Welcome to my Earring/Bead/Finding swap! All you do is choose the earrings that you like, leave a comment with that choice & your email address and I'll send you the earrings in exchange for any Beads and/or Findings of equal value that you choose to share with me.
here is a new little trinket that i made today with one of my beads from suebeads. it's just a simple little one strand bracelet with accents of sterling, shimmery teal glass teardrops, teal & brown jasper ovals and a sterling silver filigree heart charm. it's in my etsy shop now. go take a look!
This weekend we had the Jane's Bead & Fiber Show in town. Well you know me, I never miss a bead show. I went not expecting anything new because this same show was just in town a few months ago. So I go on Saturday, walk in the door, take a quick look around, then lo and behold the first table I saw was Green Girl Studios. Man, was I ever excited! I've admired the Thornton family's work for quite a while. Cynthia does the carving and designs, Greg Ogden, her husband, does the casting of the pewter charms, buttons and clasps that the company offers. Then there's the talented brother Andrew who designs some of my favorite jewelry pieces. I walked up to the table to peruse the goodies. It was eye-candy. I introduced myself to Greg, who was manning the table, and told him how much I admired their work. He was super, super nice! I treated myself to quite a few of their pieces. Greg told me to pick out 2 free pieces after my purchase. Hmmm, decisions, decisions, lol. So I picked out 2 more pendants, said how nice it was to meet him and headed home to ogle my new purchase. In addition to the pieces that I got, I also bought the beautiful little bracelet pictured above. Cynthia designed this piece and I just love it. Green Girl Studios is a wonderful business run by a talented family. Check out their website and show them some love!
I made this necklace last night. It features a pendant from Gaea Cannaday. My friend Lorelei and I did a little swap last week and in the bag of bead goodness that she sent me were 2 pendants of Gaea's along with some other wonderful beads. I just posted it in my Etsy shop and it's super affordable. Go take a look!
are those february blah's getting you down? well there's nothing like a little challenge to get those beading wheels spinning again. scarlet lanson is organizing a contest called "use the muse". you can check out the details of the contest and the prizes being offered over at scarlet's blog. you only have until february 28th to order your kit, so hurry on over! yes, i entered and no, i haven't started on it yet, ughhh. the deadline for participants entries is march 16th, so i still have time to make it...wish me luck!
earlier this week, my online friend mellisa of chinook designs nominated me for "the spreader of love" award. how cool! thanks mellisa!Here are the rules:
1. The winner may put the logo on their blog.
2. Put a link to the person who sent you the award.
3. Nominate 5 blogs.
4. Put links to their blogs.
5. Leave a message for your nominees.
okay, so now i need to nominate 5 of my favorite bloggers to spread more love to.
1. kelly of happyshackdesigns
2. martha of art du jour by martha lever
3. lori of elvie studio
4. erin of everyheartcrafts
5. wyanne of art of wyanne
Hey everyone! Head over to the Delightful Divas in Business blog to enter for a chance to win a set of SueBeads. Sue is donating a set of "Peruvian Violet Sparkles", 6 lampworked beads with a retail value of - $24). Hurry and check it out! I have some of Sue's beads and I love them. Here is the link to a post Sue did of a bracelet that I made with one of her beads, http://suebeads.blogspot.com/2009/02/customer-bracelet.html. Enjoy!
Here's a lovely little bracelet that I made, loaded with sterling silver, charms and the beautiful lampwork beads of Melanie Carey of Glassvalley (ebay seller). I've been collecting Melanie's beads for quite a few years and when I feel like making something "girlie" I turn to her beads. It's in my shop now if you'd like a closer look. You won't be dissappointed!
I just listed these 2 pieces tonight in my Etsy shop. The "Blessings" necklace shown came as a result of the bead/charm/clasp swap that I was a part of last year. The "Be Blessed" charm was one of my contributions to our swap. The bracelet shown is one of my fav's. I love this bracelet and found myself having a very hard time parting with it in order to list it. It features 3 little polymer clay discs from one of my very favorite art bead designers, Heather Powers of Humblebeads. I am making a real effort to list, if not daily, at least every other day in order to keep my shop current and on the radar. It seems that it's the only way to stay alive on Etsy... guess we'll see.
I've been gone awhile, again. I think you can blame that on my 2 little guys. They seem to need me an awful lot, lol.
