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I created two pieces for this month's challenge on the Art Bead Scene.  I loved the warm yellow tones and lush flowers.  I had the perfect focal - a new Queen Anne's Lace pendant from Vintaj.  Isn't that just the loveliest! 

I paired it with a…

Dandelion Wine Focal Bead

"Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don't they should, for their feet are dusted with the spices from a million flowers." - Ray Bradbury, "Dandelion Wine"

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…”

 Ralph Waldo Emerson

May is here and summer is just weeks away.  My sleepy little town will suddenly burst with life and activity as summer homes are opened again, hotels fill and families come looking for a quiet vacation and a step back into a simpler time. …

You know what I love?  In the summer when all the Day Lily's are in full bloom and you run across a whole field of them! That just reminds me of everything joyful about summer! 

May is here, this month will be gone in the blink of an eye as I prep for my beadmaking workshop and create inventory for Bead & Button.  And then it will be summer.  Already.  How…

"The tulip is, among flowers, what the peacock is among birds. A tulip lacks scent, a peacock has an unpleasant voice. The one takes pride in its garb, the other in its tail." - French Proverb


 

Ombre was a popular dye technique for fabrics through the ages but it's now a trendy coloring you can find on anything from nails, to cakes, to dresser drawers, to hair dye and so much more.  If you have a Pinterest account, you know how popular this dip-dyed color effect is in the craft and fashion world! 

This is a bracelet you can whip up in…