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Monthly archive June, 2009

Beads in the Beadshop

I’ve been chasing House of Beads (Perlehuset) since I moved here to Oslo. Twice I’ve went here to see all the lovely beads and it’s been closed every time. Now at last, it’s open! This is a wonderful little shop, full of people addicted to beads And now I’m joining them, what a rush! How...

Roof Top blogging

Real summer has come this way! I’m so happy this past few days been so nice! The temperature is about 25 degrees celsius, it’s exactly what I was hoping for my first summer in Oslo! There are lots of good opportunities to be outdoors, I love that. Right now I’m of the roof top of...

3 minute Necklace Making

In a hurry leaving for a weekend get away with my husband I realized I didn’t have any necklaces I wanted to wear to my outfit. I was wearing my summer dress in turquoise with black leggings. Looking at the black nail polish on my fingers I started thinking, wouldn’t something black be cool…

Finding Beading books

Don’t you love the excitement of chasing new beading books? I know I do… I went to the bookstore a few days ago. While I was standing there this became so clear: So many books, so little time! It’s easy to find interesting new techniques I believe, but it might not be as easy to find a great...

New earrings designs

There are new earring designs in the gallery! Took my camera to photograph my new earring designs. From left to right. The Sea treasure earrings is truly summery, and I’m excited to wear them, they match the sea trend for this summer. Pirates Dandelion earrings. These are more rock star (as you might have put...

Polymer clay creation

Think it’s amazing how a creation can emerge from a block of polymer clay. Recently I had some tries with making my own polymer clay beads, it was so fun! Together with my niece I made beads, and she made art pieces of her own… They turned out to be really cool refrigerator magnets. I gave...

Bead designs notebook

Wanted to show you my bead designs notebook, one of the best things ever to have! Especially if you’re like me, always getting beading design ideas when I’m doing other things… Like shopping or reading a magazines etc. That’s not so bad…unless you’re out of paper and pen, and at the same time getting the...

Jewelry pliers, tools for beading

My friend beader, you need good jewelry pliers to finish all of those stunning projects of yours! That’s why I have gathered a quick list to the ones we need. This I’m going to say with a bit of tough love: Don’t waste valuable time and money on bad quality jewelry pliers! It is going...

Top Metal Clay Blogs

It’s come to that point when I think about metal clay I get all dreamy and inspired… every time! Then I mean about the metal Clay not the fired Silver I guess it’s the dreams of making the new piece that does it. I like the way that a jewelry piece develops step by step…...