Weekly Bead Links

I am so dedicated! Coming to you from Sunny and Beautiful New Hampshire/Maine - Here is a nice photo of Joe and I before we walked along Marginal way up in Ogunquit Maine this morning.

Enjoying our time away, and I'll share more pics after we come home. Read the weekly links below!

A Bead A Day Lisa�s �Swarovski Summer Picnic� project is progressing. The only thing missing are the crystally butterflies!! About.com Jewelry Making School's out for summer, but is it really? Nope, not when you can take one of these free jewelry making e-courses Art Bead Scene Art Bead Scene's monthly challenge painting for July is the Lascaux Cave Paintings. Get your stash of beads out in ivory, red and brown to match the color palette of these ancient drawings Beading Arts Wonderful wonderful wonderful new CopprClay! Cyndi is so excited about this new material that she can't stop playing with it! Carmi's Art/Life World Carmi attempts to create a necklace after a resin pouring disaster. Cindy Gimbrone aka The Lampwork Diva Cindy shows off some new chain and realizes one should never shop for jeans on her lunch hour. Humblebeads Check out the 2009 Bead Cruise design contest winners! Jean Campbell Jean Campbell finished off her new LeTemps Necklace design which marries bling to grunge. Hurray! Lorelei's Blog: Inside the Studio Lorelei has busted out of the studio and into the Museum of Art for a trunk show. Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done! Jean reviews a different, colorful, and inspiring book called Glass, by Marlene Blessing and Jamie Hogsett Strands of Beads Melissa talks about where to find reliable information on copyrights - the U.S. Copyright Office, of course! The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton Challenging himself with a smaller scale, Andrew tackles doll jewelry. Check out five new designs with dolls in mind!