Have you ever noticed how dusty people’s skin can look at they get older? I’ve noticed it for several years now and only recently figured out what to attribute that to: aging. But what about aging makes our facial skin look dusty and dried out? Well, what we’re actually seeing when we look into the Read More… »
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» Traveling: Determining Your Primo Destinations
If you’re planning to do any new vacation traveling soon, how should you go about determining your best, most primo destinations? How do you determine where to travel? Obviously, this will depend on the goals or reasons for your own travel. For the sake of this article, we’ll rely on the assumption that you’re traveling Read More… »
» The Mindset and Attitudes of Foreign Travelers
I couldn’t help but be surprised recently when my seventeen year old daughter returned from her senior year trip to Italy. She didn’t like it! We greatly anticipated this trip for her since it was her first trip overseas. While she has always enjoyed our Hawaii vacations, she had approached this trip to Italy with Read More… »
» Learn To Make Gorgeous Wire Jewelry With Simple Wire Beads
While that may sound far easier than one would expect, it’s much easier to learn how to make wire jewelry that’s drop dead gorgeous than you’d think. Especially if you’re a person who does beading or considers themselves a beader. Even more so if you consider yourself a very good beader with a knack for Read More… »
» How To Make Finished Wire Jewelry: Biggest Mistakes
I was holding a workshop last week when one of my students, an especially talented one, asked me what I thought the biggest mistake wire jewelry students made when making wire jewelry. I didn’t have to stop and think about that at all since, like many jewelry making instructors, I have my pet peeves about Read More… »
» The Best Wire Jewelry Mentors
One of the more important things that has formed my wire jewelry career has been my good fortune in finding excellent mentors. When I first started out wire smithing, I didn’t know that I’d end up being so very grateful for the mentors I’ve had. I simply assumed that all teachers or mentors would be Read More… »
» About Step By Step Wire Jewelry Tutorials
One of my beginning students recently was searching for some good wire jewelry tutorials. When she told me about this, she was basically frustrated and needing to rant a bit. She had tried three free wire jewelry tutorials and found that she couldn’t finish any of them to her own satisfaction. While one of these Read More… »
» Jewelry Making: How To Make Jewelry With Wire
Someone asked me recently how I got started making wire jewelry. Here’s a brief encapsulation of what I told them (since they were thinking about becoming a wire jewelry designer): One of the best ways to start seeing if you’re really going to start getting into wire jewelry is to start off by following other Read More… »
» The Wire Ninja, Lisa Van Herik, About Writing Make Wire Beads
Several years ago, 1999, to be exact, I found myself in Seattle for nearly a year……a very long year. Having moved there for business from California, I wasn’t used to gray skies for months on end. I found myself looking for ways to integrate into my new environment and keep my own spirits up. As Read More… »