Margie's Muse
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Many editions from January 2006 - January 2009 are available as graphically-enhanced podcast episodes on iTunes,
called Margie Deeb's COLOR CELEBRATION
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- 2011
- January 2011: Discovering the Treasure in Failure
- February 2011: The Promise of Pink
- March 2011: The Process of Color Forecasting
- SPECIAL EDITION: How I Help Heal the World through Beading
- April 2011: The 2011 Color of the Year is...
- May 2011: Intangible Weight is Critical to Design Decisions
- June 2011: Creating Movement with Line & Shape
- July 2011: The Magic of the Analogous-Complementary Combo
- August 2011: Dreamy Greens in the Catskills
- September 2011: Escape the Dark Metallic Iris Trap
- October 2011: How to Work with Metallic Iris Beads
- November 2011: Holiday Glam Jewelry: Black?
- December 2011: Colors that Flatter Everyone
- 2010
- January 2010: Subtle Color Changes Make Significant Design Improvement
- Febuary 2010: Pantone's ® 2010 Color of the Year
- March 2010: A Lesson in Balance
- April 2010: Landscape of the Soul
- May 2010: Organized Color
- June 2010: How Bead Finishes Interact with Color
- July 2010: Using Value in Intervals and Sequence
- August 2010: Making Palettes for Focal Beads
- September 2010: Analogous Color Schemes
- October 2010: Autumn Browns and Chocolate Truffle
- December 2010: Mixing Metals for Holiday Opulence
- 2009
- January 2009: Making Your Monochromatic Magnificent
- February 2009: Meet Lucite Green
- March 2009: Yes! To Yellow-Green!
- May 2009: The Texture and Light of Spring
- June 2009: Shift the Color, Shift the Mood
- July 2009: Secrets from Ancient Primary Triads
- August 2009: Inspiration: Excerpt from The Beader's Guide to Color
- October 2009: Autumn’s Forgotten Palette Member
- November 2009: Tints, Tones, and the Denver Broncos
- December 2009: Bead Finishes & Texture for Holiday Glamour
- 2008
- January 2008: Color Dominance
- February 2008: Ancient Egyptian Color (from The Beader's Color Palette)
- March 2008: The Air Palette (from The Beader's Color Palette)
- April 2008: Cultures of Our World: Latin America (from The Beader's Color Palette)
- May 2008: Colors of the Briny Deep (from The Beader's Color Palette)
- June 2008: Palettes from Modern Art (from The Beader's Color Palette)
- July 2008: Palettes of the Baroque (from The Beader's Color Palette)
- August 2008: Create a palette From a Photo (from The Beader's Color Palette)
- September 2008: And The 2008 Color of the Year is...
- October 2008: Same Colors, Different Position
- November 2008: Ch-ch-changes
- December 2008: Create Depth with Color Perspective
- 2007 (Complete archives will be available in time)
- January 2007: The Excitement of Blue and Orange
- February 2007: The Low-Key Palette
- March 2007: The High-Key Palette
- April 2007: Light Tips from Byzantine Mosaics
- May 2007: Metamerism in Action
- June 2007: Cool off with Caribbean Colors
- July 2007: Integrate Your Background Colors
- August 2007: Making the Most of Monochromatic
- September 2007: Liven it Up with Complements
- October 2007: The Yellow-Violet Dance
- November 2007: Warm Up to Orange
- December 2007: White Christmas
- 2006
- January 2006: Warm and Cool Colors
- February 2006: Favorite Colors and Other Malleable Absolutes
- March 2006: Balancing Act
- April 2006: Color and Space
- May 2006: Color Preference Survey Results
- June 2006: Saturation
- July 2006: Triadic and True
- August 2006: Yellow Summer
- September 2006: Why C-M-Y?
- October 2006: Fall Colors Abound
- November 2006: Vintage Travel Poster Color
- December 2006: Green for the Holidays
- 2005
- January 2005: The Contrasts of Winter
- February 2005: The Colors of Tribal Africa
- March 2005: The Mind's Eye
- April 2005: Spring’s Dazzling Dizzying Profusion of Color
- May 2005: Creating Exceptions: Tints and Shades
- June 2005: Transitions: Spring to Summer
- July 2005: The Movement of Color
- August 2005: Getting a Grip on Bead Surface Finishes
- September 2005: Color Sense & Sensibility
- October 2005: Autumn's Splendor
- November 2005: Color Inspiration in the Mundane
- December 2005: Red and Green
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