Link Library with Melanie

 ooh, it's an exciting time!  Things are starting to bloom as we enter springtime.  I am obsessed with jewelry that features leaves and nests and trees and other springy motifs, like this free project that Heather Powers created for Art Bead Scene from our archives.   

The gorgeous Almond Branch Necklace project can be found by clicking here!

See what is springing up this week in the studios of some of our beady friends:

  A Bead A Day
Oh, for the love of buttons!! If you love buttons stop by A Bead A Day to spread the love and obsess a little!

About.com Jewelry Making
Tammy pulls out a previous interview of a jewelry designer who makes jewelry for celebrities.

Art Bead Scene
Gaea finds beady inspiration in the sights of her hometown of Ojai

Beading Arts
Cyndi has gotten inspired by Spring Fever! Has that ever happened to you? Do you have some work you'd like to share?

Earthenwood Studio Chronicles
Melanie creates a new necklace kit design, buzzing with flying creatures and blooming with leaves and trees to celebrate spring

Snap Out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done!
Jean has to solve a very big bead problem and gets some help from an extremely inspirational (ahem) source!  

Melanie Brooks is the ceramic beadmaker behind Earthenwood Studio, who blogs from her Metro Detroit, Michigan home.