This is my favorite time of year. I love stocking up on school supplies, buying new pens and notebooks. The weather is starting to get a bit cooler in the mornings and I'm tapping my foot impatiently waiting for those fall-inspired pumpkin lattes and other seasonal drinks.
This week on the Art Bead Scene blog, Erin Prais-Hintz shared some of the jewelry classes she's taken over the years. She's studied with an amazing, all-star list of teachers. If you've always thought "back to school" meant pulling out the #2 pencils and black-and-white composition books, maybe it's time to rethink that. The great part of being an adult is that you can take any class you like.
Read Erin's post and the rest of this week's highlighted links:
Art Bead Scene
School season is almost here and that inspired
Erin to blog about some of her favorite creative classes she has taken
over the years.
A Bead A Day
Design inspiration...the Sun! Lisa shares her Ode to the Sunshine State jewelry project.
About.com Jewelry Making
Dig around in your jewelry box for those hoop earrings that need a little jazzing up.
Beading Arts
Cyndi shares her thoughts on Kim St. Jean's magical book, Metal Magic!
Beads & Books
Win a copy of Japanese Beadwork with Sonoko
Nozue. While you're entering, you can also download a free simple spiral
necklace project from the book.
Earthenwood Studio Chronicles
Melanie makes lemonade out of lemons, or at least out of clay slabs that got too dry, and creates new pendants in the process
Resin Crafts!
A little paper and paint can result in a wonderful Friday pendant!
Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done!
Jean discusses the worldwide jewelry, mixed
media and Blythe doll project which she has been involved in throughout
2012, and invites you to follow its progress!
The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton
Andrew announces the future plans for Allegory Gallery and the NEW annex space!
Pictured on this page: My Pencil Earrings are made with little round tubes of brass that look suspiciously like the metal bands on pencils.