Alice in Wonderland Jewelry
Check out the fabulous, over the top “Queen of Hearts” jewelry from the new Tim Burton “Alice in Wonderland” movie. Candy Heart overload!
Month: February 2010
Happy Friday
I had planned todays post to be another bronze experiment – however, my week got away from me and I haven’t had a chance to fire my bronze. Hopefully, I’ll be able to give you an update next week. I do have a pretty beady weekend planned for myself. I’ve been meaning to get a bunch of new stuff posted on etsy, and I’ve got a bunch of half finished projects that need some attention. I don’t know about you, but February is always hard for me to get anything done. It’s cold, dull and grey. I always have great, …
We have some December Winners!
Finally! So sorry for the delay! For Muskoka Sunset we had 5 entries, and the winner is Sue L. – Sue, we’ll be contacting you tomorrow regarding your prize. And for Fashionista, we had one entry – so that one was easy. Congratulations Francesca! Our winners have each won a $25.00 gift certificate for the store. If you want to enter for the next draw, check out the new kits we just listed yesterday: http://www.beadfx.com/catalogue/creativefx.php We still have the end of year voting coming up – stay tuned!
CreativeFX
Stay tuned for a post later this evening. I’m waiting to identify one last kit – then I’ll do the draw for the December winner. Our end of year vote will happen sometime within the next couple of weeks. We haven’t forgotten – just some technical difficulties!
Get your green on
Lá Fhéile Pádraig, St. Patricks Day – or just St. Paddy’s day – whichever you prefer to call it, it’s coming up on March 17th. Which means you have a wee bit of time to make up something green to wear. Go ahead and get yer green on. (The Chicago River dyed green) I went on a little green hunt this morning for you to give you a bit of inspiration. http://www.beadfx.com/catalogue/bcgreen.php#27898000-976 http://www.beadfx.com/catalogue/swarovski5000-8b.php#27750002175214 http://www.beadfx.com/catalogue/stonebeads-green.php#s22235 http://www.beadfx.com/catalogue/artistboro.php#u21317-b http://www.beadfx.com/catalogue/seedstoho8c.php#tb8r44f
A Sneak Peek at What’s Coming up in March!
Before we get to March let’s just recap what is left for the month of February. Tonight we have Dwyn’s fourth technique night Off Mandrel Implosion Pendants. There are still a couple of spots in this class if any last minute students are interested. This class runs from 7 to 9:30pm. Thursday February 25th is Cindy Vroom’s Spiral Rope Lariat from 6 to 9pm. This is a beginner class. February 26th to the 28th Heather Bell-Denison is offering the Art Clay Level One Certification Course. This is a specialized course for people interested in learning and demonstrating proficiency in the …
Turquoise: Stabilized and Natural
OK, so let’s run over those turquoise pics again, this time with some identifiers. This is from Nacosarri, Mexico, and this is Natural. This is an area of Mexico due south from Arizona. This is also from the Nacosarri area in Mexico – this one is stabilized. This is stabilized – from the Royston mine, in the south west corner of Nevada – where the highest concentration of turquoise mines appears to be. This is a green turquoise, in it’s natural state, from Sonora, Mexico And this is it stabilized brother, also from Sonora, Mexico. Interestingly – these were the …
Friends of Irony
Hey – another site to waste time on – This is Friends of Irony. Bringing you the very best in photos of things that are – well – ironic.
Sneek Peek at Next Week
Stone of the Month – Artistic Jasper. Coming at ya a week early – for scheduling reasons. Also our new line of Long Magatamas – smallish Japanese beads shaped like – well – top-drilled sliced carrots. Magatama is a better name, I’m thinking.