I've been getting a lot of "Wow, that's a BIG bead!" and "Whoa, that is HUGE!", and "Holy Moley, Girl, how ...

This week's Photo Friday is Children and for once I have the perfect shot for it. I love this, cheesy as it is. Done with one of my iph...

The Historic Mayflower Park Hotel in Seattle is putting on another one of their great silent auctions and art shows to benefit the Haas Fou...

Last Friday Luke had the day off from school and we decided last minute to take a ride out to the ocean. You know we pass Frantz Glass along...

All on Etsy this morning:

I'm trying this out in some other colors (though I love the traditional topaz and cream and gold!). So far, this is not quite right, I g...

Freshly listed on Ebay!

I am so excited. These are the beads... THE BEADS... that have been waiting to come out of me for ever and ever. And they are finally here! ...

Meet CIM's "Mermaid" - this is my first try at it, and so far... I kinda think it's a lot like Moretti's Petroleum Gre...

The School Auction Necklace is done. I'm happy with how it turned out. I hope someone wants to buy it, I'm a little nervous for some...

I've gone through Etsy today and lowered prices on some of my beads that I want to move along to make room for new things - have a look!...

Lots of new beads on Etsy today, and some old ones have been renewed too. Here are some of the newest listings: Thanks for looking!

Luke's school has an auction every year - you might remember the projects I worked on with the kids the past couple of years - the fabri...

I had F.U.N. yesterday with my new hotter torch! When I brought my bouquet of beads in from the studio this morning (and that is what it loo...

Do you watch American Idol? I know, I know, it's a guilty little pleasure, isn't it? I was a total snob about it in the early days, ...

For several months now I've been struggling with the snail pace I'd settled into making my big focals. Most of my beads take about a...