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I bet you thought we’d have some puns about string, but I’m a frayed knot. A-cord-ingly, you are cord-ially invited to peruse our latest additions to our stringy stuff. We have a new selection of Invisible Monofilament Bead Cord – as pictured below. Isn’t it nice? And we’ve added new colors in the C-Lon Tex135, which is the .4mm cord; the Tex 400 – which is the big, beefy .9mm; and the skinny Tex 70 Micro Cord, which is .29mm thick, and goes through even 15/0s. C-Lon makes a real effort to have the colors match across sizes, (even if …

Millefiori, milleocchi Millefiori is a glassworking technique – it means “thousand flowers” –  that creates flower motifs by building patterns in long thin rods, and then slicing them to get the pattern in the cross-section. A white flower with a red center would start with a central core of red, then white half circles would be built around it, and then the background color filled in around, being careful to preserve the shape of the petals. All while working in a 2,000 degree flame and trying not to have the whole thing crack or melt into a big mess. It’s …

“This is ridiculous,” I said to myself. “I am an adult. I can walk down a 100 foot path through the forest to get to my car.” When I had arrived at ‘Theatre in the Woods’ earlier in the evening – the mowed-field parking lot and dirt path through tall trees had been charming and quaint. The dinner had been good, the play – staged outdoors – had been fun and and as it got dark, and torches were lit, the atmosphere has been a little wild, a little primitive. My friends and I had all had an enchanted evening. …

Summer is almost done, but it is not the end of the fun. Maybe you have someone back to school? A little bit stressed? You’re no fool You know that beads that are colorful and funny Will bring them smiles and looks all sunny So make them a bracelet or get them a kit. Bring them cocoa and cookies and ask them to sit. Beading together or beading apart Beading will join us all at the heart. This week’s beads are a joyful explosion of color and fun shapes! I remember back-to-school was a hideous source of stress for me. …