In the Works...

After a particularly brutal winter, during which I have not been in the best health, I'm finally getting some work done. Here's a few snapshots of work in progress (after the rather bleak looking photo shot out my back door this past December), including a tiny little sneak peak.

Creating a tulip stamp based on my sketches.

A few more carved tulip and quilt block stamps. I ended up not using some of these.

Bear totems.

Barn owl.

Spiral fossil discs.

Beads in the theme of "Way Out West" (coming soon).

Hare totem.

A small sneak peak at one of my arrow connectors.

The back of the arrow connector.

Tiny sneak peak of my "Way Out West" update coming soon.

Glazing in progress...

Bears and Hares! And other stuff in progress...

Bead beads beads!

Glazing to be finished.

Beads waiting for their little glaze coast lol.

Woodland Totems

Hi everyone, I'm getting ready for a shop update in a few days. The theme of this upcoming update is Woodland Totems. I'm excited to bring these beads to you all...

Here's a sneak preview:

Rainy Days, Sunny Days

We've had a LOT of rain. And storms. And the occasional outburst of sun. Today is beautiful - sunny and temps in the 70s. Here's a few photos of our place and some things I've been working on this week.

Stormy skies yesterday.

 I stayed indoors, using the rainy time to get studio work done - like last night.

Today I woke up to beautiful crystal blue skies...

...so I opened up all the windows! 

Casey keeping watch (sleepily) from the loft above.

Outside the front door - the big green tarp is covering my slab roller. 

Gotta put that into gear today and get some pendants and connectors made.

Stuff I've been working on...

A new WoolyWire order for Lima Beads - with new packaging!

Coming soon to our WoolyWireEtc etsy shop: Beads for WoolyWire - 

Tube beads to wrap WoolyWire onto to add beautiful color and texture to jewelry designs.

Here's some samples with WoolyWire - I love how these look!

 I spent some time earlier this week photographing beads I made just before moving. Many of these are styles I will be taking to Bead Fest Philly this August, where I will be vending (yay!).

I also made some new things, including OWLS!!! Plus more whales and other goodies...

Little Owlie Beads!

Urchin Blossoms - a new set of beads I'm working on.

 

That's it in a nutshell - I'm really enjoying being here, even the rainy days. :)