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I Need to Buy a Lottery Ticket
Yesterday I was chosen to be one of the lucky 5 for Joanne Tinley's Flower Bangle Challenge. How very exciting! Also a bit nerve wracking, as I'm terrified of not being able to do it justice. But I'm...
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Alice in Wonderland Blog Hop!
Staci & Genea organized their first blog hop after discovering they were both big fans of Alice in Wonderland. I was immediately drawn to the idea, and then shortly thereafter began panicking. I...
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Mondays aren't good for clever titles
I wasn't super productive this weekend - 2 pairs of earrings that I didn't photograph, one finished necklace, and one necklace in process. Here's the finished necklace. It's a really beautiful Round...
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Just a quick entry, as it's Father's Day and I should be getting ready to go over to my sister's house for the big Father's Day lunch!Round Rabbit heart pendant, agate, carved bone, Czech glass, wood...
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Daisychain Flower Bangle Challenge Hop
Today's the day! I was lucky enough to be one of five winners for the super talented Jo Tinley's Flower Bangle Challenge. I was so happy to get the poppy, because even though they're all wonderful - I...
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Awesome Giveaway!
Check out this amazing giveaway on Lori's blog!You could win all this:Or this:Or this:Or this:Or a bead soup mixed by her!Make sure to go check out her blog to enter!!!
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Early July
I have a Round Rabbit problem. I cannot stop buying Nancy's pieces! I've got two batches on their way to me currently, at least 10 pieces as yet unused, and at least as many more already turned into...
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My Bead Soup Has Arrived!
My partner is Kitty Bozzini - she makes beautiful, colorful lampwork beads and she made these just for me! Check out her etsy shop and her Facebook page to see what fabulous beads she makes.Here's the...
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Bead Soup Blog Party #6
It's that time again! If you missed the blog about what my partner Kitty Bozzini sent me, you can check it out here. She's a very talented lampwork artist and made me an assortment of beads and even a...
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Not Quite Back to Normal
I haven't blogged in ages - I'm sure you've all been crying yourselves to sleep at night about it, right? Okay, maybe not. But I have a good excuse. About a month ago I hurt my back. I wish I had a fun...
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Activity Modification
Some of you may know I've been having some back issues lately. Well, I got the results of my MRI last week, and it turns out I have two, yes TWO ruptured discs. Hooray! That's what 15 years of sitting...
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Catching Up
It's probably been a month or so since my last blog. I'm sorry about that. Things have been busy lately. After I hurt my back, I kind of lost all inspiration to make jewelry. I was pretty bummed about...
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Back in the Swing
Finally, after what seemed like eons, I am inspired and making jewelry like a crazy person! I can only do so much at a time; I do not care to go through all that back pain again. But slow and steady...
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Gossiping Goddess / Cheeky Cherub Challenge Reveal
For some wonderful reason, Kaz from Cheeky Cherub Designs decided to bestow a heap of leftover lamp work beads on Lesley Gossiping Goddess Watt. In a very fun and generous move, Lesley decided to share...
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I'm on Fiyah!
I am an embarrassingly bad blogger!!! So to recap since whenever it's been... I had shoulder surgery shortly after Christmas. All went well, and I should be pain free in about 2 more months. My doctor...
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Long Overdue
It's been a very long time, but I have a pretty good pile of excuses. At the end of February, my sweet little dog, Crazers, who's been featured on this blog many times, got very sick. I spent a few...
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I was one of the lucky winners for this month's Art Jewelry Elements blog challenge! Susan SueBeads Kennedy made some colorful lampwork ruffle discs. The one I received was aqua & mango. It's...
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Nigel is getting to be ever more difficult when I'm trying to make jewelry.And if he's not there, he's climbing up my lap onto my work table, or chewing on wire?!?!! I've managed to work around him a...
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BlueberriBeads & Thea Elements Challenge Hop!
For this exciting challenge, Caroline of BlueberriBeads and Lesley of Thea Elements combined and sent us all a package of some of each of their creations! The pieces I got weren't my usual color...
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Stacked Earrings Challenge!!!
It's a real challenge getting me to blog. But here I am to share with you the results of Malin's Stacked Earrings Challenge!For those of you who don't know Malin de Koning, she is an incredibly...
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Stacked Earrings Challenge #2
Admittedly, I held this one up a little by having to go and get shoulder surgery. The nerve of me, right? Well, I'll tell you what - it sucks! It hurts! And I haven't been able to make jewelry in 3...
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Welcome to the third installment of the Stacked Earrings Challenge!This time, Leah sent us a glorious selection of beads. Malin took a beautiful sorted-by-color photo of them for us.For the last two, I...
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The Holidays are Here Again!
I've been busy busy busy making new things for the three markets I have coming up this season. Please stop by and say hi if you're local!
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Stacked Earrings Challenge #4
It's been awhile, but here we finally are with the penultimate Stacked Earrings Challenge! I think we can blame the holidays. Hopefully the last one will be sooner than later.This time, it was Rebecca...
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The severely overdue final installment of the Stacked Bead Challenge!
This time, it was my fault. I had made up my packs of beads to send the ladies well over a year ago, but then Rebecca was next and then we all kinda forgot about it for a while. Someone finally...
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