Happy Days

Today I played with silvered ivory stringer. For those who don’t know, I got a good hunk of dark ivory (the color of the glass) on a punty, covered it in silver foil, burnished it on there real well, and then added another punty, got it good and hot, and pulled it into a [...]

Christmas Tree Forest

This is my little Christmas Tree Forest. They look better up close – in person – as do a lot of beads. The garlands are made with the red and green twisties from my last post. The base of the trees is a dark transparent green. The picture may be a little dark – [...]

Twisties! Video!

I made a video (with my mother’s help) of me making a twisty for the church presentation a while ago. I’ve just now added it to YouTube. Check it out:

There are so many different ways to make a twisty – two color, three color, encased… and the holding and pulling tools/techniques [...]

Ribbon Beads

These beads were inspired by Sarah Hornik. She calls them “Ribbon Beads,” and wrote a short tutorial on how to make them. I’ve greatly enjoyed making these beads – they’re loads of fun if a little time consuming. I made a different colored one today, and plan to play with even more color combinations [...]