bead soup ingredients

These are the wonderful bead soup ingredients that my partner Rhea sent. I love the dusty turquoise with the copper beads. I immediately knew what I wanted to do with the focal bead, and then...I discovered that the hole of the bead was closed in the middle of the bead. The bead reamer did not make a dent, so now I'm in for a real challenge. Think I will look at the beads for a while.

I am sending you to visit Rhea's blog where you will find
some great photos of the beads I sent her.



Thank you Lori for all the work you put into this wonderful project.
Visit Lori's Site to meet the other participants.


Lori... hope you are feeling better.

inspiration avenue challenge

I have been so busy making jewelry, I was excited when I found this weeks challenge on Inspiration Avenue. The challenge is Letters of the Alphabet. I love, love, love, using text in my mixed media work. Here is one of my many pieces of art work using text. The piece is titled Super Model...hope you like.

Click here to visit Inspiration Avenue and don't forget to check
the other entrant's blogs, you will like what you find.

artiscape 2012

You are invited to attend ARTISCAPE 2012 Columbus, Ohio. April 12-15, 2012

I will be teaching four classes plus one for the Trading Places event.
The above photo is one sample of the GYPSY BANGLE class

Click here to see more class photos and here for retreat information and registration.


See you in Ohio, stop by and say hello.

I got picked

I will be participating in the 5th BEAD SOUP PARTY... Whooo Hooo ! There will be 200 participants from all over the world. My partner this time around is Rhea Freitieg click her name to check out her blog.

BEAD SOUP PARTY info here

Check it out
Lori really knows how to throw a party.