September 1, 2012
I had a very rare (for me) spurt of bead production, getting ready for the Bead Bazaar, September 8-9. I haven’t made enough of anything in the last few years to submit beads or pendants for the guild’s booth, and production doesn’t come easily to me. This year I had a sizable store of ripple blade veneers [...]
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August 20, 2012
This weekend, while I was finishing up a few items for the upcoming Bead Bazaar, September 8-9, I started thinking about the difference between a bead and a pendant. What makes a bead a “bead” and a pendant a “pendant’? Most of the items I’ve submitted for sale at the Bead Bazaar are one sided, [...]
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