Joella and Rae Ann

Let's start of with some pretties from Joella at Always Wired Bead Lady.



You can read up on her works and their inspirations on her blog, Always Wired Bead Lady.

So you know I love jewelry...of the handmade variety at least. And I also love buttons...even as jewelry actually. I have had Wordless Wednesdays of buttons and make many bags decorated with buttons.

But what about blog buttons? I have seen so many cute ones out there & always wondered just where the heck do people find them. Well, I found one place that does customizable ones....The Button Box.

Rae Ann is a stay at home mom like myself who found a fun creative outlet...for profit :) She even does headers and backgrounds. She has a blog also, of course, called Critical Mass where you can learn more about her. Unfortunately, her computer decided to go belly up recently, so she may be a bit behind in posting. I just love her banner text: "Pretending to lose weight - but not my mind- while raising children". Sounds so familiar. Heck, our reading lists are even similar :)

Always Wired

Being part of a blog ring is fun! I get to discover so many new blogs and wonderful artisans with my Creative Bloggers. Joella of Always Wired Bead Lady is another one of these. Her jewelry is right up my alley - lots of silver and stones. You can find her goodies over on Etsy and Art Fire. These are a couple of my faves:




Over on her blog you can read about her beading journey and her life...with some sprinklings of other artisans and bits about the online world (like etsy, artfire & tehnorati).