Calling All Beaders

| May 26, 2011

Pin itI just had to tell you about a bead pattern giveaway I just found out about.  You have the chance of winning 5 patterns from Debger Designs.  Wow!  This is so great that you won’t want to miss it. One of the requirements is to go to one of her stores and pick out [...]

Starting Peyote Tutorial

| July 3, 2009

Pin itThe first 3 rows of the peyote are the hardest.  Once you get past this point, the rest is gravy….well, except for the tension and that is learned as you go.  In this post, I will talk about 3 ways to start your peyote and leave it up to you to decide which one [...]

How to get Soft Silky Peyote

| July 1, 2009

Pin it Lovely peyote amulet bag made by SandFibers As promised, here is the tutorial for how to get soft, silky peyote. I am a self-taught beader.  My peyote pieces always came out really stiff.  That is the way that I thought it was supposed to be.  Then I got to feel some pieces made [...]

Patriotic Turtles Set Complete

| June 28, 2009

Pin itI finally got the earrings done for the Patriotic Turtles set.  I had hoped to have them done by last Wednesday but it seemed like there was never enough light to take the pictures or something else went wrong with the pattern.  Here are the pictures.  As you can tell, they have a sparkle [...]