Saturday, September 26, 2009 No Comments
Usually when I incoporate metal beads into my hemp pieces, I prefer to use bali and hill tribe silver beads. These are the same or better silver content than sterling silver beads (.925 to .999), but there is one particular aspect of them that has me choosing them constantly. Well there’s a few reasons – [...]
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Friday, August 28, 2009 No Comments
Oh man – I got back from Bead Fest on Saturday, but it took me this long to recover so I could type about it. This show is absolutely nuts. It’s run by Interweave, which is one of the largest craft publishers (book and magazine) out there, and it’s almost all beads [...]
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Saturday, September 27, 2008 No Comments
Beads by Ebrown
It was a peaceful day in Fiber Bead Land – the skies were bright and beautiful, the birds were chirping, and there was only a slight chance of yarn showers. Along marched the manly man beads, with many a foul word and foul smell. Further back, holding up their fibers at such behavior, [...]
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Saturday, September 20, 2008 No Comments
So I went to intergem yesterday – oh my god there was so much cool stuff there. I was truly in awe, as well as nearly blinded by some of the micro facetted tables of beads. It was also cool being in a place filled up with so much creative energy…and shopping. Lots of [...]
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Sunday, September 7, 2008 No Comments
You might remember this guy from the Adventures of the Fiber Beads – he hasn’t calmed down even after being put in solitary! I had to put him in there, because otherwise he was going to eat all the amethyst beads I had left…insatiable appetite.
He seemed to have gotten pretty annoyed at that, [...]
Category: Bead Adventures
