Recent Work

I am busy stocking up for all of my upcoming shows. Starting next weekend I have 8 fairly large shows in a row!! Most require travel leaving only 1 or 2 days in between shows to restock. So that is why I am a beading fiend at the moment!

My new pendants have been popular. Here are a few more: 

 Left to right: Ocean jasper and labradorite, ocean jasper and African fire agate, ocean jasper and jasper, ocean jasper and freshwater pearl. All on a pewter hanger.

 Left to right: Ocean jasper and labradorite, agate, and two fossilized coral and freshwater pearl. The first on a gold plated hanger and the other three on a pewter hanger.

  Left to right:The first two are green opal on copper, green opal with quartz on copper and agate with quartz on gold plate.

  Left to right: The first two are red creek jasper on pewter, ocean jasper and peridot on pewter, ocean jasper and African fire agate on copper.

Left to right: turritella agate and freshwater pearl on copper, turritella agate and moonstone on pewter and turritella agate and freshwater pearl on pewter.

Recent Work

During the last hour of my time at Tidefest in Gig Harbor I sold all of my green opal and several snakeskin jasper necklaces. So I took time this morning to make a few more. Here are three new necklaces visitors to my sale in Minneapolis will find.

 Green opal, glass and copper.  SOLD

  Green opal, glass and copper.  SOLD.

Snakeskin jasper, aventurine, glass and copper.  SOLD

Shop Local/Shop Small

If you live in my neck of the woods take a break this weekend from all the commercial shopping madness and come to Winterfest at Peninsula High School in Gig Harbor. There you will find several hundred hand picked artisans and crafts people selling their beautiful creations. The nominal entry fee goes to support school programs. Or check out an arts and crafts event near you. You can feel good about your purchases in that the monies you spend will go back into your local community and you will come home with quality handmade gifts.

Here are a few new Beadware pieces you will see in my both this weekend:

 Green opal pendant with a pewter leaf. SOLD

 Agate and ocean jasper pendant with brass accents and a brass leaf clasp.  SOLD

 Agate pendant with brass accents.  SOLD

Recent Work: Green Opal

This is such a beautiful stone. Green Opal, also know as Australian or Petrified Green Opal, is a birthstone for October. It is said that this stone aids in visualization, imagination, dreams and healing. Just a few of the gorgeous things you will find in my booth this weekend at the Seattle Waterfront! Two more weekends left in September and then I will be taking a break from my booth.

 Bracelets in fall hues to match some existing necklaces.SOLD

 Green and copper, always a pretty combination. SOLD

SOLD

 I like how the pendant on this one turned out. SOLD

New Work

Trying to stock up for my busy July and August. here are some new necklaces. If you see one you like be sure and let me know right away as none of these will make it into my online store. This time of year things simply sell too quickly. A nice problem to have!

 Two more Owyhee jasper necklaces inspired by last weeks creation. Both have sold.

 Pale blue agates and teal matte hex seed beads with pewter accents. Both have sold.

 Australian green opal and copper. Sold.

 Owyhee jasper with a coppery rust matte hex seed bead and copper accents. Sold.

 Another version of the same. Sold.

Brown agates - a square with a teardrop dangle with agate rondelles and goldish seed beads. This has sold. 

This Weeks Work - Agate, Chalcedony and Green Agate

Visitors to my booth this weekend down at the Seattle waterfront will see these new pieces....

 Green opal, glass seed beads and copper - both now sold.

 Green opal, glass and copper. All have have sold.

 Green opal, glass and copper. Sold.

 Green opal, glass and copper. Sold

 Chalcedony and sapphire blue glass seed beads. Sold.

 Pale green chalcedony with teal/grey glass seed beads. Sold

Pale blue agate with teal hex cut glass seed beads and pewter. Now sold.

A Farewell

Today I traveled down to Gig Harbor to shop at Gig Harbor Beads. I had received an email last week that they were having a gemstone and pearl sale. I do not usually frequent bead stores as I need to buy in large quantities and at really low prices in order to keep my prices so reasonable. Gig Harbor Beads is an exception to that. I like their selection of stones and several times a year they have really good sales of 50% off. Also the owners are very pleasant to deal with.

I discovered today that they will be closing by the end of the month. That makes me sad, another local business bites the dust. I bought twice as much as I had planned because they have some unusual stones and I don't know where in the area I will be able to find such things again.When buying stones I like to see them in person and hand select each one. No online stone shopping for me. I hope I can afford to go back again before they close their door.

Todays treasures....

 The grey and black are zebra jasper. They will be nice pendants mixed with black and grey seed beads. The other stone is feldspar agate. I can see the small squares as earrings and in bracelets. The long rectangles will make interesting pendants.

This is one of my favorite stones. Green opal. It is the matrix that gem stone opal is found in. You can sometimes see tiny flecks that pick up the light. Those are shards of gemstone opal. I have 3 more large ovals that I will use as pendants. I can see using the larger of these new medium sized ovals as small pendants and the smaller ovals as earrings and in bracelets. So far I have been mixing this stone with copper and various shades of brown seed beads. This bunch has some very pretty green stones in it too so perhaps they will steer me in a different direction.

 The 4 greyish stones are needle agate. Very interesting designs. The rest are an assortment of agates. Look at the variety of colors!!

This Weeks Work

More new items you will see if you come to the Port Ludlow Festival by the Bay this weekend. You will find me in a booth next to Blue Fox Glass.

 Moss agate, crystal and glass. Sold.

 

Both have sold.

Sold

 The last of my green opals mixed with copper, glass seed beads and small green opal. This has sold.

  Similar to above but with crystals. This one has sold.

More moss agate with crystals and a Bali sterling silver bead pendant. Sold.

Now it is time to go pack the car for the weekend!

Green Opal

A few quick pictures of what I was working on this week. 

I liked the first necklace and earrings so much that I decided to keep them for myself. 

 Pictures do not do this stone justice. The colors are so warm and rich.

Some of these others will get listed into my online store tomorrow. Act fast if you like them as much as I do! Necklaces $49 with length about 22 inches, bracelets $25, earrings 12. All are mixed with copper and glass.

All have sold.

All have sold.