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Artful Accents: July 2013

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Saturday, July 20, 2013. Blog Hop Challenge Reveal! What a delightful surprise it was to find out that I was one of the winners of a blog hop challenge giveaway! And the host of this blog hop is the talented Rebekah of Tree Wings Studio. She creates with polymer clay and makes the most adorable little forest creatures like the ones below. The beads that Rebekah created for the giveaway are pictured below. They are just stunning, full of color and texture. Rebekah, thank you so much for your generosity!

Artful Accents: First Published Pieces!

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Monday, August 13, 2012. Ever since I started making jewelry, I have subscribed to beading magazines. I have studied the pictures of designs, admired the skill of the designers who created them, and dreamed of having a piece of my jewelry in one of the magazines someday. I was so excited (like, squealing-and-jumping-up-and-down excited)! After patiently waiting, this finally came in my mail today. Stringing Fall 2012 issue. On page 56 of the Fall issue of Stringing, you will find these earrings featured.

Artful Accents: August 2013

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Thursday, August 22, 2013. What's In A Name, Revisited. For several years now, I have named all of my jewelry designs. I wrote about it in a previous blog post. While I began the process with enthusiasm, now it has become somewhat of a burden. Many of you have told me how much you enjoy seeing the names that I give to designs. Despite that encouragement, I have decided to end the tradition. Shakespeare might have been been onto something! Posted by Kathy Artful Accents. Thursday, August 22, 2013. Publish...

Artful Accents: Red Poppy

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Friday, January 4, 2013. In 2012, I set a goal for myself to submit some designs for the chance at publication in jewelry design magazines. I'm happy to say that I submitted.goal accomplished! And even happier to say that I had 4 designs accepted in 2012! Pictured below is my bracelet design accepted and published by Jewelry Stringing. In the Winter Issue. Pictured on far right side of page). I didn't squeal this time. But I'm pretty sure that my heart skipped a beat. :-). Posted by Kathy Artful Accents.

Artful Accents: From August to March

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014. From August to March. Yes indeed, I was out of blog posting mode for the past half year. Life has moved right along, and has been mostly good. I continue to deal with chronic health issues, but TRY to keep a joyful attitude and be grateful for the many gifts I've been blessed with. I decided that I wanted to learn how to knit…left-handed. I tried it using my right hand as the dominant hand, but I'm just not that coordinated! I found that the Clover soft touch crochet hooks work b...