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Beading Mania
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A journal of my beading work - If interested in any of my pieces, please visit my shop: www.triz.etsy.com
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Fiery Warrior

Where to begin… seems like…. feels like… Im being pulled 1002 ways… don’t know why!!!! I stopped smoking almost 5 months ago…. and I somehow feel like I’ve lost my mind and replaced it with 10 kg!!!!...

07 may 12

Metalwork and Diamond & Pearls Ribbed Bracelet

Lately…. I want to spend less and less time on the computer (hence my sporadic blogging) and more and more time in my studio… I’ve become addicted to metalwork!!! and LOVE spending the day in my stud...

25 apr 12

Silence….

A long time… a long time indeed… since I last posted… what can I say… I’ve been in a really funny mood… winter? life? I don’t know… I just didn’t feel like talking… or writing… I can’t say I was depr...

15 mar 12

Leather Cuffs – Special Offer

I’m having a pre-holiday SALE on all my bead embroidered leather cuffs. From today till the 27th December 2011 I’m offering 20% off all leather cuffs in my shop!         ...

07 dec 11

I LOVE Turquoise! :-)

OK… so I absolutely LOVE turquoise…. and I usually purposely try to stay away from it, because otherwise all I would ever wear, use, think about is turquoise!!!  But every so often I indulge mys...

11 nov 11

Rust can be beautiful!

Well… as always I find time slipping away and the next thing I know… weeks have flown by!!!  Ethan was off school for a couple of weeks… Succot holidays… my parents were here… for the holidays a...

25 oct 11

Barrettes!

A few weeks ago I was asked to teach a bead-embroidered barrette workshop… so I got busy making a few barrettes to show the class different variations and of course to write the instructions… These i...

03 oct 11

Almost 3 Months!!!

I cannot believe it’s been almost 3 months since my last post!!! Shocking! Shameful!! Terrible!!!!  and for some of that time I have some excellent reasons (excuses)… I went to London in the sum...

22 sep 11

Sinai Glitz

Anyone who knows me well knows that I LOVE turquoise and love ancient Egypt art & jewellery… a while back I bought two lovely turquoise vintage glass cabs depicting an ancient Egypt figure… so I ...

05 jul 11

What’s Been Going on + New Tutorial

Where do I begin???? I’ve been busy doing bits and pieces…  some custom orders… some classes…  some metal work… and a new tutorial!!! First of all let me show you how my first pair of metal...

19 jun 11

Reflection & Resurrection

In the last few months I have not been the most productive… between an operation I had to have at the beginning of March, the 6 weeks convalescing that followed… and my dad being in hospital for the ...

29 may 11

My New Adventure!

It all started when I was looking for a ring for myself…. I had some idea in my mind of what I wanted… so I started looking on Etsy of course… and there were lots of gorgeous ring… but not exactly wh...

28 apr 11

Glam Rock

I’ve been so quiet lately… but I have a great excuse… I was in hospital and had an operation a month ago… the recovery is six week… all is well and as Im regaining my strength I started to bead again...

03 apr 11

Fashion Colorworks 2011

The second International Fashion Colorworks 2011 Beading Contest is being held by My Lovely Beads. The first International Fashion Colorworks 2010 Beading Contest was a resounding success for all its...

26 feb 11

New Tutorial! Marie Antoinette and Bloody Mary

My workshop went really well the other day… it was nice teaching again after a really long pause and I’m looking forward to teaching more in the future! :-) The students made some beautiful variation...

18 feb 11

Bloody Mary!

I was introduced to a Bloody Mary on a plane journey on the way to Las Vegas with friends who described it as the best drink to have for breakfast! :-) I wasn’t convinced, as I really dont like tomat...

15 feb 11

A Touch of Royalty – EBW February Challenge

It’s that time again…. time to go and check out the beautiful entries for this month’s EtsyBeadWeavers Challenge!!! My entry for this challenge is # 31 on the list: Marie Antoinette – Pink Leather Cu...

10 feb 11

Chocolate Cuff - Workshop

After a long absence from teaching workshops, I’m happy to announce that I will be teaching a workshop on Wednesday afternoon 16th February at Bogal Ltd. in Ranana. The workshop will last 3 1/2 hours...

03 feb 11

Lilac & Purple Meadow – NOT a Leather Cuff! :-)

Here is my newest piece!!! and it’s not a leather cuff!!! :-) This is the first time I attempted to make a barrette and I owe it to Nicole Campanella of Beadwright. If you’ve been following my blog f...

25 jan 11

Brown & Turquoise Leather Cuff Tutorial

Ok… ok… I said I would TRY and stay away from these cuffs… well I just can’t!!! I simply enjoy making them!!! and as many people have asked me for instructions, I finally got myself into gear and pub...

24 jan 11

Valerie Belkind’s Photography

A few weeks ago I was approached by Valerie Belkind, a photographer, who asked me if I was interested in having my jewellery professionally photographed… after checking out her website, there was no ...

23 jan 11

Leather Cuff Making Frenzy! Part 2

So the madness continues…. I just cannot stop making these cuffs!!! I really love making them and I really love how they turn out!!!  I even started on a new bead-embroidered bag, when one quart...

17 jan 11

Making Jewellery

I’m so excited!!! yesterday I received my copy of Making Jewellery and inside on page 24 is… yours truly!!! :-) so weird and wonderful to see a picture of my jewellery and of me in print on a 2 page ...

07 jan 11

Leather Cuff Making Frenzy! Part 1

Yesterday I mentioned that I’ve been on one of my mad-shut-myself-in-my-room-for -over-a-week-beading-frenzy…. and I made 9 leather cuffs… well here are the first 3: Forget Me Not - Turquoise Leather ...

21 dec 10

Stuff….

First of all… I’m so excited my A Hazy Shade of Winter – OOAK Beaded Wrist Bag won the December Simon & Garfunkel EtsyBeadWeavers Challenge!!!!! Thank you to all who voted for this bag!!!! All th...

20 dec 10

EBW Simon & Garfunkel December Challenge

Check out the incredible entries from the EtsyBeadWeavers for this month’s Simon & Garfunkel “Songs of Inspirations”. In case you missed it… my entry for this challenge is: A Hazy Shade of Winter...

09 dec 10

Arearea - Joyousness

I finally finished my new bead embroidered bag Arearea – Joyousness. I honestly never thought it would get finished!!! :-) but each and every single stitch and bead was put there with so much love an...

03 dec 10

A Hazy Shade of Winter – Wrist Bag

I’ve been incredibly sporadic with my postings for the last year…. sometimes it’s because I’m beading…. sometimes it’s because I just don’t feel like writing… well I’m happy to say that the reason I’...

27 nov 10

It Only Took 5 Years….

Around 5 years ago, I went past my local bead shop (which no longer exists), and saw that they were offering beadweaving classes… I enrolled… and the reason I did so was because I wanted to make bags...

30 oct 10

More Retro Cuffs

I’m not quite myself lately and it seems that every little thing is taking me forever to do… I have to get used to a whole new schedule as my son didn’t want to go to the school afternoon programme a...

28 oct 10

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