Dia de los Muertos

My little skulls for Dia de los Muertos altars. Can't see in the photos -- but they have names and crosses painted on the back.

My Niece's Bump

Canadian Fibre Arts Magazines

This just in from Jewels -- here are a couple of links to add to my Contributor Guidelines list (when I get a moment...) to Canadia magazines that may accept your article proposals:

A Needle Pulling Thread
http://www.aneedlepullingthread.com/index.html
A new publication from Canada, featuring all manner of handwork.

And here's Canadian Beading.ca
http://canadianbeading.ca/Default.htm
Not sure if they are soliciting articles or not...

Any others???

Updates to Contributor Guidelines

Hey all, I made some changes to a previous posting to update links to crafty jewelry and mixed media magazines. If you know of magazines that belong on the list, feel free to send a link and/or post a comment here!

Meanwhile...here a link to the updated post:

http://seriousbeader.blogspot.com/2007/07/contributor-guidelines-for.html

Yes, you can get published!!! Give it a shot, and if at first you don't succeed, just try a different magazine. ;-)

Beading with Sequins Resources

So, Robin and Arline had a question about using sequins in bead embroidery (as per Ms. Mermalicious in the post below) -- here are some book reviews I did on three books I've found inspirational and instructional too! The first two are how-to books, recently published, focusing on fashion and beading on garments. The third is a coffee table art book, now available in paperback, with excellent photographs of surface embellishment from around the world.

• Bead & Sequin Embroidery Stitches by Stanley Levy
  
• Designer Bead Embroidery by Kenneth King
  
• The Shining Cloth by Victoria Z Rivers