winner of my Necklace Giveaway!chosen by the Random Number Generator...And the winner is Dawn Marie of Designs by Dawn Marie.This happpens to be a special week for Dawn Marie, she also celebrates her birthday.Happy Birthday Dawn Marie! Thank you everyone, who visited and commented on my giveaway

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Back in 2007, while visiting my sister-in-law in New York, I noticed this strange and scraggly looking leafy cactus in her kitchen and commented on it. Well, she told me it was called 'Queen of the Night' and that it blooms for just one night in mid summer. I was intrigued and came back to Florida with a leaf cutting from her plant. This plant is also called Night Blooming Cereus Epiphyllum

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You got to check out Lori Anderson's (of Bead Soup Fame) new web site for her jewelry It is beautiful!Wonderful selection of jewelry!Great pictures!Very buyer friendly!Check it out! In order to celebrate the opening of her new website, Lori is giving away three great books. So hop on over to her blog and make your choice and comment to enter the giveaway. Hurry, the giveaway ends September 29th

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What great giveaways from fellow bead bloggers... please visit them and leave a comment to get your name in the hat. Isn't that one gorgeous necklace on the cover? Barbe Saint John has reviewed Margot Potter's latest book Bead Chic and is also giving away a copy to one lucky blog commenter. So hurry on over, to read all about it and enter the giveaway, but you got to do it before the 28th of

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On this beautiful Sunday morning, I wanted to share with you a pair of earrings I made with lampwork beads from Blue Seraphim. Jennifer makes some beautiful beads, the ones I purchased were Turquoise colored with Ivory dots. I added some genuine Turquoise rondelles and they are oh so beautiful! They are currently on sale at Sundancegems! You can also take advantage of a September Sale now

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I am sorry I am behind schedule, I promised to post the giveaway over the weekend, but the weekend got in the way. I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. I had an additional three days off last week, spent sometime completing and delivering a custom order of jewelry for a friend's wedding party, spent sometime/lunch with a very good friend, and some doctor's appointments. Then the weekend

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Back in late May, I won this beautiful stoneware pendant from MaryAnn Carroll.Wouldn't you agree that it is the perfect fall pendant?So check out what I made with it. I used Blue Tiger Eye rounds wire-wrapped with Copper wire (good practice and therapeutical for me), a couple of yellow Tiger Eye rounds, three bronze coin pearls, with one circled by a flat Abalone ring. I thought the Abalone

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Check out this new beading contest! I know that many of you are very ingenious when it comes to recycling items from everyday use into great jewelry pieces. This contest is for you! Happy Mango Beads is launching the contest, begins today and you have only 15 days to get your entry in to them and its only one entry per person. They have categories to accommodate all types of media and

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Serenity is defined as a sense of calmness, peace, tranquility, or a similar restful state of mind. Something that we all strive to achieve, inspite of the hectic lives we lead. I try to find time for yoga sessions once a week and the best part of the session is always the breathing exercises that helps me relax, focus and hopefully strengthen me mentally. Serenity Bracelet with Coral,

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It is traditional that every bride wears something blue on her wedding day but do you know why? The tradition comes to us from long, long ago, brides from ancient Rome (another version says ancient Israel) wore blue ribbons on the border of their wedding robes to signify love, fidelity and modesty. These ideals are as important today and brides enter into marriage wearing 'something blue' on her

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As a Summer Time Design Partner of Artbeads.com, I was asked to make a few fun summer designs from their bountiful selection of beads. This summer has gone by so fast and it will soon be all over, I am only now able to blog about the jewelry I made from the beads I chose (what with family, vacations and issues with my photographic equipment!). But it's better late than never... Well, who could

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It's better late than never! As many of you know the Art Bead Scene Challenge for July was based on this painting 'Blue Feather' by Alexander Calder. This was to be my entry! But I had problems with my photography system and could not get these pictures done last month. For now, it seems my problems are temporarily solved and I was finally able to get some pictures taken of the jewelry I made

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Charoite Pendant & Peacock Blue Freshwater Pearls "Sweet dreams are made of this, who am I to disagree?"(Annie Lennox/Eurythmics, 1983) Did you know that sleeping with a piece of Charoite under your pillow calms disturbed sleep and dispels fearful dreams? That's what metaphysical gem enthusiasts will have you believe!  Charoite was discovered in 1947 in the Chary River area of the former

