Just in!

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Playing around yesterday in my studio. Should this be a pin or magnet? This was hand sanded from 400-1500. Then hand buffed for a smooth shine.

Bead a day- Day 3

Let's call this Rainbowlicious?

Bead A Day- Day 2

Bead a day - Day 1

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I will try and post a new bead each day. Today will be day 1.
Love the colors in this one.

The Finished Kitchen

My new kitchen! Turned out fabulous. A lot of work and time invested, but well worth it.

Looking like a kitchen!

The cabinets are in and the appliances! You can see in this picture to the left the space we have gained by tearing out that wall.

The saga of the stupid cabinet

Now comes the dilema of another stupid cabinet! This cabinet will be removed. We had them design it so it can be opened in the front for more space, but the kitchen designer did not do a good job! The left side of this cabinet it touching the trim and it will NOT OPEN.... Arghhhh

The cabinets are going up!

Now that's progress! It's beginning to look like a kitchen. No sink for awhile though.

We're getting there!

Well we finally did it! Yes... no more stupid corner! There was duct work for heating out into the garage! All these years of wondering what was behind that wall. The duct work was not even connected , just standing upright.

And the cabinets go!!!

Now we are getting somewhere! The cabinets are being removed and then that stupid corner! You can also see the pipe running thru the cabinets.

We're getting there~!

More before pictures

Another view of the stupid corner. You can see how the drawer would open into the stove! The cabinet below could only open 1/4 of the way and inside that cabinet was the plumbing pipe going thru the cabinet, so that was totally usless...

The Kitchen Remodel

Once upon a time, there was a ugly, dysfunctional kitchen in my house. When we originally moved here, we had no intentions of doing any remodeling of the kitchen. Too big of a project for me ( the control freak to deal with). We literally had no cabinet space due to a design ( total disaster) that the builder did originally. We had a corner in our wall that served no purpose other than obstructing the drawer from opening .
Finally after years of aggravation, we decided to attack the kitchen disaster. Rip out that wall and find out what is behind there. So, I am doing the before, during and after of this project. Mess? I can't believe that I the control freak can deal with this. Not having any kitchen to function with is a hardship. I know it will be worth it in the end.

See that stupid corner?

Rainow Beads

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Photo taken in my new light box. The colors really pop!

Circle of Hope beads, polymer clay, multicolored, set of two, (two) 17x17mm-20x20mm flat squares with gold-plated corrugated round beads. Only one set available. - Fire Mountain Gems and Beads

Circle of Hope beads, polymer clay, multicolored, set of two, (two) 17x17mm-20x20mm flat squares with gold-plated corrugated round beads. Only one set available. - Fire Mountain Gems and Beads


My beads in The Fire Mountain Gems catalog!

Bead Addiction

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This morning when I decided to take some photos, I realized that by bead addiction is getting worse. My beads are now taking over my end table in the living room! Is no place safe anymore?

Mix and match polymer

Mix and match polymer

So I woke up this morning and go to Polymer Clay Daily as I do every morning and what a surprise! My beads are featured! Very exciting. If this doesn't get me motivated, nothing else will.

Thanks to all!

How cute

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Rainbow Brite

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Bright, bold and happy!

Necklace made with my beads!

I often wonder what creations are made with my beads. I'm very fortunate that alot of my customers email me and show and tell what they created.
Today, I received an email from my customer in Australia with this picture of what she created with my beads! I love it! How talented this artist is. So many of my beads are wild and crazy, and this proves how to use them.

Collections

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Little did I realize while making all these differnet designs over the week that they all would work well grouped together. All you need is a few accent beads and a great necklace would be created.
Or... Cherin of Lanyardlady would make a beautiful lanyard from these. For some reason I think they need to be named Tuxedo Alley.