Author Archives: francie
The challenge for day 30 was to make something with ribbon or cord. This was a bit of a challenge for me, especially since I was busy getting ready for the weekend workshop finishing kits and instructions. After I made my earrings, I realized that I had actually already done this challenge earlier in the […]
As I mentioned before, the challenge for day 28 was to make a piece inspired by an animal. I found my missing parts and managed to put the missing parts with the recently finished parts resulting in this.A Peacocky pair of Big Bling Mandala Earrings. I still have two kits left from Saturday’s workshop, so […]
The challenge for day 27 was to make a hair accessory. That didn’t happen, although I have made several hair accessories in the past year. For me, they don’t seem to sell very well. Perhaps I will whip up a pair of button bobby pins tomorrow. Even though I didn’t make a hair doo dad, […]
The challenge for day 25 was to learn a new bead weaving stitch. This is a pretty big challenge for me since I have tried most of the stitches out there in all of the configurations:flat, circular, tubular. I knew I had a bead kit coming from the Bead Society meeting that I was missing. […]
Things are getting a bit loosey-goosey now. It was a real challenge to keep up with this plan while on vacation. The challenge for the 23rd was to make a hand made finding. I didn’t bring the right supplies or equipment to do this while in Florida. But I have made many many findings in […]
Day 22
By francie | March 29, 2012
The challenge for the 22nd was to teach someone a beading technique. Lucky for me, my mom was a captive audience. She had been complaining on the phone that her hair had been cut too short, so I thought some big blingy earrings would be just the right project. I threw two kits together and […]
A quick reminder to let you know I am teaching my Dress Up Your Donut class tomorrow at 1. It’s a great beginner-intermediate class. If you have always wanted to learn tubular herringbone, here’s a good chance. Come join us at Bead Angels. I am also teaching Saturday for the Indiana Bead Society‘s Spring Workshop. […]
I have returned from a lovely week in Florida. It was nice to get away for a bit and enjoy a change of scenery. I think I took about 300 photos this trip. I won’t bore you with all of them. These are just a taste. I think that beach chair picture needs to be […]
Day 17
By francie | March 20, 2012
Happy Belated St Patrick’s Day! The challenge for Saturday was to use a problem bead. Hmmm… Hello wonky shell beads! I have been wanting to try out making some earrings using Soft Flex. This seemed like the perfect medium to make these shell beads behave. I picked up some lovely salmon colored Delicas while I […]
I actually did day 16 on day 15 and day 15 on day 16. Did that sentence make sense to anyone but me? Thursday I was teaching my Wedgy Widget earring class and I like to make one as the students make one, so that I can show them what’s going on. I decided to […]
