My moms recycled bracelet.

I should have taken a picture of the bracelet before I took it apart but I never thought about it. But the beads on it were gold rice pearls and 8 mm pearls with gold stretch cord. The cord was so old and the gold beads were all messed up. So I put the pearls on new stretch cord with pink bicones and seed beads and this is what I came up with.

The Joy of Beading.

I love beading so much and I try to watch as many beading tutorials as I can and have even thought of doing my own tutorials. Maybe someday I will I don't know. I have to say my favorite youtubers for jewelry are Tsummerlee, BeadsFriends, Beadifulnights, Offthebeadedpath,  Beading4perfectionists, AuntiesBeads and there are many more. Well just thought I would share some of my favs with you all. Take care. Bead happy.

Fireline cheaper really?

So I went to walmart today and while looking at fishing line. I found Fireline 125 yards and it was roughly  $22.00 great deal and cheaper then I normaly pay. 100 yards more then I usually get too. The whole time Im there looking Im thinking are you kidding me. They have it in Canadian tire too costs little more but not much so thats good. Only difference is Walmart didn't have it in black. I'v been beading for nearly 7 years now and have looked for it at both places and never seen it before. Im so :-) they have it. Maybe now I can bead more and be happy that I don't have to worry about using it as fast as I do. So when I get more money I am gonna get it in different sizes and colors. I love Canadian Tire and Walmart now. Now if only they would sell better beads or beads period. Well taa taa for now.

Just a few of my older creations.

Figured that since this site is about handmade jewelry items and so on I would share a few of my creations with you. Enjoy.

Bead beads and more beautiful beads. All handmade of course.

This feature is about one of my Facebook friends. She is a Self employed Lamp-worker and jewelry designer who works full time from home and Loves it.

Vickie's Beads & Findings

I have some beads she made that I won in a contest she was holding and have yet to design something from them. They are beautiful as well.

A Friend of the family we lost touch with over 20 years ago.

Douglas Gordon is a self-taught Visual Artist

This Months Featured Artisan

This weeks Featured Artisan is The Chickadee Tree. She has wonderful creations that are created with love! You can find Chickadee Tree on:

Artfire
Facebook
Blog


Are you On Fire for Handmade? http://onfireforhandmade.com Grab the code for your blog HERE

Hello and welcome to my blog.

Hello there my name is April Watkins. I am a mom, grandmother, wife and daughter. I love to make beaded jewelry and do other crafts in my spare time. That is when I do have spare time. I created this blog so that I can post pictures of my works and stories about how the pieces came to be and also to share other blog stories from bloggers and artisans I love to see. Maybe even from the odd celebrity or two. If you like Jewelry and stories than your in the right place. I may even post my poems here as well. Later on I will add a spot for them. So for the time being stay well and if you drive ~ drive safe. Never stop laughing. God bless. Tata for now. Sincerely, April.