I (Michelle from Firefly Design Studio) returned a few days ago from my first Bead Cruise. Our own Heather Powers says she plans her dream vacation and invites 65 friends to join her! Heather keeps us busy, but there…
These intense cobalt blues mixed with the more earthy browns, bronze and tan are what drew me to this bracelet for the challenge. It wasn’t until I hopped over and saw more angles of this bracelet that I could…
Each week one of our contributors gives you a sneak peek into their studio, creative process or inspirations. We ask a related question of our readers and hope you’ll leave comments! As an incentive, we offer a prize each…
This month’s amazing inspiration is “On a Shaker Theme” by Charles Sheeler. A cool color palette but I can see bringing in warm colors to make a nice balance. We are very linear this month but I can see…
Our Wonderful sponsors for the May Challenge. We will have 2 Lucky Winners this Month! Marsha Neal Studio Marsha Neal Minutella of Marsha Neal Studio creates fabulous ceramic beads, buttons and jewelry components. I love Marsha’s work! I have had…
“On a Shaker Theme”, 1956 by Charles Sheeler oil on canvas 23″ x 29 1/8″ (58.42 x 73.98 cm) About the Art Showing his deep respect for Shaker design, Sheeler wrote, “The Shaker communities, in the period of their…
Congratulations to the April Monthly Challenge winners! 2 winners was chosen randomly from all the challenge entrants. 1 winner was chosen randomly from the InLinkz blog entries. Winner of a month of advertising on ABS from the Monthly Challenge Bead category. Our First lucky winner is Lindsay Phillipson/Precious Violet.…
I really gravitated to the soft soothing colors of this month’s challenge painting, Jacob’s Ladder by Helen Frankenthaler. I had to think about why I liked this so…and I realized that these colors really remind me of my mother,…
Inside the Studio: Tari Sasser :: Creative Impressions In Clay Each week one of our contributors gives you a sneak peek into their studio, creative process or inspirations. We ask a related question of our readers and hope you’ll…
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Perfect Pairings :: WinterBird Studios + Lisa Peters Art + Elukka + Helen Chalmers + Mia Only Beads
[Okay! April is a tough month for me to do anything that is not dance performance/prom related, so I messed up last week and missed picking someone for the Perfect Pairings. So today, you get TWO!] As soon as…