Whirl & Twirl
At last, I arrived back home Wednesday afternoon. It seemed like twice the distance I drove getting to Santa Fe!... Read More
Learning Center
Welcome to the Jill Wiseman Designs Learning Center, your one-stop beading library! Here you'll find everything you need to know about beading and jewelry making. We've filled it with helpful articles and step-by-step tutorials, and will be adding to it regularly over the coming months!
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Bead Fest Santa Fe: By the Numbers
766 – miles from my front door to the Santa Fe Convention Center14 – hours it took me to drive... Read More
Packin’ up the suitcases again
One more big trip to get through, and after that, while I do have a quick overnight trip to Lake... Read More
Pretty Tucson photos
I still owe you the STORY of Tucson Tales, The Finale, but in the meantime, here’s some fun photos! We... Read More
Beading Shortcuts
I’m probably about to disappoint you. Because I’ll bet you read the title of this post and got all excited... Read More
Writing the Blog
From June: I know it’s been a while since we’ve updated the blog. That’s partly because life is comparatively calm... Read More
Tucson Tales, Part II
The buildup before coming to Tucson is immense. So much planning and creation and anticipation. The appointed day finally arrives... Read More
Tucson Tales, Part I
I sat down tonight to write an email to Mom to tell her all about the craziness of this day,... Read More
Same Song, Same Verse From June: It seems like no matter how much we try, we can’t seem to get... Read More
Happy 2011!
You know, I was thinking last night, wasn’t Y2K just a few years ago? How did we end up in... Read More
Participating in The Best Little Bead Box project!
Please forgive me for cross-posting, but I wanted y’all to know about this cool project I got to participate in... Read More
Holy Cannoli
Man, when I owe you a blog post, I REALLY owe you a blog post! I have yet to tell... Read More
BABE report
Bead people are SO MUCH FUN! I’ve discovered it over and over again as I travel to new places from... Read More
The annual technology meltdown
At least once a year you get one of these blog posts, don’t you? The sad, frenzied madwoman, trying to... Read More
A little of this, a little of that
I think I’ve mentioned before that while I used to be a great multi-tasker, age is taking it’s toll, and... Read More
Sluggin’ and Chuggin’ Along
Somehow I thought I’d be done moving back in the house by now, but I certainly should have known better.... Read More
Blues Clues
From June:The day before we were having the laminate floors done in the house, Jill convinced me to paint the... Read More
Picking a class for the Texas Bead Retreat
I need your help again! It’s time for me to pick a project to teach at the Texas Bead Retreat... Read More