Hello all! It’s Monday – it must be Amuse the Muse day. This month it’s metal art beads and components that we’re looking at – so here are a few of my finds from this week. Leave your links…
Whoops! I forgot to post this yesterday. Still, better late than never! When looking for my Etsy picks this month I searched around a few key words. I was interested in finding fibre beads, terracotta beads, and… well, I…
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…
Hello everyone! A late Amuse the Muse post this week as it’s that time of the month – lots of challenge housekeeping to get sorted first of all. Are you feeling inspired for this month’s challenge? I am hoping…
While this month’s color palette is predominately red and black, there are a few other hues to draw out your muse. I don’t know about you, but red is always a hard color for me to design with,…
Our Wonderful sponsors for the August Challenge. We will have 2 Lucky Winners this Month! Bay Moon Design Kathy Lindemer of Bay Moon Design creates beautiful, stylish, unique, handmade necklaces, earrings and bracelets. She also makes jewelry components. Bay Moon Design…
Summer Thunder By Hosteen Klah Weaving, Wool About the Art In 1919 Klah began to weave sandpainting rugs which were based on the chants he was qualified to sing. His first sandpainting weaving was a whirling log design from the…
Congratulations to the July Monthly Challenge winners! 2 winners were 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 Sarah Raines.…
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…
Hello Art Bead Scene! My name is Michelle McCarthy and I am one of the newest contributors. I have been playing with ceramic clay for 10 years now. I started out with hand building and wheel lessons at my…