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In North America, around August 4th is the beginning of what is traditionally known as the 'Dog Days of Summer'. The 40 days that follow are sultry, sweaty, humid, and 'can fry eggs on the sidewalk' hot! The weekly weather forecast in Tampa calls for afternoon highs of 93ºF, with heavy lightening and thundershowers in the afternoon and feels like a 100º hot! Ever wondered how everyone survived

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The versatile and talented Andrew Thornton celebrates his 4th anniversary in the blogosphere with a giant giveaway of, what else but beads! Check them out... its hard to stop the drooling. Wow! Hurry on over, to his blog and leave your comment before Monday August 2nd. Happy Anniversary Andrew!

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Cyndi from Beading Arts is giving away this gorgeous Kingman Turquoise Cabochon from Cabbing Rough. So hurry on over to beading arts and leave a comment to get your name in the hat. I have not used a cab in my jewelry before, but if I win, this would be a great time to learn a new technique. Isn't it truly gorgeous? Look at the golden bronze infused into the turquoise, magnificent! Don't forget

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I found Happy Mango Beads through an advertisement in a bead magazine and was thrilled at the selection of exotic beads they carry from far-a-way lands. They have ancient beads and modern day beads, the store is a history lesson on beads! Some of the purchases I made from them resulted in this memorable necklace, using a handcrafted brass face mask and recycled sandcast glass beads from Ghana in

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The Child Abuse Council of Hillsborough County, FL is holding their fund raising event 'Christmas in July' tomorrow Friday July, 23 from 6 - 9 pm at the Child Abuse Council's Baby Bungalow at 3106 W Azeele St. in Tampa. The event includes a Silent Auction and Taste of Tampa Bay. It is for a worthy cause, I have heard the testimonies from the children they help, it is heart breaking! The

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The SuperNicePeople at HipChickBeads.com sent me an email and asked that I share it with my friends, so here it is... a coupon for free shipping ... for a limited time! How can you go wrong with a group that call themselves SuperNicePeople!Happy Shopping! Use the Code NOSHIPPINGFEE when you shop at www.HipChickBeads.com on the checkout page Hurry, this offer ends midnight Tuesday, July 20,

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This weekend the spectacular and colorful glass sculptures of the world renowned artist Dale Chihuly comes to town. The Morean Art Center, in St. Petersburg. FL is providing a home for an exhibition -The Chihuly Collection- which opened today. This will be the only permanent museum collection of Dale Chihuly's glass art. The Chihuly Collection will be housed in a building specifically designed (

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Last weekend was a rain event here in the Tampa Bay area, this weekend promises to be sunny, and even cooler than many parts of the Northeast USA!No matter where or what your plans.... at the beach.... or in your backyard.... Or if you plan to do some beading, check out the discount coupon to Artbeads.com that is valid though the end of July. Enjoy the weekend!

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As many of you already know, I am a Design Partner with Artbeads.com and today I received an exclusive discount code that I can share with all my fellow bloggers and friends. This discount code allows you to take advantage of a 10% discount on all purchases until July 31, 2010. Here is the magic code! SCF10P-ARTBEADS-0125 Combine this with the 4th of July BLOWOUT SALE they have going on

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 Check out the thursday treasure that is being given away by Andrew Thornton. This week he is giving away to one lucky blogger a copy of Kate McKinnon's book and DVD 'Sculptural Metal Clay Jewelry'. Wow! You can read all about the book in Andrew's book review, and check out some of Kate McKinnon's amazing jewelry at her website. She even has room in her upcoming class for Metal Clay in Tucson,

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THANK YOU, everyone for all your lovely comments. I, like everyone else who took part in the Bead Soup Party, had a wonderful time. I have visited almost all of the blogs and was amazed at the awesome collection of jewelry created for this party. I still have a few blogs to visit and will do so in the next few days. We have been having terribly strong thundershowers and lightning almost every

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What a great weekend it has been.  Lori Anderson of Pretty Things and event coordinator, had this great idea to extend the Bead Soup Party over an 8 day period allowing us to visit with all of the 97 bloggers who took part in the second bead swap party. I have been blog hopping since Saturday, and then again on Sunday having a wonderful time. On weekdays, my day time job gets in the way, but I

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