Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Weekend with Cynthia Rutledge

Had a great time in classes with Cynthia Rutledge this past weekend. She's such a good teacher and always has so many tips and tricks to share beyond the class project. We had a really good group of people in the classes so we had a lot of fun beading together and laughing all weekend.


The class projects were the Art Deco Brooch, Sea Coil Bracelet, and A Garland of Links and Chains. I enjoyed all the projects but I'll freely admit that the Garland kicked my butt. I like projects that are component-oriented so this one particularly appealed to me. But, wow, it was hard figuring out how to make those chains.

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Seeing Old Friends

The Houston Bead Market was a lot of fun. Of course, I found many things I just couldn't live without. Adding to the bead stash is always "a good thing." I also ran into a lot of people who were customers at Suza Bead. It was nice to see all these people again.

I miss Suza Bead. It was a great bead shop.