Actually, since last week got away from me, this is a Best of the Fortnight post!
- Spend your time cooking glass, not cooking dinner, with five essential crockpot recipes from The Simple Dollar.
- Not all “eco-friendly ideas” are necessarily good ones. Mike Aurelius disagrees with several recent suggestions at Wet Canvas.
- Our favorite BeadNerd, Lori Greenberg, is featured in an artist profile at Jewelry and Beading.
- Mincot shares her findings about blowing shards, including reminding us to blow, not suck!
- Linda Morrison successfully takes frugality to a twisted place at Watch Me Create.
- Joel Falconer of Lifehack.org shares thirty tips to rejuvenate your creativity for lampworkers and everyone else.
- Also at Watch Me Create, Kerry Bogart turns fabric into beads, or rather, fabric design into beads.
- Sweetwater Designs interviews metal artist Kirsten Skiles.
- Lori Greenberg reminds us of the importance of good photos for selling online.
- Katie Hacker shares three resources for spring color mania.
- Lori Anderson is taking up metalsmithing — listen to what she’s learned about dapping so far.
- Finally, are you confused about starting your small business? Let Small Biz Survival’s checklist help clear up some of that confusion.
Next weekend’s edition may also be late, as Mincot, Gwacie and I will be at the Down the Street Bead Show in Smyrna for the weekend — come see us!




