Fave Crafts Blog Hop- March 15th, National Craft Month

Spring is here in Southern California, birds are singing, the sun is shining, the sky is a lovely blue and the breeze is breezy.A lovely month for crafts.

Welcome to my piece of the craft world, I hope you like your visit and will consider coming back here again.

Be sure and click on the favecrafts logo above to take you to see all of the other wonderful crafters that hang out with Fave Crafts.com or here http://www.favecraftsblog.com/finished-on-the-fifteenth-favecrafts-blog-hop-for-march/

This month I started a series of how to articles based on the African trade beads that are made out of glass.

"Trade beads are usually associated with West Africa where they are usually found, but they were originally created in Venice, Bohemia, and Holland. The history of trade beads dates back to the end of the fifteenth century when Portuguese trading ships arrived on the coast of West Africa to exploit its many resources, including gold, slaves, ivory, and palm oil. In those days, beads were a major component of the currency exchanged for people and products. Over the four centuries that followed, millions of beads were traded to Africa, and by the nineteenth century, European bead makers were producing a wide variety of designs specifically for the African trade, such as millefiori, chevrons, striped melons, feather, and eye beads." Full article at Beadopedia,

http://www.bostonbeadcompany.com/beadopedia/beads/trade-beads.htm

You can find the first installment of the series here http://www.favecraftsblog.com/finished-on-the-fifteenth-favecrafts-blog-hop-for-march/

You can find the second installment here http://mariesegal.blogspot.com/2011/03/african-trade-beads-part-2.html

I plan on having several more canes and posts to go with these so you might want to check back when you have a little time.

Thank you for coming by this month.
Your time is much appreciated here.