Did you know that tomorrow (March 20) is the first day of spring? Usually March in Colorado means snow and lots of it, but not this year. I'm excited to make some springtime jewelry and have warm weather at the same time. I like Lisa's easy earring idea. Her simple earrings use a wooden disc that is painted, drilled, and decorated with a photo of gnomes. If you don't like gnomes, this is an easy earring project to customize: add a photo of your dogs or your garden, a favorite scrap of wrapping paper, or a bit of sheet music. Enjoy her post and the rest of this week's links!
A Bead A Day
Lisa shares the steps to making super simple gnome earrings just in time for spring!
About.com Jewelry Making
Tammy explains the strategy she uses when reviewing jewelry making books.
Art Bead Scene
Do you collect rocks? Make a bracelet with them using this free project from Art Bead Scene!
Beading Arts
Cyndi posted a tutorial to show how she made her Bead Soup necklace!
Beads & Books
Michelle shares her storage idea for spools of beading wire.
Carmi's Art/Life World
Would you believe that you could wear flocked velvet wallpaper?
Cindy Gimbrone, The Lampwork Diva
Cindy's been out with the flu so this week's a rewind on spicing up your plain old packaging.
Earthenwood Studio Chronicles
Melanie celebrates a new hairstyle for spring by making a pendant to match her new purple hair extensions!
The Bead Dreamer
Charlene reviews The Penland Book of Jewelry and
is touched by the artistic statements, humanity, talent and sharing of
the ten artists in the book.
The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton
Working with wire and ammonite slices, Andrew creates three Calder-inspired pendants.