Ocean's Madonna

This is my adaptation of the spiek tutorial. I liked constructing it, so I made another composition. Originally is was going to be a pair of earrings. Then I didn't cut the units in two. I started forming them around faces and stones just to play. This is the one that stuck.

First attempt at Spike Seahorse tut

I am starting to feel better. The nose isn't as stuffed or runny and I am not coughing as badly. My head is relatively clear as long as I don't eat too quickly or bend over for any length of time. In my better feeling self, I decided to take a stab at making this seahorse tut I purchased a couple days ago! I love it! Even wrote a review for it on the site!

I've been featured- Thank you Mary

I'm so excited! I've been featured on Mary Anne Gruen's Vaudville Rose blog! Mary was kind enough to do a wonderful write up of my jewelry and writing work over on her blog. She is a doll! She, herself, does wonderful writing pieces and takes gorgeous pictures of her rose gardens,etc. You must stop by her Starlight Blog to check it out. Mary also has several pieces posted on Scribd.com Be sure to visit her there as well!

Once again, thank you for the honor, Mary! HUGS!

October Jewelry

This piece started out as a wire cuff. I was about to run out of wire however. I ended up stretching the piece out of shape. It morphed into Darla's Pride. I like it!

Tomorrow is the show. I hope it goes well. If would be wonderful if I could sale everything I have! YES!!!

New pieces

I was playing with some wire and bits of glass from the craft store. Here are the results.

Oval Unit Tutorial posted

I finally finished making pieces to photo graph for the variations section of my oval pendent tutorial. It is the second one I've written and posted. Actually it is the FIRST one I wrote but I needed these extra pics. I'm hoping it sales well! It is beginner level but looks cool (in my opinion anyway!).


Also found out my sweety should be able to come very soon!!!!

Bali Moon

Last night I had the polyclay for months, a wire wrapped unit for an earring, and a grey angle waiting for a match. I'm sitting at my table around 9PM and randomly start pulling them together (all three originally made for 3 separate projects months ago). My new piece Bali Moon is the result! Finished it at 2AM!


Materials:
silver toned wire, silver plated beads & dangle, pearlized grey glass bead, silver toned bead cap, polyclay face
approximately 3 inches long

This weekend's Jewelry making

Here are the pieces I made in the last 3 days.

Beaded Beads

I've been wanting to try beaded beads for several months. I hadn't gotten around to doing so. Yesterday afternoon I decided to give it a whirl! SO excited how they turned out!
I used (roughly 4x5mm) blue/dark aqua rice pearls and 11/0 olive green silver lined seed beads. In the center a grey/metallic disc ball bead sits.

Shell Days!

I think I am obsessed with drilling shells! I went and purchased several other large shells. I have them soaking in water to make the drilling process somewhat easier. I love creating pieces from them and the polyclay faces! Pippi has a seahorse tutorial in the works and I can not wait until she has it done so I can incorporate them with the shell designs!

I'm also thrilled because I have been accepted into the Oktoberfest on Oct. 4, 2009! Excellent! Now I have to get in gear and make more pieces!

Calypso's Flowering

Once I make a piece a typically have a bunch of ideas to use some of the same materials and techniques. In this case, obsession with sea shells! So after Posidon's Daughter, I've made Calypso's Flowering.

Materials:
Poly clay, copper,pressed Czech glass leaves, seed beads, faceted Czech fire polished beads, teardrop stone (not sure what the stone is. If anyone can identify that would be great!). And of course a sea shell as the base.
It measures approximately 4 inches from bail to end of the drop.

Posidon's Daughter

I felt inspired to do a piece while sitting in the bead shop with my beading friends on Friday. After looking through my vacation pictures I wanted to do something in regards to the beach and sand and romance. I was originally going for a pendent. It turned into a much LARGER neck plate instead! I like it though. Just need to add a few jump rings and a chain.
Materials:
copper, shells, more shell, cat's eye, seed beads, peach aventerine chips, red agate chips, arrogonite chips