So, five years ago, after I had completely stopped designing jewelry, we moved into temporary housing, preparatory to selling our house. ...

Since the end of the school year is approaching, the SO has started to bring home all of his artwork.  He handed this to me today.  Appa...

Here's my little shrine to Tarina Tarantino x Kidrobot. Back in 2008, we visited the Kidrobot store in Soho (which, alas, has since ...

Continuing on with my Mardi Gras throw-inspired crafting, here's a glittery wristlet purse.  The Mystic Krewe of Nyx throws hand-d...

Hello, anyone out there?!?  I have no idea if anyone is still reading this blog after my continuing, years-long hiatus, but I...

Here's the first piece of jewelry I've made in over a year.  (My son really loves LEGO, can you tell?)  It's a neck cuff ass...

I went to Target this morning for sundries and discovered that the store has marked down all Easter supplies to 90% off original price.  ...

I finally decided that hauling the SO out to collect geodes in a riverbed was not realistic, at least for the next year or two given his...

Oh, how I love this...  (The artist is painting between layers of resin, fyi.) (Yes, I'm still alive - I even have new work to show,...

I've produced so few new pieces in the past couple years, it gives me a great deal of pleasure to be able to reveal, finally, one of my ...

My in-laws were visiting, and they took the SO (and me) to the Museum of Science and Industry. Ironically, he wanted to spend most of his t...

Okay, I admit it, I'm steaming mad. My son, about whom I often write, is 5 years old. He adores superheroes. Simply adores. For hi...

I've been reviewing old work recently. Here's one of the first necklaces I ever made, "Charmed Kiss", designed around one...

I just received my author copy of the magazine in the mail today - it was a fun trip down memory lane. The bulk of the projects I wrote for...

My local bead store, Chelsea's Beads , has just brought in a really nice shipment of Roman glass beads. (I took a look, and some of them...

Perfect Bronze Bead by Anne Choi. Last year, I had this great idea to expand my "Love is a Puzzle" series of pendants - a big rebu...

Here's the view from my window this morning. The Short One was mighty excited (you can see his tracks in the bottom left of the photo)....

"Celestial" - my fine silver Lunar Phases pendant with gorgeous turquoise drums and onyx Here are your intriguing links for the we...

So, my husband showed up at the dinner table tonight with the above photo - have you ever seen cuter bunnies nestled up together? Neither h...

So, I've had this "problem" rattling around in the craft closet. A while ago, when I was relatively new to metal clay and the...

I just finished my Bead Dreams entry yesterday, as usual, running right down to the wire - but I did make the deadline. Barely. Anyway, wo...

Here's a little art project the Short One recently completed at school. I have to admit, I like it quite a bit. It reminds me of a sim...

It took me ages to track them down in the U.S., but I did finally manage to get copies of Issues 27 and 28 of Bead Magazine - with full cov...

Sarah Moran sent this photo to me ages ago, but, of course, since I haven't exactly been lively on the blog, it got buried. We traded ...

I just thought I'd drop in quickly to say that, yes, I am still here! I've received such wonderful, kind messages from friends and ...