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Tartaruga Bead Shop Oslo (Perlebutikk & Perler)

This one of my favorite bead shops in Oslo. I come here often because of the crafty atmosphere, the sweet ladies are making jewelry right at the counter. When I walk around in this shop I get so inspired by all the stunning beads.
They have a very pretty entrance and the shop is really light [...]

Wooden Bead – Jewelry

I can always find such nice beads at work, both wooden beads and others. The idea for this necklace came as a bold from the sky, suddenly and bright! I’ve always liked the look of a wooden bead but that fact brought me to the question of what I can make with a wood bead? [...]

Rhinestone Beads Necklace

I’ve found so much cool rhinestone beads! They are fantastic and is sparkling like no other! I’ve used big rhinestone bead pendants as well as smaller rhinestone beads and spacers. I stumbled upon them at one of my favorite local bead shop “Tartaruga” in Oslo. I can’t resist them so I designed two rhinestone bead [...]

Craft & Bead Organizer is Essential!

Now I’m finished sorting all my beads and craft stuff in a new organizer! All beads are sorted by color, type, size and etc. It took a few nights just sorting everything out, but was pretty fun actually. I also managed to find room in the organizer for some other crafting supplies that’s been lying [...]

Bamboo Pen Tablet Review for Jewelry Design

What a week! It’s been intense, lots to do at work and at home. My husband Andreas went to Stockholm for a business meeting friday, then came back on saturday afternoon. The meeting went well by the way
With him he brought gifts! I can’t believe it. He told me he had bought a [...]

New Bead Storage & Organizers

On saturday I decided to do something about the bead storage for my growing bead stash, it’s kind of out of hand… There is no room for any new beads really, so it’s time to do something about my bead organizing. So I went to look for new storage and organizers. I was so happy [...]

Feather Butterflies on Barrettes

This is my recent inspirations regarding hair decorations… Found these wonderful feather butterflies at work, so I had to buy them and make my own Butterfly Barrettes! Truth is that feather butterflies can make your day… make your “good hair” day. When you take a closer look at the feathers and the details [...]

Cinnabar Jewelry with the Beads

Yey! I’ve finished up last my first cinnabar jewelry piece! And I’ve made it from the cinnabar beads I bought in London. I can’t tell you how much I love red cinnabar jewelry!
It’s so nice to see and touch the carvings in a cinnabar bead! Something that’s also amazing about cinnabar jewelry is that you can [...]

Cinnabar Beads from London

When I visited London, I finally found my cinnabar beads! I’ve been looking for the right ones and here they were! Cinnabar beads means something special to me. They are the color grand slam in the world of “natural” beads. No wonder the mineral cinnabar really is poisonous! Apparently cinnabar has always been the [...]

African Jade Beads Jewelry

The African Jade gemstone is mined in South Africa, and where it gets the name from. This gemstone is commonly used in jewelry making as beads, graduated fans, nuggets etc. Truth is that it’s not real jade, but actually an opaque garnet that resembles jade.  This gemstone contains a mix of colors including white, light green [...]