The Iditarod is over and everyone is waiting for the ice to go out in Nenana which must mean it's spring in Alaska. It's slushy enough. I'm so eager for summer. Hope you are all enjoying a much less messy spring!

Here's the latest article from the Beadwork site at BellaOnline.com.

Book Review- Steampunk Style Jewelry
A review of Jean Campbell's book Steampunk Styles Jewelry

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art66157.asp

I posted a new pattern and some of my most recent beadwork in my blog. You can find that here.
http://www.donteatthepaste.com/2010/03/currently-heart-bead-pattern.html
There are also 2 new kinds of bead graphs available on my free bead graph paper site. 4 drop peyote in both Delicas and seed beads. You can find all 30+ kinds of graph paper I have here.
http://shala.addr.com/beads/resources/graphpaper/

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Shala Kerrigan, Beadwork Editor
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