Links - Kim Miles

Favorite Links

ARTISTS...
Mitzi Miles-Kubota Delicious Watercolor Paintings by my favorite Artist. Feast your eyes!
Studio Quemazon Deborah Rael-Buckley is an award-winning sculptor, all around cool chick, and a very good friend.Katy George Fashion design you simply must see, darling!
BrennanStudio Kathleen Brennan is a killer photographer who knows Taos inside and out, and travels far beyond the land of adobe too!
Vista Black & White of Taos Beautiful, global, black & white photography.
Jill Rounds Forget Home Depot. Have Jill make your new kitchen tile!
Melanie Audet Melanie works absolute magic with fabric.
Dinah's Doodles I used to work with Dinah at the dentist's office, back in Nevada. There's more to life than dentistry - Come see her dolls!
Heavenly Chocolates Yes, chocolate is art.
Anne Taintor "Someone was going to have to set a bad example."
Creative Hands Mercantile Beautiful Fiber Arts in Eugene, Oregon
Mary Van Kampen Figurative Expressions Of The Heart

BEADMAKERS & JEWELRY DESIGNERS...
Jean Yates PrettyKittyDogMoonJewelry! Oooohhh!!!
Eleanore MacNish Eleanore is my Guru Of Cool. Check out her jewelry.
Kate McKinnon Wicked silver work and sharp wit. Kate rocks.
Blue Poppy I've known Erin and Jill since they were babies. Now these beautiful women design equally beautiful jewelry.
Margaux Lange What's not to love about dismembered Barbie Doll Jewelry?
Margot Potter Beads, yes. Jewelry, yes. And then there's "hair don'ts", and "do not read"...
Deb Bridge My friend Deb lives in Canada, and makes beautiful beads. If you can get one of her "bead kaleidoscopes", you'll be very happy!Terri Caspary Schmidt You may have seen Terri's beads in Bead&Button recently. I have one of the Bird Beads....you might need one too. All of her beads are amazing!
Teri Sallwasser Designs Teri is a long time friend and buyer, and terrific jewelry designer. Look under Hot Glass to see her pieces using MY beads!
Emma Ralph - Emma lives in the UK - wonderful beadmaker, and wonderful person.
Sandra Quiring is a customer and friend of mine, and a darn good beadmaker too. I also love the look of her website - very elegant!
Darcy Restemeyer If you've been looking for someone to make extra spacers for you (since I don't have time....), check with Darcy. She wants the job!
MZ Glass Lampwork beads by Margaret Zinser.
Crazy Woman Glass Come see what my friend Leslie Anne Bitgood is up to with her torch.
Tina Eggleston Tina uses lots of different kinds of beads to make gorgeous jewelry for you. Go see!
Harlan Simon Glass Beads Harlan Simon is one of the best people on the planet, and a darn good beadmaker too!
Anne Choi You might think I have enough beads... silly you! Anne makes elegant sterling silver beads that have bits of poetry and delicate designs on them. I want one of each.
CNY Glass Studio Christopher Rice "Pan" & Jacquelyn Koba make the coolest boro beads, marbles, and sculpture.
Urban Maille Chain Works Incredibly intricate handmade chain and jewelry, as well as kits and instructions for you to make your own.MEandYouArtwear.com I've known Elaine Alhadeff since my Seattle days. I love her beads, and always have fun hanging out with her. Go see this delicious looking website!
Amaya Beads Here's a beadmaker to watch... She hasn't been at it for long, but she's amazing! Buy her beads now, before the prices go up!
Bead The Buddha ... offers you a one-stop website to view beads which are available in various locations throughout the world, to purchase beads on-line, and to spotlight bead creations.

GLASS & JEWELRY SUPPLY...
Arrow Springs I love these guys!Everything you need for bead making. Classes too!
Frantz Art Glass Another large supplier of bead making goodies.
Jim Moore Glass Tools Don't you just love good tools?
Flame Tree Glass Formerly "Mr. Beady" - These guys have glass, tools, torches, everything! And a beautiful teaching studio too! Go take a class, and then play at Disney World!
GlassDaddy Get your Lauscha Glass here!
CheckGlass Gorgeous glass imported just for us from the Czech Republic.
Burgard Studio This is the place to get those cool interchangeable bead rings. Lots of other good stuff too.Pehnec.com Cubic Zirconias at good prices. I use the Grade A round white 2mm for most things. Larger than 3mm tends to crack the glass.
Rio Grande They have everything from jewelry findings to tools to packaging and display items.
Country Spirits Nice folks in southern Oregon. They offer some beautiful beads, and also gorgeous handmade leather shoes and boots. I want some!
Sun Country Gems I just discovered this wonderful bead "store". They're practically neighbors of mine here in sunny New Mexico.
Urbanbeads.com Great listings for all your beady needs.

OTHER STUFF...
Beaders Showcase Sort of like MySpace for Beadists. Fun!
The International Society Of Glass Beadmakers A great place to find out just what us crazy beadmakers are all about.
The Northwest Bead Society Located in Seattle, the NWBS is a very active non-profit bunch dedicated to the study and love of beads in all their forms.
The Bead Site Go see for yourself. There's so much information here I can't even describe it. Heavy on bead research, but goes far beyond.
Beadwork (at about.com) Paula Morgan does an amazing job of bringing articles and information of interest to bead-heads of all kinds together in one easy to navigate site.
Silverhawk If you're an Artist who wants more traffic to your web site, this is a good place to be. I'm there!
Cool Text This easy graphics generator lets you create instant logos. I use it!
French Word-A-Day Sign up for this free daily email, and learn a little French! You can even sponsor a word, for a tiny little bit of money. I did! My word? "Perle", which of course means "Bead"!!
Snopes Don't forward another "lost child" or "urban legend" email without checking it here first. Enough of the spoofs already.