Author Archives: francie
Day 14
By francie | March 19, 2012
The challenge for day 14 was to take apart unwanted jewelry and reuse the beads. I have a pretty big box of hand me down jewelry from assorted people. A lot of it is rather uninspiring. But I found a few things that piqued my interest. I bought this necklace at an antique shop a […]
Day 13
By francie | March 18, 2012
The challenge for the 13th was to make an inspiration board. I have an old one that needs re-doing, but on Tuesday my house was full of men with jackhammers and, not surprisingly, I had a huge headache. Needless to say, I wasn’t feeling very inspired to do that. I will come back to this […]
Day 12
By francie | March 14, 2012
Today’s challenge was to repair a piece of broken jewelry. I don’t have a lot of broken jewelry, but there are a few pieces from my early days of beading that could use a little attention. Now that I have switched to C-lon and Fireline, I have far fewer issues with breakage, not that I […]
The challenge for day 10 was to use a found object in a jewelry design. Well, between teaching class and an impromptu trip to Cincinnati, that didn’t happen. I did bead two cabochons though. And I did discover that the cool little piece of coral that made it into the last few photos has a […]
Just a quick heads up to let you know that I am teaching 3 more classes this month aside from the spring workshop. This Thursday the 15th at 1pm there will be a mystery class at Bead Angels. I had a request to teach a class that day, but a specific class was not selected. […]
The challenge for day 8 was to have a date with a bead friend. I accomplished this by teaching a class and doing a little side tutorial with a couple of lovely ladies from the Bead Society. I also made some “earrings.” I say “earrings” because technically they aren’t yet… I have run out of […]
Now is the time to sign up for the Indiana Bead Society’s Spring Workshop. The workshop is on March 31st. I am teaching two classes. The morning class is my Bars and Stripes Bracelet.This is a good beginner to intermediate project. There will be several color choices available. If you let me know before Friday […]
Hi! I’m still busy here making earrings and playing along with the 30 day bead challenge. Things just got a bit crazy for a few days. We had a house guest for 3 days, and then made an impromptu trip to Cincinnati for the afternoon over the weekend. I also taught two classes last week. […]
The challenge for Tuesday was to incorporate chain into a jewelry design. This is a bit trickier with earrings than other things. I started with a warm up pair of earrings… I have a bunch of these trumpet flower filigree pieces. I have tried to use them in multiple ways, but they always end up […]
Humbugs!
By francie | March 6, 2012
Come join me Thursday at Bead Angels for a class on these fun little humbugs. Class starts at 1. The supply list is available at the Bead Angels website, or you can e-mail me if you need one.
