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Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

March 26th, 2008

Call for entries: Belle Armoire Jewelry

What’s Up Wednesday!

Belle Armoire Jewelry is published by Stampington as a quarterly magazine. The deadline for submissions for the next issue is April 15, 2008. From the website: If you’d like to share your inspiration and detailed how-to instruction for creating beautiful jewelry with readers, we want to hear from you. Belle Armoire […]

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February 6th, 2008

Call for entries: The 6th Annual Ugly Necklace Contest

What’s Up Wednesday!
It’s not that easy to do ugly. I mean to do really gut-twisting ugly.
It’s easy to make a necklace that isn’t that great, but how about to make one that breaks all the rules of good design and leaves your viewer feeling squeamish? I can’t show you a picture of my entry from […]

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May 5th, 2007

May showcase for the Arts & Design channel

My turn to host, and we have all been busy coming up with projects and posts that are worthy of Springtime! Our theme? May flowers, of course!

Tammy from Jewelry and Beading was recently inspired by watching a butterfly flit from one flower to another. The result? Flying Butterfly & Flower Earrings.

Noreen over at HankeringForYarn has […]

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December 26th, 2006

New jewelry tutorial

Technique Tuesday returns! 
I just posted a tutorial on making a mixed media necklace from antique piano ivories on my Jewelry Blog.

You can also see my full list of handmade beaded jewelry tutorials on this blog.
Tags: bead-art, beaded-necklace, beads, handmade beaded jewelry, Mixed Media, tutorials, Wearable Art

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December 12th, 2006

Links to my jewelry making tutorials

My favorite piece came home yesterday after some long months in California. Oh, how I missed it while it was gone!
It got me to thinking that I should share a post with you from another blog of mine where I have all my jewelry tutorials listed.

Calypso
Tags: bead-art, beaded-necklace, beads, handmade beaded jewelry, Mixed […]

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December 11th, 2006

Handmade beaded necklace with a floral medallion

Oh how I need a name for this piece! It started with a hammered silver armature and peyote stitching in seed beads. I fell in love with my friend Amy’s beautiful polyclay medallions and decided to use one as a centerpiece for the centerpiece. The necklace strap has a toggle closure so that it can […]

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November 15th, 2006

“Stay Tuned” opens tonight!

I wrote last month about my jewelry being accepted into a nearby city show. Well, the opening’s tonight!
I’ve got to go decide what to wear…

These are the pieces that will be in the show. I think I’ll wear anything but brown or black, so that I can wear […]

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November 8th, 2006

“Not the Measure of a Woman”

I finished this piece on Make Art Monday, but I didn’t have time to get the photo cleaned up and posted until now  :-)
Tags: bead-art, beads, handmade beaded jewelry, Mixed Media, Wearable Art

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October 30th, 2006

Fire Mountain Gems contest…

I received the 2nd place prize in the bracelets category!!! Yay!!

Now I have to send it to them to be photographed for their catalog or advertisements. I’m so excited to see what they will do with it…many of their ads are extremely well styled.
Tags: bead-art, beaded-bracelet, beads, handmade beaded jewelry, Wearable Art

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October 17th, 2006

I got accepted!

I received notification yesterday that the pieces that I entered into a juried show in a nearby city have been accepted. Yay! You can read more about it here.

Tags: art-shows, handmade beaded jewelry, Mixed Media, Wearable Art

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