Peace, Love & Bead Bloggers!

Time sure flies when you are having fun!! That's SO true when you are creating!! Whether it's beading or any other kind of creative venture, time just flies right by!

It's time for the weekly blog check-in to see what our friends have been up to this week, I can't wait!!

The Bead Dreamer
Book Review: Steel Wire Jewelry. Love alternative materials and modern, whimsical jewelry design? This book is a must have. Project one is an earring wardrobe! Read the review in full.

Cindy Gimbrone, The Lampwork Diva
Cindy shares her "DO" for the week. Come take a look!

The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton
Andrew gets in touch with his inner "Calder" and hammers some wire with Kate McKinnon and Dustin Wedekind.

Beads & Books
Michelle shares a behind-the-scenes look at her work doing technical edits on a jewelry magazine

Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done!
Jean reviews a comforting and beautiful book for beaders which she herself has often turned to as a "bridge over troubled waters": Beading for the Soul, by Deborah Cannarella

Earthenwood Studio Chronicles
Melanie explores the old craft of paper quilling in an experiment combining the technique with resin for jewelry

Carmi's Art/Life World
A new bronze pendant from Artbeads.com inspired this new necklace from Carmi.

About.com Jewelry Making
For gemstone fanatics, earrings are the perfect way to enjoy fast projects that include all their favorite stones.

Beading Arts
Have you heard of a hair fascinator? Come see what Cyndi put together with a handful of Swarovski crystals and a length of thin gauge wire!

Art Bead Scene Art Bead Scene loves a wall of beads. Stop by and see if you don't love it too! way to enjoy fast projects that include all their favorite stones.