Win a Copy of Twisted
Is your family driving you crazy? Do you need to get away? Take a trip to Dobbs Hollow, Texas, where bodies and villains are piling up... Lucy Sadler Caldwell is a successful true-crime writer. But the one story she’s never been able to come to terms with is the...
That’s a Wrap! (A Confession of Excess)
I am not a terribly materialistic person. I drive a fairly beat up car, wear jeans or sweatpants just about every day, and—oddly enough for someone who used to make it herself—rarely bother with jewelry. But there are some things I love: Electronics—I don't need the...
Don’t Co-Opt My Disorder for Your Plot Device: a Rant.
Recently, I read a contemporary romance with an epileptic heroine. I'm not going to name the book/author because I don't want to make you think this is all about her or just this one book. Although that book triggered this rant because I deal with epilepsy myself, the...
The Final November Giveaway: Coiled and Complex!
It's the end of November and I am finally, finally done with the giveaway madness! I don't mind telling you that as much fun as I had, this is the flat last time I do thirty giveaways in a row. Maybe next year I'll do 12 days of Thanksgiving or something, but not...
After Thanksgiving Amethysts, a Giveaway
We're almost at the end of the entire month of giveaways and I have to tell you, I am exhausted! (Of course, that could just as easily by a tryptophan-induced coma.) I hope your Thanksgiving (if you're American and celebrate it) was fabulous. If you don't celebrate...
Giving Thanks for Alien Universes!
Sometimes, when the family's gathered, you just have to GET OUT OF TOWN. Yesterday, I gave you the red planet. Today I bring you an entire alien universe. Yes, that's what I call these beads. In this necklace, they're combined with round quartz beads in a variety of...
Giveaway of the Day: Red Planet Necklace
This is a long necklace - the pendant would sit nicely in the vee of a fancy holiday dress! I call the beads in this one my "red planet" beads because the base glass is red. When you add silver to red (due to the way glass works), you get that golden-yellow color. The...
Cliffhanger Vs. To Be Continued? (And Giveaway of KT Grant’s The Gate)
Today, I have a guest on the blog! I've followed KT Grant (@katiebabs) on Twitter for ages, but recently met her in person at a conference in Rhode Island. We had a great conversation about cliffhanger endings and I asked her if she'd like to write about them for you...
Sunday Showers Bring Monday Flowers
Yesterday's bracelet design was abstract. Today's is more garden-themed. I made these green glass beads with purple flowers on them early in my beadmaking career. They're very simple, but I still love them. They're combined here with sterling silver beads and clasp...
Giveway of the Day: Sunday is for Small Bracelets
Today I am giving away another handmade bracelet. I actually made the glass beads in this piece and the reason the bracelet is so small (again, 6.25" wrist) is that I only made three! They are copper dichroic glass, and I've combined them here with sterling silver...