Mermaid Lore
This necklace was created for the Beadweaving Emporium Market's November Challenge themed Beachcomber. The first thing I thought of was shells, and then I started thinking of all the things that could be washed up to shore. My head started swimming with shipwrecks, t

Pricing Beadwoven Jewelry
How do you price your beadwoven or bead embroidered jewelry? Is there a method to this? What things do you take into consideration? Am I underpricing my work? Am I charging to much? These are all valid questions, and I would like to shed a little light onto my thoughts about all this. Let me say first, I do not create je

2 Days Left
There are only 2 days left to place your vote for your favorite. The art of bead weaving and bead embroidery is one of passion and patience. At times we can spend many hours, days, or even weeks to produce the beautiful end results, that you see. The participants of these themed challenges, do them for many different reasons. I cannot speak for every one of them, however I can say that I do these challenges to broaden my views, increase my abilities, and get exposure for my works. I truly believe if we had more artists in the world, it would be a much better place. Art takes us in directions, that we may have never taken, wi

I've Got The Power
"I've got the Power" is my entry for the Etsy Beadweavers October Challenge. My favorite super hero of all time is Wonder Woman, who is probably the worlds most famous Amazon!! The Wonder Woman show started when I was just a young girl being raised by my true hero, my mother. My sister, cousins, and I used to play wonder woman all the time. We would all put on our bathing suits, and make wrist bands, crowns, and belts out of paper sacks and crayons. The only problem was that we all wanted to be Wonder Woman, so there were never any bad guys....lol. As an adult, I still love her, and look back fondly on all those special times, I had as a child.