Extraordinary beading goddess living in my own little corner of paradise. Happily hitched to my best friend, mother of two grown offspring and one daughter by love. Granny to three wonderful boys. Here you will find thoughts, musings and memories of a 60-year old Florida gal, completely addicted to beading. Glad to meet you! Come back soon, hear? .

Tuesday, February 22, 2011. One of my all time favorite suppliers, for beading and blogging, Artbeads. I went, of course, directly to the Swarovski Beads.

Create a new earring wardrobe, one week at a time. Published April 27, 2012. Next Saturday, I will post the first of my personal tutorials, which means there will also be an earring giveaway. The tutorial will be based on the pearl and chain earring. For the giveaway, the earrings will be made of genuine freshwater pearls, sterling silver cable chain, and sterling silver findings. Maybe you think one of the steps of my tutorial was not clear.

Saturday, September 3, 2011. Wild flowers I seeded in the fall when I added the bulbs out front. Wayne and I have spent an awful lot of weekend mornings this summer planting more and more plants in our yard. We are turning more of it into gardens and not grass. Almost all of the trees from Maryland DNR. One of the hostas I planted last year.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Although this post is seriously overdue the block was done in January and finished on time. The good news is that we have gotten a lot done on our new home. If you read my Following the Inspiration. In pen and beads from Artbeads.