Spelunking: Jewelry-Making Supplies Organization, Pt. 2

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In my prior post, I discussed organizing findings, chain and the like. Now we get to delve into the fun part: BEADS! For years I've been storing them in 'buckets' of disorganization known as divided-storage. This evil mayhem creates a bucket where beads go chaotic and travel from one compartment to another.  I've had everything from little tic-tac style containers (that never stay closed), and … [Read more...]

Spelunking: Jewelry-Making Supplies Organization, Pt. 1

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Part One: Findings No matter how much you think a single container is going to do it - you always outgrow this type of organization solution. Just this morning I noticed that someone had 'pinned' a post about my findings storage on Pinterest. Timely, because I was in the midst of re-organizing these bits! I used to have everything for findings in one convenient little bin. It was your basic, … [Read more...]

Technique Junkies July NEW RELEASES Blog Hop

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Today marks the first day of July and a set of new stamp releases from Technique Junkies! The Technique Junkie Design Team has put together a blog hop showcasing all of the new designs for July. Among the July releases are two new designs in my Palettini line of stamps: PS009 - Shells PS007 - Botanical Bee   Make sure and take a look at the new releases, the artful inspiration and … [Read more...]

The Background of Watercolor NYC

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This card explains in a nutshell why I am such a fan of designing and using background stamps. Starting with a pale celery green background, I wanted to create a gritty, urban feel with lots of depth. I stamped several background stamps, as follows: P027 Paid in Full, in Stazon Ganache and Stazon Blue Hawaii, randomly pounced on the surface P010 Travel Documents, in Stazon Cloudy … [Read more...]