Vet visit
I figured I’d better report in after Maggie’s vet visit this morning. I know she has a lot of fans... 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!
Bead News - Jill's Journal
Preview of Parisian Lights
Oo la la…what is it we have here? Perhaps a little preview of my latest project, Parisian Lights, which will... Read More
New Product Review – WildFire
I received a sample from Beadalon today of their new beading thread product, WildFire. It’s their competitive version of Fireline,... Read More
I’m so proud
My dear, amazing, talented, and insanely funny friend, Anne… … Read More Read More
Caution: Week of work ahead
Something terrible is going to happen this coming weekend. It’s so terrible, it makes me want to run screaming through... Read More
Days are flying by
Looking at the calendar is increasingly confusing. I could swear we’re barely half way through the year, and yet Christmas... Read More
Worker bee
Today’s beading efforts produced part of a Ring Around the Rosie bracelet in bright, happy colors. I did the first... Read More
Patience is a virtue
I got news today on my Big Secret Project – and the news is that I need to wait a... Read More
There’s a lovely hint of fall in the air today. I did a triple-take as I was walking past the... Read More
Hurricane Ike visited, and all I got was some lousy wind
Not a single drop of rain in Austin. Not. One. Drop. To laugh or to cry, that is the question!... Read More
How can I sleep?
I’m mesmerized by the TV coverage of the the hurricane tonight and it’s so hard to tear myself away from... Read More
Vote in the poll
I added a poll over there to the left … Read More Read More
Poor little Winston
Mr. Winston had a day at the beauty shop yesterday (groomer) and came back looking particularly fine and more cool.... Read More
Watching that darned hurricane
It’s pretty odd to be several hundred miles inland of the Texas coast, but yet still needing to make some... Read More
So close, but yet so far
I’ll admit it straight up. I didn’t paint on Saturday like I planned. And I didn’t do much of anything... Read More
One of these is not like the other
So I’ve had two different people email me today, both claiming responsibility for the comment that was written about my... Read More
Interesting Day
People bemuse me. There are so many folks out in the world who make it their life’s work to dwell... Read More