Stuff? Anything?
Do  you give it as a gift?
I have several different hobbies.  The glass beadmaking is my biggest ‘hobby’, because it brings in income that helps our home.  Then there’s tattooing, knitting, spinning, painting… I give beads, tattoos and knitted things as gifts, but most of the time I feel pretty dorky doing so.  I [...]

I had a few minutes to spare this morning so I took photos of the new painting I did yesterday and listed her on Etsy.  Who doesn’t need a fortuneteller on their wall??

Not only for the Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead/skull collectors, but tattoo lovers should get a kick out of [...]

Tuesday night the school had a skate night at a local skating rink. Now, back in ‘the day’ (let’s say, ohhhhh, 20 years ago), I was one of the kids you saw racing around the middle, skating backwards around the others, dancing WHILE skating. Those days? Gone. I could barely stay on two [...]

I had a very weird day at the torch a couple of days ago, and ended up with some beads that, while they are still *me*, are new to me.  I’d gotten a floating sterling silver heart pendant from the hubby for Valentine’s day, and the design (mass marketed, I’d never try to translate a [...]

Before I sit down at the torch to make beads, about 50 percent of the time, I’ve drawn out the beads I’d like to make.  Color schemes, designs, etc, all done in fine tip black Sharpie and colored pencils. The other night, I looked over at the book (it sits easel-like on one of the [...]