STEPHIE'S BEADS AND BAUBLES

Photography Frustration

I am not really sure why, but lately I am having one heck of a time getting photos for my Etsy listings. The colors just do not come out right, or they are dark, or just weird. I just took these of some new wine glass charms and this was try number three !! Arghhhhh…

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January 19, 2013

Studio stuff

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Balancing work and home

I had a productive day. I got some work done in the studio, but just some prework for some projects I want to do. My hubby decided to take a double shift today so I had a 16 hour day to get stuff done. The apartment had left a note on the door that they…

stephiesbeadsandbaubles

January 16, 2013

Daily stuff !!

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Lots of new goodies made today !!

I love productive days when I get a lot done and can look back on my day and see actual things I have made to show for my day. Today was a day like that. I made a dozen and a half wine charms, four guitar pick necklaces, one regular necklace, and four pair of…

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January 15, 2013

Studio stuff

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Snow , nice wake up surprise !!

I am so excited !! I woke up and knew it was going to be cold but when I picked up my phone to check the weather and it said light snow, I was shocked !! I flew to the window and much to my amazement, there was a nice light dusting of snow, wow…

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January 15, 2013

Daily stuff !!

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Crystal ball charms and new beads

This is a post about a few things I wanted to share today !! I was shopping at Hobby Lobby and found some cute crystal ball charms, they were nice, but not the prettiest bead and I knew I could make something even better, so I did today !! I had a blast and decided…

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January 14, 2013

Studio stuff

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Mardi Gras Fun

I love the colors of Mardi Gras and love to wear Mardi Gras jewelry on Fat Tuesday to help celebrate it !! I decided to make a few things up for my Etsy store in Mardi Gras colors, and just started listing them, but figured I would share them here !! Such fun colors and…

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January 10, 2013

My online bead store

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Wine glass charms finished !!

I finished my special orders for the wine charms and I am very happy with how they came out. I am going to make a few sets to sell and I am confident they will be really nice now that I have made a couple of sets !! They are identical, so I will only…

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January 9, 2013

Projects I am working on

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Updated pictures of my studio

I finally took some updated pictures of the studio and finally did the entire room, which I did not do before !! It us usually a huge creative mess but I wanted to get some new pictures and it worked out as I needed some pictures for one of the blogs I am sponsoring !! …

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January 9, 2013

Studio stuff

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Just some rambling thoughts !!!

We all hear people talking about finding themselves and being on a journey to find themselves and finding thier purpose. Most of us get it and are maybe , even ourselves , on the journey to find our purpose, our meaning , our reason for being. I am really struggling with it myself. I love…

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January 8, 2013

Personal ramblings and thoughts

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Making wine glass charms

My project today is to make a couple of sets of wine charms . I have orders from a friend and her sister to make them each a set of 12 charms to give as gifts to family members. One a husbands family member, one is for thier cousin. I started the process last night…

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January 8, 2013

Bead lessons or tutorials

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