Monthly Archives: March 2009

EART Team Treasury: Purple Nurples

Doesn’t that title make you smile? I love purple, so I tend to use a lot of it in my jewelry. Today I found out that a fellow EART team member, Monarchdancer, chose my “Spring Fancy” earrings to be in her treasury called Purple Nurples. Here’s a picture of it–I’m bottom row middle. These earrings were made with purple freshwater pearls, peridot green faceted glass beads, and copper wire.

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My EART Team Business Wishlist: Kiln, “Gypsy” Wagon, a Million Dollars . . .

I’m participating in a “Blog Carnival” with my fellow Etsy EART (Eclectic Artisans Team), and the first topic is for us to write a wishlist of up to five things we want for our business this year. So here goes! I don’t have five wishes (unless you count making a million or so bucks selling my jewelry), so I’ll just start with the two at the top of my list. 1. I’d really like to have a … Read more

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All Around Interesting Day: Artbeads.com, ETSY Treasury, EART team . . .

What an interesting day I’ve had! First, I got an email from Steve at Artbeads.com telling me they were looking for a few jewelry designers who also blog to feature reviews of some of their items. In exchange, Artbeads.com is offering these bloggers free supplies to review. So of course I was flattered, and I jumped at the chance! There were so many great choices, but I decided on a blue enameled copper pendant with the Chinese symbol … Read more

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Teaching Beginning Wire Wrapping Classes

I’m excited to report that I’ve teamed up with Heather Kingsmore, the owner of a great new jewelry and bead store called Beads to Beauty in Ruidoso, NM, and we’ll be teaching classes. Heather creates some of the prettiest strung bead jewelry pieces I’ve seen, so she’ll be teaching stringing lessons. Meanwhile, I’ll be teaching wire-wrapping techniques, starting with a basic or beginning class. My first class will be Thursday, March 12, from 5-6:30, and … Read more

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