Featured Bead Artist

This ceramic pendant from Clay Genie Jean Christen with the moon-like face and the faint image of the bear feel very powerful yet soothing to me. I like the feeling of…

 I just love it when the right beads are lurking in my studio! I suspect that was the case with these lovely ceramic beads that evoke the starry night sky…

Linda is a glass bead artist from the UK with her Earthshine Designs brand. When looking at this month’s challenge painting, Miss Linda was drawn to the square shapes, the windows…

As Heather pointed out the other day in her blog post on her site, “Accidentally on Trend,” the Pantone colors for the year 2016 are Rose Quartz and Serenity. At first…

I know she says she “broke all the rules,” but I think that is precisely why I like this so very much! There is a sense of movement to this piece,…

For such a simple necklace, this has a lot going on in it! I like the layering effect of the pendants from various artists, in different mediums. I like the small…

I am a smitten kitten! I don’t go seeking my own pieces for the Perfect Pairings but I couldn’t help myself with this one! I send out these pieces into the…

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…

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…

This necklace really evokes a goddess feeling to me. The face focal looks like it was removed from a tomb wall. The luxe lapis beads in the very intriguing shape feel…