A couple new bead to get the week started.  It is thundering and raining here and pretty dark from the clouds.  Not a fun way to wake up to a Monday.  

These beads have a base of royal blue, wrapped in silver leaf and then I applied some of the new glass shards and etched them.  Super cool beads.

Have a good weekend

I received some new glass shards and made some great new focals with them. They all have a base of ivory with some silver foil and the new shards, some twisted and some feathered.  

I also have been making some new necklaces.  One is made with wooden beads and the other is made with the new swarovski pearls, "deep brown" and some blue faceted rondelle gemstones. I love those two colors together.

Have a great weekend.  It's date night for Justin & I ~ haven't had a nice sit-down meal with no interruptions for awhile.

necklace

Wanted to show you a fun new necklace I made using one of the new curved focals.  I love making the random, hodge-podge necklaces, but they are not as easy to make as you think they would be.  I think our minds are trained to think patterns and symmetrical, so when we want to do the opposite, it is hard to think that way.

New curved beads

I added a few new AWESOME beads.  I always love the ones with the metallic glass shards.  I think it adds such a unique quality to the beads.  There are a few more posted in the store, I will let you look for those ;)

Sad times

My day got away from me yesterday and I didn't get a chance to post here, not that I really have much to say right now.  I have been working on some jewelry for a local store, some beads to send to a bead store in Nebraska and an upcoming truck show in Cedar Rapids.  

Yesterday was kind of a sad day for me.  A lady from our community with 3 children died on Thursday in an auto accident.  I taught school in the morning and it was the first day back to school since the accident.  She had a daughter in 3rd grade and kindergarten and a son in 2nd grade.  Very sad situation.  Then yesterday there was a horrific event in Iowa City.  You can read about it at www.kcrg.com.  

Sorry my blog is kind of depressing today.  Hopefully later I can come back and post some new beads and post something a little more uplifting.  Please pray for all these people.

Blues & Greens

As soon as I made these beads I knew I wanted to make a necklace with one.  I love all the blues and greens in the bead.  It has a transparent background, with silver foil and a blend of glass frit.  I love the way the necklace turned out.  I might try submitting it to a magazine.  Speaking of magazines, have you gotten the new Beadstyle for this month yet?  I have an ad in it this month, did you see it?  Have a great weekend!

Necklace

Not much to post today.  Wanted to show you a necklace I made.  The kids are on a little spring break (which consists of no school today and Friday)  The sun is shining, maybe we can get outside for a little bit.