Author Archives: francie
Sunday’s challenge didn’t line up too well with my earring plan, but it was good motivation to clean. The challenge was to organize your bead area. Mine is reasonably well organized, with the exception of a few boxes of things that are yet to be integrated into the stash, but my finished jewelry pile of […]
Day 3
By francie | March 4, 2012
Saturday’s challenge was to learn a new beading technique. This is a bigger challenge than you might think, since I know a lot of stuff. I looked around to see what I could find. I decided to interpret this to “try a new way to do something you already know.” I attempted a brick stitch […]
The challenge for Friday was to use up some leftover beads. Here is a picture of the original piece. It is a necklace I made in a Laura McCabe class last year. I love it, but it is unwearable in it’s current state. The chatons are way to pointy and leave big red marks on […]
I have decided to have another go at my thing a day challenge. Last year I made a new piece of jewelry each day in March. This year I am going to do it a little differently. I am going to try to make a pair of earrings each day. I am also going to […]
I just thought I would pop in with a little post to show you why I haven’t gotten as much work done as I usually do in February… This is Arya. She is adorable and into everything. It really slows you down to have to put all of your beads away each time you want […]
I am teaching this Art Deco Pendant class on Saturday February 11 at Bead Angels in Broad Ripple. These new Tila beads are fun to play with. Class goes from 2-4:30. Give them a call on Thursday if you would like to sign up. 317-259-7677. I am also teaching Pearl Knotting at Bead Angels this […]
It is so much fun beading these little birdy squares, I can’t seem to stop. But I am running out of patterns to try and time to make new ones. Apologies for the slightly dodgy photos. It’s winter here and the sunlight is hard to come by. And my photo booth is in disarray […]
Every January the Indiana Bead Society works on squares for the Bead It Forward project. This year Bead and Button Magazine has taken over this project. Essentially beaders donate beaded squares of a specified size with images relating to the theme of the year. The squares are then assembled into quilts and auctioned off to […]
I thought I would show you one of my favorite projects from this past holiday. I found the pattern via a link on One Pearl Button. The minute I saw those wookies, I knew that I had to make them for at least two people in my life. Could you resist those faces? I made […]
A little update from the road… So fear all of my classes have been awesome. First up was Parasol Earrings with Jeanette Cook. They are little silk cones encrusted with Swarovski crystals. I finished one in class, hopefully I will have some time to finish the other one tomorrow. Wednesday I took the Georgian Jewels […]
