Sunday, November 30, 2008
Friday, November 28, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
The Way I Spent My Weekend
Close up of the detail on this piece. When I saw it I fell in love with it. This weekend I finally got around to finishing it.
Reading back over this I am sure it is obvious that blue appears to be on my mind. I need to work through it as it is time to start holiday orders. Some blues will work for that but most people like traditional Christmas colors.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Autmn Inspiration
While it may feel wintry outside it is still just fall. I wish that I were able to find some fall foliage in the colors that I can see in my back yard but until then this should hold me over. This is another piece that went so quickly I didn't even get to enjoy it for more than 24 hours..but that isn't all bad.
Labels:
autumn,
beads,
cold,
fall,
inspiration,
shell beads,
silver accents/findings
Saturday, November 22, 2008
My dear friend at Witch Hollow Primitives was kind enough to think me worthy of this award. Thank you so much! Your kindness means the world to me.
She instructed me to choose five other blogs that I felt worth of this award and so I will. They are as follows:
Slapdash Haberdashery
Lady Roots
The Bean; sans Womb
The Angry Georgian
Clay Perry
These are some of my favorite blogs and well worth keeping up with. Now pass on the awards guys...keep it going. :-)
Musings about pieces.....
Normally, I am a girl who prefers to wear a standard size necklace. Long ones dangle down and tend to hang in my way, especially given my work. But I love this one. It is simple, in construction and design. I can just slip it over my neck and go.
This one was so much fun! Each little black square was a different rainbow of colors. There was no setting a pattern to them. I just used black as my accent to pick up the only repeated scheme in the squares and grabbed what came to my hand otherwise. I love to work with glass beads. I think because they are not mass produced, each one is a little different. Helps me to get past that part of my brain that thinks everything has to be the same to look right. I didn't even get to keep this one long...it sold the first day. But now I get the enjoyment of seeing her wear it and know she thinks it is as much fun as I do.
I love beads that look and feel organic. These wood beads come in all shapes and sizes and can be paired with anything. I love how I can use black, gold or silver tones or color and they all go well. So versatile! These are generally popular pieces for me. I don't know if it is because it is fall now and the colors work or if people feel as drawn to them as I do.
Let me know what all of you think!
Let me know what all of you think!
Labels:
beads,
colored glass beads,
crafts,
metallic beads,
organic,
wood beads
Friday, November 21, 2008
Cell Phone Fobs or Zipper Pulls Anyone?
Labels:
beads,
cell phone fobs,
crafting,
zipper pulls
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
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