I found these simple round clasps at the beginning of this year and have been dying to string something special on them. my 5/8″ wooden beads are about the same size so it seemed like a no-brainer to put them together. I think you’ll agree they’re the perfect pairing for these choker-style necklaces. each necklace…
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shop update!
I’m not sure if it’s because spring has finally arrived but I’ve been super productive this month. which explains why this blog has been pretty sleepy but I wanted to check in and let you know I finally updated the shop with some fabulous new pieces. oh, and I’ve been updating older photos for some…
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ten years
it dawned on me last night that this spring marks ten years of hand painting beads. TEN! it started when I saw an expensive necklace in a high end catalog made of beautiful ceramic beads in all different patterns and thought “I can do that and I can do it better” so I did. I’ve…
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shop update
I’ve finally added this beauty to the shop so all 280 hand painted beads can be yours. have any questions? shoot me an email
happy new year!
in years past, I’ve written recap of sorts which includes my original plans/ideas and how things actually panned out. inevitably life gets in the way of business/ideas and plans change and 2014 was no different so I’m not worried about holding myself accountable for ALL of last year. instead, I’m counting my collective year as experience, knowledge and…
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bib necklace 2.0
once upon a time, way back in 2012 I created my first ever bib necklace and named it after the meyer brothers because their rugs and ties were my inspiration. it was exciting, too because doug & gene meyer themselves re-pinned this necklace onto their ‘circles and dots‘ board. (you can read all about it here)…
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