Wednesday, November 30, 2016. Art Elements November Component of the Month - Kristie Roeder Artisan Clay. In the November month of Thanksgiving, I had one extra gift to be grateful for this year - the opportunity to participate in the Art Elements Component of the Month using a donut connector focal created by Kristie Roeder of Artisan Clay. Tuesday, May 31, 2016. When I received these lovely littl.

Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Upheaval at work, family job changes, losses of loved ones, moves - all said, not a lot of time or brain space to be creative in the bead room. I am obsessed with the luscious richness of these two gemstones together.

Arts, crafts and jewelry. Wednesday, January 17, 2018. A view from the hiking trail along Piestewa Peak in Arizona. Downtown Phoenix is seen in the background. Piestewa Peak stands 2,610 feet at its highest point and was named in honor of Lori Ann Piestewa, the first known Native American women to be killed in combat during the Iraq War. Saturday, October 14, 2017. Wednesday, March 8, 2017.

A blog on historic pursuits, beadmaking, blacksmithing, and crafts in general. Tuesday, August 28, 2012. Shannon is a 23 year-old mother of 3 little boys. She recently suffered catastrophic injuries in Galveston while shielding her baby from a collapsing facade. She will require 24 hour care for the rest of her life and her poor children will never have the life they should have with their mother. Wednesday, August 22, 2012.

Some classic, some quirky. Adornment for the unique you. Monday, December 5, 2011. A while back I was involved in a beaded fish swap. You really should see what the others did.

Doing small things, with great love. Friday, February 3, 2017. I will try to add a post showing some of my new goodies within the week. And this next post has NOTHING to do with beads! In the interim. something SO important has come up, and if there IS anyone still reading and you can help. I Love Blog Hops! .

My sometimes inane thoughts about life and living it. Monday, October 16, 2017. Lots of gifts to make and not much time if I wait until too late. Someone I know is having a totally beady Christmas this year.

Monday, June 19, 2017. One Year and Two Days. This is not the most exciting picture I will ever post, nor is it a piece of jewelry to oooh and ahhh over. Quickie Nighttime Cell Phone Photo. Wednesday, May 31, 2017. Always Ready for Ice Cream. She often steals the spotlight from the jewelry she models, but we were able to make her beautiful colors work with this photo. Monday, May 1, 2017. For her Bead It Forward.