Coral & Ocean Blue Cat’s Eye for a Day at the Beach

About beadthing

I am a semi-retired realtor/administrator with a passion for handcrafting jewelry. I have 2 children a son in the Army and a daughter who lives with me with her son. I love being a grandma "mimi". I have been doing some type of craft for most of my life. My grandmother attempted to teach me tatting when I was very young and of course, I could not pay attention long enough to actually get anything made, so she finally said, "here, take these crochet hooks and yard and see what you can do with them." She showed me a chain stitch, double stitch and a triple stitch and ssid, "now, I have to go feed the chickens." Thus my crafting was born. I delved into crochet and made afghan after afghan and then became a teenager where it seems for some creativity ends. I began again when decorating my first "place of my own" and it has not stopped. From painting, to crochet, embroidery, cross-stitch and beading and jewelry making, my journey continues. I create using several different mediums and continue to learn daily by the inspiration of others. A Bead Thing was started in November 2009 after a