Congratulations to the September Monthly Challenge winners! 1 winner 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 Jessica Green. She…
Sorry everyone! I was away in Michigan at Heather Powers 5th Annual Inspired by Nature retreat and was completely unplugged (especially when I realized as I was on the road for 6+ hours and forgot my laptop!). So today…
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…
When I spotted this necklace I was struck by the pendant and had to get a closer look. Luckily for me, Linda of Earthshine Designs was having some fun with photography on her blog and tried a bunch of…
Ma’at from Tomb of the Queen Nerfertari 1255BC Valley of the Queens This month’s challenge art work, pictured above, got me thinking about Egyptian art and their very early use of glazed ceramic material which is known as Faience.…
Hello all! I’m sneaking this in right at the end of the day today – sorry about that! I’m actually away on holiday, and we don’t have the best of internet connections. Anyway, I still have some lovely finds…
Have you ever heard an artist or jewelry designer say they are doing a trunk show? Well what’s so interesting about a trunk? Why do you want to show it? Every vehicle has one….. Lol Really I am not…
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…
If those words sound weird or unfamiliar, I am referrring to Fordite. For those of you who may not be familiar with this uncommon material used in bead and jewelry, it is now a rare find and is one…
Earlier in the month you might recall that I posted a Perfect Pairings of different art beads and components that I thought might suit this month’s challenge art. One of the motifs that I included were scarabs. Scarabs are…