The husband and I with our finished Bead Shop Hop passports at San Gabriel Bead Company.

I want to know why. Why was this allowed to happen?  Why did a company that has been around for 45 years, made their products in the USA and who had thousands and thousands of customers pass quietly from the …

TierraCast – Why Was This Allowed to Happen? Read more »

So this week THIS Happened… Yeah…I bought a peyote-stitch bracelet pattern on Etsy I fell MADLY in love with without checking if I had the colors in stock. Guess what? I DIDN’T. *sigh* *and FACEPALM* Sound familiar? It happens to …

Chaos in the Bead Cave – How to Modify Colors in an Existing Pattern Read more »

On our way We are finally on our way to Gallifrey One 2019. It feels strange after over a month of doing beadwork on bracelets every day to not have a bead project in hand, beading and ignoring everything else …

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Who knew Upland, CA was such a cute, quiet, sweet little town? That’s the impression we got rolling in off the 10 fwy and it was a welcome one. You can’t help but get antsy in that last stretch of …

Day 6 – 2014 So. Cal Bead Shop Hop – Store #10 – Garden of Beaden, Upland Read more »

The Eastern most store in Region 1 of the Southern California Bead Shop Hop is way out in Redlands – about an hour and 40 minutes from my studio in the San Fernando Valley. So close to the Autumn Equinox …

Day 6 – 2014 So. Cal Bead Shop Hop – Store #9 – A Rolling Stone, Redlands Read more »

Ahhhh….the store I have been waiting to do ever since the heat wave struck Southern California! We are finally within sight of the Pacific Ocean, walking distance from Santa Monica Boardwalk. Beadahs, you are a welcome sight for this heat-stroked …

Day 5 – 2014 So. Cal Bead Shop Hop – Store #8 – Beadahs, Santa Monica Read more »