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Summer Elements Blog Hop - Freeform Micro Macrame Necklace
My friend, Rita of Toltec Jewels and Jewel School Friends is hosting a blog hop celebrating summer, and anyone who knows me, knows summer is my thing. I love the long days and the green trees and I...
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Year of Jewelry Week 25 - Solstice
The theme for The Year of Jewelry this week is solstice. Festivities can involve wearing crowns of flowers and celebrating the fertility of the earth. One Swedish tradition involves a woman gathering...
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New in My Shop - Kits for Micro Macrame Bracelets
I love playing with beads and cord and putting together color combinations, so what better outlet than to put together kits to go along with my micro macrame patterns? I finally got busy and assembled...
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Happy Birthday, America!
I just love the 4th of July. I love summertime and the 4th seems to epitomize all that is summer. Sunny days, blue skies and lush green grass. Family and picnics. Small town parades and children...
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Micro Macrame eClasses Are Available!
I can finally make my BIG announcement! I'm the newest instructor at CraftArtEdu.com and I have classes available in micro macrame!!! YAY! You might have noticed that I'm crazy about micro macrame...
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Micro Macrame Wrap Bracelet Class and Kit Giveaway!
Just in case you didn't hear me shouting it from the rooftops, I've got a new eClass available for micro macrame and I'm very excited about it! So exited, in fact, that I'm going to give away a class...
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My Favorite Color in Micro Macrame and Giveaway Winner!
This week's theme for the Year of Jewelry Project is "My Favorite Color" and the instructions are to make a piece of jewelry in a color that rocks your world. There was no question which color I would...
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Bead Hoarders Blog Hop Reveal
This is just one of the little boxes of treasures I keep tucked away. I love beads and pendants and buttons and all things jewelry. Add handmade into the mix and I'm all over it! I am collecting...
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Knotting Along
I've been busy making micro macrame pieces, in between putting together kits to go along with my tutorials, and writing a new tutorial. I juggle that with working full time (okay, I take as much time...
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Year of Jewelry Project, Week 31 - At The Beach
The theme for this week in the Year of Jewelry Project was right up my alley - At The Beach! That has Sherri written all over it. And as if that weren't motivation enough, a customer sent me this sea...
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Micro Macrame Tutorials and Classes - Where the Heck Do I Start?!
Every one of these bracelets is made using the knotting technique referred to as micro macrame (or sometimes beaded macrame). Want to learn how to do this yourself? You've might heard by now that I...
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Summer Vacation Swap
Are you wondering what this photo is all about? Well, one of the groups to which I belong was having a finished item swap I just couldn't resist - the theme was Summer Vacation. And the twist was...
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Summer Vacation Swap - Part II
Remember my last post when I told you about a Summer Vacation Swap I did (if not, you can see it here). Well, I got the package from my partner, Lennis Carrier of Windbent, and she did GOOD! What a...
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Valentine, Nebraska: Heart of the Sandhills
Ms. Erin of Tesori Trovati is hosting her 2nd Annual Challenge of Travel today and I'm insanely excited about the whole thing. Last year we were assigned countries, and I had a ton of fun learning...
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Necklaces in Micro Macrame
I spent some time the last few days working on necklaces. This piece started out as just a little bit of a doodle:Then it ended up being a necklace. I rather like it - it's fun to step outside my...
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Fall is in The Air
Okay, so I haven't been blogging much lately, but that doesn't mean I'm not making jewelry. As much as I hate to see summer leave, I do love fall and I've been on a kick making jewelry with a fall...
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My Bead Show Finds
I finally got to attend a bead show a week ago and it was AMAZING! I had such fun looking through all the wonderful pieces and meeting some of the artists I'd only previously met online! I promised...
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It's an Owl Thing
Let's face it: it's not a macrame party until somebody busts out an owl. Preferably in various colors.I just thought these little fellas were so cute, I couldn't stop...
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Five Generations of Family
We are really lucky to have five generations of family, all the way from my grandmother down to my grandson, Carter. We were finally able to get all of the five of us together in one place today and...
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More Micro Macrame Classes
I've been so busy working on new classes, I think I forgot to tell you I added one! The new necklace class is available at CraftArtEdu. In this class, I've combined videos and still photos to help...
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