These are a few of my favorite strings.....

When the kids crash, when the dogs yowl, when I'm feeling sad....I simply pull out all my favorite strings, and then I don't feeeeeel so bad!

There is something about the look and feel of pearls, shell and coral that uplifts my spirits..thank-you All-Mighty, for these gifts!

A bit of snow, before the rain kills it

Clingman's Dome can usually be seen from Kurt's side of the studio, but there are too many clouds today...

Snowy Day fun in the Western NC Mountains!

Here is our resident 'baby' squirrel, who wants to attend the sunflower buffet, but is wary of Flash Catt's presence. He doesn't realize that Flash will not bother him, as he has been asked (and respects the request) to leave the squirrels and birds alone...however, the mice are another story! Many times, we have seen Flash sitting on his chair, about 2' from the birds and other squirrels chowing down, ignoring them. But this little baby has yet to learn, so plays a bit of 'jump up, jump down', before settling in to his meal.

Cuff ends filled in!

They are bending quite naturally from the beading, and that I lockstitch each element as I add them, before going to the next. That way, if anything happens to a single element, such as a beaded leaf, a stone, pearl, etc, I only have to fix that one thing.

Takes a bit longer, but then it lasts.

Cuff Update

So far, I didn't like the bareness of the aventurine, plus it was just not textural (is that a word?) enough for me. So, added some 15s in a peyote bridge, in peridot colors, then went back between the bridge connectors of the original 15s, and added a second line of peyote, but using peridot chips as the middle bead, between two aventurine colored 15s.

And here is the clue for the support of this bracelet- you should be able to figure it out, now!

Aryd'ell

a little Dragon to see and make

This was created by one of the DeviantArt folks, at this link:
http://chimeradragonfang.deviantart.com/art/Bead-Dragon-Instructions-66683450.
There is a request for pics, if you make one, and can do that....
If you do not have a zip program to open it, she offers a link to a free download in the body of the post.
The download for the dragon pattern is at the top left of the post.
I have to make one of these!