Saturday, December 29, 2012

Guzialia Reed...

On the back page of the Bead & Button magazine (Feb 2013 issue) is a beautiful beaded necklace (below) by Guzialia Reed. She is the Silver Medal Prize Winner of the Fire Mountain Gems 2011 Swarovski Elements Jewelry-Making Contest.



Friday, June 15, 2012

Another Amazing Beader - Guzel Bakeeva...

WOW!!! This young woman does incredible work, and she has sooo many beautiful pieces already. She also recently won the Bead Dreams 2012 Competition, Best In Show with her Predator Neck piece...



Here is her site, and he blog, where she displays many of her wonderful pieces...http://guzelbakeeva.ru/ and http://gbdreams.livejournal.com/. More of her work...





Friday, June 1, 2012

Nancy Dale...

Nancy Dale has been one of my favorite beaders for a while now. Here is one of her latest pieces entitled Juliet...



Friday, April 13, 2012

ANN BRAGINSKY!!!...

Without Facebook how would we ever see the works of beaders like Ann Braginsky. I feel I may as well give up, I'll never be able to create such pieces like these.  Here is her necklace Petrel..


I don't even know which view to display because each one is just as amazing as the other...






Here is her web site http://annbraginsky.com/

Monday, March 19, 2012

When I see the beadwork done by others...

I think "My God, my beadwork is like nothing compared to theirs. This is what I thought when I found Marsha Wiest-Hines on Facebook. Check it out...and she beads more than just jewelry...



see more at her Etsy shop..http://www.etsy.com/shop/hauteicebeadwork

Darcy Rosner - What an inspiration...

I've recently had the opportunity to become friends (through the internet beading community) with Darcy. I just love her! She has been beading since she was 7 years old. She spends most of her time now creating beautiful elaborate pieces for the elite...and here is a sample of her beading...

http://www.sweetbananaberry.com/Sweet_Bananaberry/home.html is her web site.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Linda Richmond...

I have admired her work for years, seeing her advertisements in the bead magazines. Today I bought one of her patterns, and I will share her site and some of her pieces here...this is one of her Reversible Pendants...




Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Friday, February 24, 2012

Friday, January 27, 2012

Sabine Lippert - A German Laura McCabe...

Most beaders know of Laura McCabe the  internationally known bead artist and teacher. Another bead artist and teacher  Sabine Lippert's work reminds me of Laura's. See for yourself... Below are Laura's Dodechahedron (top), and Sabine's Spherriffic (bottom), beaded pieces ...






Both brilliant artists!!!

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

ELM Goats - What a great Idea...

Less than a mile (as the crow flies) there is a herd of goats, it's a beautiful scene. I can even see them from the balcony.  They're guarded by half a dozen Great Pyrenees dogs  from adoption agencies.  There are new puppies too.


http://www.elmgoats.com/


They are working, they're eating the brush, and adding fertilizer. Great for the possible fires in this area, which is Southeast San Diego/Chula Vista (Otay region).




This is Baby and mother of the pups...





trying to get the shade...



the pups...