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Finally…My Battle Piece Revealed!

Finally…My Battle Piece Revealed!

Hopefully if you’re reading this you’ve already seen my Battle of the Beadsmith entry, ‘High Stakes’ and now, finally, I can share all the things I’ve been bursting to tell people, but having to refrain from doing in order to preserve the mystery that is such a great part of this competition. Those of you [...]

Creative Confidence and Fear

Creative Confidence and Fear

The universe keeps throwing things into my path that makes me think it wants me to consider the idea of creativity and confidence, or self-belief and fear. So, while we’re all waiting for the revelation of the full complement of Battle pieces, it seemed like a good time to sneak in a few thoughts on [...]

Thank you!

I’m a little late in writing this blog, but I was thrilled last week to be nominated by Culture and Anarchy for a ‘Versatile Blogger’ award! Like many internet activities, blogging is a sort of isolated event that is just thrown into the netspace and mostly I have no idea who ends up reading my [...]