Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Winter Wonderland



"Bubble Gum" $16
Festive blue beads, 8 inches








"Heavy Metal" $22
Green beads with coiled silver accent spacers, 8 1/4 inches




"Green Keys" $22
Green beads with silver spacers and 3 antique keys, 8 inches.





"Drama Queen" $26
Black and red/black veined glass beads, 8 1/2 inches





"Skipping Rocks" $30 SOLD
Earth and grey tone stones separated by silver balls, 8 1/4 inches.





"Geyser" $35 SOLD
Gray metallic beads with gray stone nuggets with a silver glass medallion. 28 inches

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

More Bracelets



"Earth" $19
Brown, red, beige and black wooden beads, 8 1/4 inches.







"Slow Going" $19
Ceramic turtle and green/gold glass beads, 9 inches.






"Roller Coaster" $19
Millifiori beads with silver spacers, 8 inches.








"Don't Bug Me" $14.50
Yellow ladybugs with nulti-color glass beads, 8 1/2 inches.






"Spring" $19
Green and multi-colored peach glass beads, 8 3/4 inches.







"In the Mix" $19
Black, grey, white glass beads, 8 1/2 inches

Monday, November 12, 2007

Necklaces



"Steeler" $27
Silver spacers with black, grey beads with a grey/silver medallion, 23 1/2 inches.








"Mink" $34
Bronze brown glossy glass beads with gold tone accents, 32 inches.








"Sherbert" $32
Pastel glass beads spaced by silver stars, 24 1/2 inches








"Native Son" $33
Brown swirl beads and metallic leaves, 20 inches.














"Swirl" $26
Green glass beads and embroidered swirl beads, 31 inches.








Thursday, November 8, 2007

Glitterama



"Carribean", $28
Small and medium teal Swaroski crystals with silver jewel accents, 7 3/4 inches




"Midnight" $22
Blue/black iridescent cyrstals and silver/black accent pieces, 9 inches


"Irish Isles" $26

Multi-shades of green Swaroski crystals and silver jewel tone accents, 8 3/4 inches



"Lilac" $28

Lilac Swaroski crystals and silver jewel tone accents, 8 3/4 inches (This is my favorite!)



"Dawn" $30

Multiple pink shaded Swaroski crystals and gold tone bracelet is great for partying the night away. 9 3/4 inches

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Bracelets




“Violet” $16.50
Polymer clay beads, 8 inches









“Pink” $16.50
Polymer clay beads, 8 inches







“Peace” $28.50
Teal, blue green porcelain beads, 8 inches







“My Hearts” $19
Green, black and gold tone beads, 8 inches






"Coral Bamboo” $28
Coral bamboo, silver and black glass beads, 8 3/8 inches





“Orange Favors” $22
Orange Millefiori and gold tone beads, 8 ½ inches






“Party Favor” $22
Multi-color Millefiori and gold tone accent beads, 8 ¼ inches







“Confetti” $17
Yellow, green glass beads, 9 inches





“America” $17
Blue, red glass beads, 8 ¼ inches




“Rainbow” $22
Multi-color pastel glass beads with silver spacers, 8 inches




“Ocean” $18
Silver rimmed blue glass beads, 8 ¼ inches.




"Asia" $28
Porcelain beads with crystals, 8 inches

Saturday, November 3, 2007

Ohio Inflitration


My very dear friends Marsha and Jim drove up from Ohio to visit today. I made a special bracelet for Marsha. Marsha and Jim have been long time Disney fanatics. Their wedding 15 years ago was a Mickey and Minnie Mouse themed event.
So whenever I find a way to incorporate a Mickey Mouse look into a piece of jewelry, I share it with Marsha. Here is the latest.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Back in the USA

Now that I have recovered from jet lag, I have spent a few hours creating some new pieces for the Fall collection. BeforeI left for England, I received a shipment of beads from China and was itching to start designing but hit the time crunch of getting ready for my vacation. Here are a few new creations -

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Inspiration from the U. K.


While visiting my brother, John and his wife, Katie in Cambridge, we searched online for beads stores. None to be found in Cambridge, so off we went on a shopping trip. We found the Rocking Rabbit Bead Shop in Haddenham Ely and I managed to find some new interesting beads. Spent about 10 pounds ($20 US). John wandered down the lane and found some additional stores featuring finished jewelry, glass, pottery, wood, cards and other fun items. We also found a second bead shop, Spoiled Rotten, which offered more beads, buttons and jewelry.