Another lovely week here in southeastern Wisconsin. My laundry is all caught up, thanks to the DIY dryer repair I blogged about last week. My car, however, is still being parked in the driveway--who knew that a 1920s house would also have an old garage that requires a special-order garage door!? Perhaps sometime next week, my Wrangler will once-again spend its off-time relaxing indoors. (My Jeep has lots of off-time these days, as some co-workers and I are doing our best to help the environment and our own bank accounts by carpooling from the east side of Milwaukee to our west side office.)
Speaking of our office, our parent company decided to take a corporate picture to use in our 75th anniversary celebration materials. The corporate site was also redesigned--check it out at www.Kalmbach.com. While we had staff and cameras outdoors, the BeadStyle staff had an informal picture taken. Naomi blogged about it and the jewelry adorning the staffers.
Speaking of blogs, while you're enjoying a lovely weekend, why not check out these jewelry gems of the web? And while you're at it, be sure to give a special welcome to Carmi Cimicata, one of my newest blog buddies (the image above is from Carmi's site)!
About.com Jewelry Making
Tammy gives you some tips and jewelry project
ideas for designing and making jewelry you can wear to work, even if
your job's atmosphere is super up-tight.
Art Bead Scene
Let your jewelry do the talking! Enter the Art Bead Scene's creative challenge!
Carter Seibels for Divali Glass Jewelry
Carter ponders the organization of beads in the Bead Trust booth, and shares some new projects!
Jennifer Jangles Blog
Make Jennifer's Long, Dangle-y, and Jangle-y Earring Project
Jewelry & Beading
Make a cigar box handbag...featuring beads, of course!
Katie's Beading Blog
Download one of Katie's projects over at Beading Daily. It's an icy confection of dichroic glass and matte seed beads.
Naughty Secretary Club
The Naughty Secretary Club book is finally here. If you love your jewelry kitschy proceed immediately to Jen's blog.
Salt Shaker Bead
Carmi turns an odd collectible into something wearable.
Strands of Beads
Melissa finds that it's still easy to be green in August