This seemed like an appropriate project to post today: Peyote Flag Pin

I combined ceramic jewelry components, hematite beads, colored wire, and a little hemp this this free mixed-media necklace project: Serenity Ceramic, Wire, & Stone Necklace

I have been a very busy jewelry making and blogging and writing bee lately. Here are some projects and post you might have missed:

Ethnic Style Purple & Turquoise Earrings Tutorial (above)

Purple Pearl & Opal Cube Earrings Tutoiral

The Impatient Beader Gets Inspired (new book review)

Make a Bead & Wire Clasp Tutorial

Jewelry Biz Advice from Bloggers

Real Numbers & Craft Show Vendors

Mixing It Up with Jewelry Books (mixed media jewelry book info)

Reclaiming & Rezoning Living Versus Crafting Space

Jump Ring News for Metal Clay Artists

The Art of Crafting a Teacher

I give my 25 cents on a number of different social networks. Some are designed for crafty folks (like this one ;) and some are not but still have some potential, and some, well, I just don't get still:

http://jewelrymaking.about.com/b/2008/05/10/social-networking-for-jewelry-designers-2.htm

Linking out to my jewelry buds:

http://jewelrymaking.about.com/b/2008/05/11/jewelry-junkie-links-051208.htm