TealwaterDesigns

Our family tradition growing up was that my brother and I would get to pick out one special ornament each year to add to the tree.  Over the years we would know which ones were "ours" and it ma...

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An online friend and jewelry maker mentioned that she likes sugar skulls. Since we were doing a swap I decided to try making some sugar skull beads just for her.   It was so much fun decor...

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Here's my January entry into the Pavelka Project , a collaboration between Katie Oskin of Katers Acres and Lisa Pavelka . This is a Suspended Crystals project where I used Swarovski Rivol...

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THIS IS MY 2ND YEAR TO JOIN JENNIFER CAMERON'S BEADS OF COURAGE ART CHARM EXCHANGE AND BENEFIT AUCTION.  ABOUT 40 BEAD MAKERS AND JEWELRY DESIGNERS SIGNED UP TO CREATE ART CHARMS IN AN EFFORT T...

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I love little details, here's some of my new polymer clay spikes and charms with pretty detailed textures.   The spikes started out plain and then I tried adding some acrylic paint to show the ...

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About a month ago I saw a post on Facebook that Heather Powers was doing a new online class called THE ART OF COLOR POLYMER CLAY BOOTCAMP .  I was so excited not only to learn about color, but...

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Diana Ptaszynski owner of Suburban Girl Studio is hosting a waxed linen blog hop inspired by Erin Siegel  who co-wrote the book Bohemian-Inspired Jewelry , with Lorelei Eurto .  I love jew...

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IT'S REVEAL DAY!!! THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR TO PARTICIPATE IN LORI ANDERSON'S BEAD SOUP BLOG PARTY .  LORI PAIRS 500 PEOPLE UP TO SWAP SOME BEADS, A FOCAL AND A CLASP ARE ALL THAT IS ACTUALLY R...

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My partner for Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Blog Party this year is the talented Miss CJ Bauschka .  I recognized CJ from past hops but she has been busy so I haven't seen her around in a while. ...

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Happy New Year! I love BEADS!!  Yep, I said it.  I especially love art beads.  Since I got a little money for Christmas I decided to try making some.  A few months ago I bought some air dr...

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Back in September I decided to take part in Jennifer Cameron's Beads of Courage Art Charm Exchange and Auction .  The rules were I had to make 11 charms that were about 1" in size.   Kris...

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SORRY FOR THE LATE POST... I HAD A CRAZY BUSY WEEK AND THEN WE DROVE OVER TO NEW ORLEANS YESTERDAY FOR MY HUSBANDS FAMILY REUNION. I decided to post a recipe that I want to make.  I'm not ...

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This is my entry for Toltec Jewels  Summer Elements Blog Hop. My inspiration for this bracelet was water, as a water sign (Pisces) I have always loved being close to the water.  In the summ...

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The June issue of Bead Chat Magazine has published a few of my jewelry pieces!   Back in April I found out about Artisan Whimseys (AW) 5x5 Test Group. This group is comprised of 5 AW artists ...

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This is my second year participating in the BSBP and I really love this experience.  My partner this time was Gloria Allen and she sent me this awesome mix of beads: First up I used the si...

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mannequin for necklace display My friend Ann Marie, who also happens to be one of my best jewelry customers, recently gave me an awesome gift...a dress form (mannequin).  She somehow acqui...

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 I am part of Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Blog Party again this year.  My reveal date is next week, April 6th which is coming up really fast!  Before the reveal I wanted to show you what I rece...

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Have you heard of Zinio?  It is a cool site with TONS of great magazines ready to view on your laptop, computer or any digital device. They were nice enough to contact me to do a 10 magazine ...

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A while back I told you about a giveaway that Lesley Watt did on her blog The Gossiping Goddess .  I was one of the lucky winners of some adorable lampwork glass beads handmade by Kaz Baildon ....

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Here is the challenge...I was given a choice of two color palettes to work with.  Here is the one I chose.   I just love anything in the "berry" family.  Add caption I am al...

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I am so excited about the upcoming weeks!  I have three different beady type events coming up: #1   I was accepted into Erin Prais-Hintz's Challenge of Color ...I am beside myself with ex...

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I just signed up for Erin Prais Hintz 3rd Annual Color Challenge.  She is only accepting the first 80 so my fingers are crossed.  I'll let you know if I get in!! Wish me luck! TealwaterD...

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I was over at Linda Yonkman's blog Lindy's Designs  and and read about a great new blog game called Pay it Forward.   Here’s How It Works: Original artwork by Cory Tompkins for Tealw...

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Hello!   I know I said I was going to do a Pay it Forward post yesterday but I think it might be a better idea to wait until next week.   Meanwhile, please sign up for my Double Giveaway be...

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I have been blessed with some sweet deals and generous gifts lately so I decided to share some of this bounty with you!   I just love giving gifts so here are 2 great giveaways... I thought...

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