It's Sunday, so it's time to get caught up with what's going on with some of our favorite beaders:

Tapestry Beads - How exciting! Jill Wiseman will be writing not one, but TWO books for Lark Crafts!

The Beaded Carpet - Mikki Ferrugiaro is back on the beading track, and has been researching options for self-publishing her own book of beading designs.

The Lone Beader - Check out the beaded New York City taxi cab!

Bead Mavens - The Mavens have shared a free herringbone stitch tutorial on their blog.

Beadedbear's Nonsense and Complete Waste of Time - Sig Wynne-Evans has taken a bit of a break from her A to Z blog challenge and shares some of her latest work in progress with us - a beaded Hungarian costume!

Beady Eyed Women - Jeannette Cook has finished her time with The Best Little Bead Box, and uh-oh! Courage Tiger seems to have stayed behind accidentally!

Inspirational Beading - Take a peek at the 7000 Bracelets for Hope project.

MadDesigns - Marcia DeCoster has had some guests for the weekend, and shares some of her beading dreams with us.

Until next time, happy beading and reading!

One thing that drives me absolutely bonkers is when I finish a project and find that I have just a few beads left over - not enough to really make another project, but of course, I don't want to throw them away! So, I got to thinking: what should I do with these leftover beads? And I came up with a list of ideas for using up these beads so that they don't just sit in my cabinets, collecting dust. Of course, if they were seed beads, I could always order more - you can never have enough beads, right?

Another thing that I love to do with leftover beads is to make easy peyote stitch beaded beads. When I was first learning peyote stitch, I made a lot of these little beaded tubes. They work up so fast, and they give you a great feel for how to start a piece of peyote stitch, which is really the hardest part of learning an beading stitch.

Do you have something in particular that you do with your leftover beads? Leave it as a comment in this post!

Well, not exactly. Now that we've finally had a taste of sun and spring up here, I'm not really in a hurry to go back to wearing wool socks every day and hunkering down under the blankets to get warm at night. But I am stitching away on a series of beaded ornaments by Deb Moffett-Hall from her Ornament of the Month Club.

Last year, I sampled all of the beautiful and easy bracelets that Deb had to offer through her Bracelet of the Month Club. This year, I thought I'd try something different, and since 99% of the beadwork I do is jewelry or jewelry-related, I thought beaded ornaments would be a nice change for me. Well, after making the first one, I'm totally hooked. So far, I've completed four ornaments, and each one has been a great learning experience!

If you love to do stringing, simple weaving and fringe, these ornaments are for you. They don't take a lot of time to finish - I finished April's ornament in one day - and the results are stunning. I love the look of the bracelet for May, so I just might get that bracelet kit as a birthday present for myself, too!

Deb's kits contain everything you need to make one ornament, including a glass ornament and a brass stand. The directions are clear and very well illustrated, and everything is packed well for shipping in a large box.

You can find all the information for how to purchase these ornaments on Deb's website, Patterns to Bead. Deb also has other beading kits and patterns for sale.

Back when I worked an office job on a 9-5 schedule, I always looked forward to evenings after work and my weekends - when I would have two whole days to spend with my beads (and my husband).

Now that I'm a work-at-home mom, I spend most of my weekends spending time with my family, playing outdoors or going to play dates. I do most of my beading in the wee hours of the morning, either before my little one wakes up or after he goes to bed at night, and on the days when I have someone to watch him for me so that I can work without a dozen interruptions for things like potty training and playing trains.

Do you find that you "save up" all your beading time for your weekends, or do you manage to do more of it during the week? If you work one or more jobs, how do you find time to bead? Do you bead with a group? Leave a comment and share some of your ideas for finding more time to do what we all love to do - bead!