I love playing around with strong contrast, and this pair of earrings has quite a nice mixture of texture and different types of materi...

Hello everyone! Happy spring! The birds are chirping, the sun is shining and today it is a lovely 68 degrees here in the heart of Wisconsi...

Sorry for the delay in posting. Typically I don't work on Fridays. But we have been going crazy at work. That is a good thing. But that ...

Hello bead peeps! I am sorry to be a little late to my own party. And I am not prepared (!). I clearly have not been very good at masterin...

Joan Miller of Joan Miller Porcelain is the amazing talent behind these sweet little bunnies.  For me, the biggest design challenge wor...

Joan Miller, my Queen Of Halloween bead maker, just had her first show of the season and I was lucky enough to purchase these wonderful ...

and beautiful?! I went for big for today's post.  I rescued these lampwork flowers ( Yuliana Goldin-Dunn ) from a previous pair a...

the year on a flowery note.  I hope you like them.  Here's a closer look.  In this first pair I've combined brown, blue, gol...

I adore this time of year.  The rhododendrons are in their full glory. Lilacs are filling the air with their intoxicating perfume.  I ha...

"A lick and a promise" is a phrase that my mom used to use to describe making our house presentable now and doing a full housec...

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I get giddy just thinking of certain color combos, well this one is another one of my favorites: Pink...

My hubby and I can't resist snapping pictures everywhere we go. Thankfully, in this digital age, it's easy to take and store a ton ...

I have to admit, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation has become somewhat of a tradition for me and my hubby to watch every holiday s...

I would have to say hoops are my favorite earrings, perhaps it shows my age, I don't know, it's what I wore wore back in the 70...

I was recently asked to make some black earrings for a client. Ideas and inspiration exploded in my head. I believe with jewelry designers...