Deal of the Day

Occasionally, I get emails asking about the availability and price range of certain books.  So when I saw Beads Style Cool 2 by Shizuya for sale at Traplett's shop on Etsy, I had to share.  This is a pretty hard to come by book, and the price is excellent.

Beads Style Cool 2 for $24 plus shipping

Good luck.

New Beans Okinawa Tutorial Video

Beans Okinawa has posted a new video. This one shows the stitching pattern for one of her newer designs, Trico.

My Powerful Ojo

Ojo is technically "eye" in Spanish, but culturally it is the "evil eye." It's like a jinx. You say one thing, you put a jinx on it so the opposite happens.

Well, my Perles Report entry used my powerful ojo to get Swarovski sew on settings in brass from a US dealer.

Browsing on Etsy today, I saw that Flowerchylde now carries 10 and 12mm settings for 4470s in raw brass. No, it's not the selection available at Perles, but you have to start somewhere!

Beans-Okinawa Free Recipe Update

During my regular stroll through fave Japanese bead sites, I noticed Yaeko Kuwano (nee Yamada. I'm guessing felicitations are in order?) has updated her site with four new free recipes.

Enjoy!