I'd rather be beading!

I don't keep up with this blog very well because I would rather be beading. And in the summer, I don't have Internet access when I'm at the cabin. But I thought I'd share this latest with my blog fans. :) WHO are you???

I bought the vintage-style button at Stitch Your Art Out, a great quilting/knitting shop in Pine Grove Mills, PA. Check out Cynthia's blog (see list at right). She is a much better blogger than I. She probably doesn't sleep. :) The seed beads are Toho glass triangles in a double peyote stitch. I love the way they work up, so I recently bought some in various colors. If anybody wants a custom bracelet, let me know. That's what I do. :) If you want this particular bracelet, it's for sale at my Etsy shop.

I hope everyone is having a great summer.

Latest project

Here's my entry in the Etsy Beadweavers' June challenge. The theme is "humor." http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25957437.
It's the cork cap from a bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne for which I made a beaded bezel. I made a similar one a while back for myself, and when I wore it to work, my friend Maggie asked, "Is that your mother?" That really tickled my funny bone, mostly because of the hairdo. :)

Allie's brother!

This photo is of Allie's brother (litter mate), Milo. Amazing, isn't it?

They don't call them Springers for nothing!

Where does the time go?

I just heard from an old college pal (Hi, Gary!) and gave him the link to my blog. And then I thought, "I haven't updated it since January!" I guess by now everyone knows that the Steelers won the Super Bowl, but dear old State lost the Rose Bowl. Talk about heartbreak. Of course, if a loss in a football game is my worst heartbreak, I am one lucky person.

Dragonflies! I never did show the world what I did with that special bead I wrote about way back in August. So here it is. NOT for sale. Unless, of course, someone makes me an offer I can't refuse. :)

I promised my hubby I would work on taxes today.... Bye!

Happy New Year!

I beaded up a storm over our semester break, so I will be refreshing my display at the Polished Edge. I'll have some special STEELERS items and some jewelry appropriate for Valentine's Day wearing or giving.

If you live in the Altoona/Hollidaysburg area, stop by. You don't have to schedule an appointment to shop the jewelry display, but if you do, you won't regret it. Treat yourself to jewelry and a relaxing massage, facial, or manicure.

Here are some samples of my recent beading. The two beaded pendants are available at my Etsy shop right now, but I may be moving them to the Polished Edge this week. Let me know if you have a preference.

Are you sick of talking (complaining) about the weather? So am I. January is half over. That's the good news. This was the view from my office window on January 15. Enough said.