Busy Bee!

I've finally made enough pendants to fill my shop to normal capacity again! Here's a cool collage of all the goodies that are now available (or soon to be available) in my shop! Notice I've added some cuff links to the mix so your geeky guy can get his geek on!

Oh, and don't forget to get them now while they are 15% off (use code "back to school" at checkout)!

New Line!

I've been playing around with some beads I bought from a show some time ago. For some reason, I've been obsessed with making tons of these! They are an affordable way to wear beadwoven jewelry!

They're available in a myriad of colors and I'd be happy to make custom pendants and earrings!

Craft Show!

I have been so busy lately that I haven't posted in over a week! I'm really excited about doing craft shows at Spot Coffee in Rochester, NY! I was there last weekend and I've been there this weekend, and I'll be going tonight! I'm about to burn out between this and my school work. However, it's a lot of fun and I really enjoy doing shows and meeting other area crafters.

At RIT, I've just started doing research with Dr. Chris Collison. Without giving away too much, I'm studying the interactions of carbon nanotubes. It's pretty exciting stuff, and it may just be the topic of my graduate studies, since I'm still in the process of looking at schools and figuring out what I want to do for the next 5 years!

Here's a new one! I had extra fun with my Dremel tool on this one!

Colorful Circuitry

I am soooo excited that I have found circuit boards in colors other than just green. I've been adding them slowly to my shop. The red one already sold!


I would love to find purple or violet colored circuit boards. If anyone has any I'll trade for a pendant made from them (or something else)!

New Shop!

And by new shop, I mean new shop:


I guess I would call it a division of Beadwork by Amanda, but with more playful items! Besides, my older shop has too much diversity and a boring shop title (let's face it, I picked it out when I was 15 and never dreamed of coming this far!). This way, I can keep the silly, fun items in one shop and the "serious" items in another shop. Plus I have a fascination with rainbows and just wanted something fun! Enough of winter!

You can see what kinds of new items I have! PLUS I'm giving away FREE sprinkle pendants to the first 5 customers!!

Shop Open at 1000 Markets!

I've just opened shop at 1000 markets. It's a bit sparse right now since I'm studying for final exams this week. I'll probably be listing a lot more of my beadwoven bracelets there since the market seems to lean more towards higher end items. I'll see how that goes...

You can visit my shop HERE.

You Call that a Studio?!

Yes, my sad excuse for a studio is no more that a poor little desk stacked high with supplies. What I’m not showing is the table half covered in more things, the buffet covered in even more stuff, and the utility closet that is holding about 30 plastic bins (the shoebox size as they call it) full of beads and findings. If you click the photo, it will take you to flickr where I have labeled some things. (If you were really that interested…)



Understand that I’m a college student living in a small apartment. If I had my way, I’d have my own room flanked with tables for working and hutches for storage!

Despite what some people call a creative disaster, I still manage to create! Here is my newest! Also pictured is a pair of earrings I made to match the Loopy Lei necklace shown in an earlier post.

My Entry Already sold!

I finally entered a piece into the Etsy Beadweaver's (EBW) monthly challenge. I was pretty much obligated to do so since the theme is tropical holiday! I started with grand plans of making beaded orchids but 75% of the way through one orchid it went into the incomplete stash. Heh, that stash is getting a bit too big! Anyway, I listed the Loopy Lie Necklace as my entry and it sold the next day! Visit the Etsy beadweaver's blog starting tomorrow to vote for my necklace! (Or a more deserving piece as you see fit!)



This is my newest resin adventure! Will the real gummy bear please stand up?