Emerald Window

 Day of The Dead Shrine  - my first project in my reclaimed Studio. It has been a while since I have posted anything on this blog. I seem to have outgrown it. I started this blog originall...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2012/09/goodbye-and-hello.html

I have been playing with some new color combinations and came up with this skully in sherbet colors.  And I made this sweet little heart in blues and a bit of purle. It's an itty b...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2012/06/sherbert-sugar-skull-and-sweet-little.html

Finished 2 more barrettes and wanted to show them off. This large scarab stamping has been sitting in my "bits and bobs" drawer for more than a year. I never knew what to do with it. ...

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I'm still working on Barrettes. But now I'm making another kind to suit the discriminating tastes of long hair everywhere. I made my last batch of barrettes using a base that looked like this: ...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2012/05/release-kracken.html

In my pursuit of beady goodness, I have decided to make barrettes! I thought of this when several customers asked if my Winged Hearts were pins or barrettes. And some seemed disappoint...

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I had a very good day at Market last week and sold almost all of my Winged Hearts. So I've been busy making more. Here's a sample. I haven't put any of them in my shop, but ...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2012/05/wings.html

Some new items I have made for Saturday Market...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2012/04/new-work.html

Once upon a time, my son asked if he could move back home for "3 months or so". He was having a tough time and had lost his job, so I agreed. I let him move into my studio since I wasn't using it...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2012/03/reclaiming-my-studio.html

I recently opened a new shop on Etsy because I was finding myself inundated with little bits and bobs and beads that I didn't need, and I thought this would be a great way to clean my closets ...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2012/03/bijou-bits.html

I promised some more pictures of what I've been beading lately. These are two brooches made of glass cabochons that I created from scans of some antique french postcards. This one (above) has...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2012/02/more-beaded-pretties.html

I know I have been gone a long time. I had to deal with my mother's death and my second journey with breast cancer. But... I had my last chemo treatment and I am getting stronger every day and I'...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2012/02/im-back.html

What a great way to get your kids to eat a snack!

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2011/10/hilarious-snack.html

Our Dog, Red. I recently read Nan Emmett's rant about people who don't get their dogs spayed. AMEN, SISTER! But my post today is on a different line. It's homeless dogs. I used to see homele...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2011/10/homeless-dogs.html

Found this picture on Facebook. Not sure who took it, but it's adorable.

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2011/10/makes-me-go-awwwww.html

It may just be the first day of Autumn, but I've been thinking HALLOWEEN! It's one of my favorite holidays. I loved dressing up (my favorite costum was a fortune teller)and of course I loved...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2011/09/halloween.html

Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, is coming up on November 2nd. For those of you who are not familiar with it, it is a day of honoring your ancestors that is celebrated in Mexico and man...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2011/09/day-of-dead-and-contest.html

I recently bought some really nice cameos off of Etsy and have been beading them. I love them. And they seem to be selling well also. Here's a little glimpse... And for my Hall...

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For those of you watching ZD (Or Ziti, as I call her) grow up, here are a few new shots. These were taken at a picnic that I went to with some friends. Since I had no one to leave her with, s...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2011/08/shes-growing.html

You'll probably remember that a couple of weeks ago I started fostering a baby kitten. Since my last report, we have all grown head over heels in love with the little nipper and - with my lo...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2011/07/update-on-baby-cat.html

Approximately 2-3 weeks ago, a feral cat gave birth to a litter of kittens in a field near a friend's house. Not long after, a mower went through the field and killed all of the kittens excep...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2011/07/sweet-little-baby-needs-me.html

I was reading a letter from a fellow artist a while ago and she was expressing the emotions she puts into her beadwork. She said that each piece holds feelings of peace and inspiration. Yeah...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2011/07/magic-in-our-methods.html

Oh I am a bad girl! I have lots of excuses, but I really should have updated this blog LONG ago. So sorry. Here it is almost the end of June and I just picked the winner of May's Give-away. And s...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2011/06/i-am-bad-bad-bad.html

My mother, Hilda in 1940 I know I haven't been around much these past weeks (Thank You, Leanne, for noticing). My mother was diagnosed a few months back with lung cancer and she had a long, ...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2011/06/participating-in-my-mothers-journey.html

I don't often do Bead Table Wednesdays because I'm not an organized person. But thought I would bare myself to your judgements today by showing you EXACTLY what my bead table usually looks like o...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2011/05/be-afraidbtw.html

Congratulations to WOL at the Owl Underground for winning the April Give-Away Brooch (pictured below). I especially like this little brooch and have one similar that I wear when I meet friends f...

http://emeraldwindow.blogspot.com/2011/05/winner-and-some-beadies.html