Crafts by Chris

Musing on polymer clay, beads, jewelry and other stuff.

inspiration behind the beads

I find inspiration in many places. The inspiration for my Nature’s Dance beads comes from the painting “Nature’s Dance I” by Carol Robinson.

Found on www.art.com
Sometimes my interpretation is fairly literal, like these beads.

Sometimes inspiration evolves into a different design.

And sometimes you see something that makes you think of something else…..which I’ll talk about more [...]

what’s new?

I have some new flowers listed and more spring colors will be blooming soon.

I’m also cleaning out my bead drawer, which means great savings to you. Lots of sale priced items and this week you can save an additional 25% during my Baby it’s cold outside SALE!

I’ve also extended the 25% off sale [...]

Baby it’s cold outside SALE!

Warm up with some great deals in my Etsy shop.
25% off EVERYTHING in my Shop
Now through January 15th!
Savings will be refunded via PayPal or put a note to seller when checking out and I will send you a revised invoice.

sneak peek at new collection

Here’s a sneak peek at my new Zen Garden collection. The collection will include simple necklaces, earrings and cuff or tile style bracelets.
In turbulent times it’s easy to get stressed out, which we all know isn’t good for your health. My hope is that these pieces will inspire the wearer to live more in [...]

Happy 2010!

Happy New Year! We’ve had an exciting start to the new year. Our daughter gave birth to our first Grandchild yesterday morning!
Meet Steven Alan. He was born at 10:43 am, January 4th. He weighed in at 8 pounds 3 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long.

This is me holding baby Steven. I’m a little scary [...]