For me it was at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton. This is great for anyone who has their own art to sell and doesn’t want to pay a big booth fee. Their shows are the 2nd Sunday of every month now through October. I did very well there. Another good place would be The Blue Orchid flower...

Am so very sorry, wrote in another post and lost it that I am new here to this forum and hit the wrong button, of course. So I will try this one! Your work is beautiful, I especially like the turquoise hanging in the tree. This is really a favorite color I work with. Am very new to beading and have met...

Dear Mickey: The more-flexible the beading wire you use, the better. I just simply twist my finished strands and fasten the clasp. The "twist" stays in place. I have also done three strands and braided them, so they stay twisted permanently. You need longer strands for this as the braiding...

Here's a link to a new necklace that I just finished and thought I'd share with the group. http://www.capitolagirl.com/2007/11/ocean-drift-necklace.html

It's tough, but I love having a website! I do, however, think of it as an online gallery of sorts. It DOES help for sales, though. I am constantly trying new things to get my website to rank higher on the search engines, because as you said, there is tons of competition! But, it's what we love...

Hi!!! I just wanted to share one of my fall bracelets. It's filled with Freshwater Pearls, Tigerseye, Swarovski Crystals and a handful of Lampwork Beads made by me. :D And if these beauties don't sell I won't have to make more for myself for the necklace design I've got in mind...They're...

I made this necklace with oval matrix jasper beads, faceted round onyx beads, black Swarovski pearls, and sterling silver chain. This necklace is meant to just slip over your head, no nead foa clasp! Necklace is 38" in length. I wish chain was not as expensive that way I could incorporate it in...

Swarovski 7mm silver and crystal ab roundelle centered between an 8 and 10mm Swarovski garnet faceted round. Sterling silver 4mm ball post earrings and sterling silver backs.

Three strands made up of light peach AB, light rose AB, light amethyst AB Swarovski crystals and sterling silver round beads. You can choose to wear it with the heart shaped dichroic glass clasp being the focal point or the 8mm Swarovski crystal rounds and roundelles. The clasp is sterling silver.