Tag: work

• New year, new challenges !

  

  I hope everyone is having a great 2018 !! Ours has been good , not completely uneventful, but nothing earth shattering, just normal life bumps in the roads. Overall, a nice start to the year and I am very late getting here to post !! I am struggling with balance right now. Work, this blog,…

  stephiesbeadsandbaubles

  January 21, 2018

  Studio stuff

  beads, blogging, charms, findings, how to achieve balance, learning to cook vegan, messy studio, new diet, organizing my studio, posting, projects, seed beads, sequins, studio, vegan eating, work, work and home balance, work bench, working

• What a mess …..

  

  Ha, when you think things are a mess and can only get better, wham, life shows you how silly that thought was !! We are in the middle of moving our youngest son back home, and while his sister and her family were living here, we had rented a storage unit and he is taking…

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  January 21, 2017

  Studio stuff

  beads, etsy, going through stuff, jewelry, listings, messy studio, new stuff, organizing studio, selling, studio, vintage jewelry, work

• Working hard to stay motiviated

  Some items I have been working on. Have not gotten anything listed either on here or Etsy in a week or more. Designed some things to match my outfits, this bracet was one, but I ended up not wearing it. I had bought a really lovely peasant blouse with these colors, they look great with…

  stephiesbeadsandbaubles

  April 27, 2013

  Studio stuff

  beading, beads, beadwork, blogging, confused, created, creating, design, earrings, etsy, frustrated, glass faceted beads, hardly any sales, how to be successful, jewelry, list, listing, made, make, no sales, not sure what to do, online selling, pictures, plans, posting, projects, sell, store, studio, when to quit, work

• Working on stuff today

  Despite my gonna take a break post, lol, here I am again. I love to bead and blog way too much to let things get me down !! I played in the beads today and here is what I came up with, such a pretty piece !! started with these lovely square glass beads I…

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  April 17, 2013

  Projects I am working on

  beading, beads, beadwork, black, blogging, blue, bracelet, created, creating, design, gift, glass beads, glass faceted beads, jewelry, list, listing, made, make, photos, pictures, plans, posting, projects, seed beads, sequins, studio, work

• Wine and roses…..and skulls !

  More stepping outside my box today !!  I love roses and recently got some skull beads. I have wanted to do some of the skull jewelry but was not sure how to start. I thought that I would try combining the roses and the skulls and see how that came out, I see a lot…

  stephiesbeadsandbaubles

  April 9, 2013

  My online bead store, Studio stuff

  beading, beads, beadwork, blogging, charms, created, creating, day of the dead, design, etsy, glass faceted beads, jewelry, list, listing, made, make, photos, pictures, plans, polymer clay, posting, projects, rose and skull, sell, skull charms, store, studio, wine, wine charms, work, working

• Making custom orders, long distance

  I rarely get a custom order locally !! Usually they are from people who live in other areas of the country so I had to come up with a system to design but still give them input like I would some one who was in my studio looking at all the beads with me !!…

  stephiesbeadsandbaubles

  April 8, 2013

  Projects I am working on

  bead shop, beading, beads, beadwork, bracelet, charms, clear, custom order, customers, design, designing, jewelry, list, listing, long distance orders, made, make, photos, pink, plans, posting, projects, white, work, work bench, working

• New things, new creations !!

  I am working on trying new things, so I have been playing with some  new things, and here are some things I have come up with !! I love making recycled beads or art, it is fun to take something that should be trash, and make something usuable and new out of it !! Some…

  stephiesbeadsandbaubles

  April 6, 2013

  Projects I am working on, Studio stuff

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• Studio in chaos !!

  played a bit in the studio before I faced the mess !! Old pieces of jewelry and the letters glued with clear tacky glue onto one of the scrabble stands ! why, when the room is really bright, does my camera take such dark pictures sometimes ? I actually took some of the project while…

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  March 10, 2013

  Studio stuff

  art supplies, bead trays, beads, chaos, glass, glass beads, guest room, messy studio, projects, stain glass supplies, studio, tools, work, work bench, working

• Smile, life is good !!

  My pin cushion. Our oldest grand daughter got a hold of it and created this happy face , makes me smile every time I look at it !! Life is good, and being able to just sit here and type is a wonderful thing !! My studio is still a mess. Once we were done…

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  March 7, 2013

  Projects I am working on

  bead shop, beading, beads, beadwork, blogging, bracelet, charms, created, creating, design, etsy, good day, list, listing, made, make, pink, plans, posting, projects, smile, store, studio, tools, wine charms, work, work bench, working

• What I have been up to today !!

  Whew, I have gotten a lot done today !! I made up a bunch of wine charms and finally photographed the ones I had already  made. I got my charm section in my Etsy store up to 24 sets of wine charms. I have 12 more sets to list and a bunch more to make.…

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  February 27, 2013

  My online bead store

  bead shop, beads, beadwork, blogging, blue, charms, created, creating, design, etsy, glass beads, glass faceted beads, jewelry, list, listing, made, make, plans, posting, projects, seed beads, sell, store, studio, vintage buttons, wine charms, work, working