The Garden - Lima Beads

Japanese Garden

Black branches hang in the silence of a Japanese Garden.

Components: Rhodocrosonite, onyx, antique silver

Venice

Inspired by the soft color of the buildings with their colored doors and plaster embellishments.

Components: Fossil Coral, Picasso Jasper, brass filigree

Madison's Square Garden

Carved yellow roses and pyrite leaves adorn Madison's square garden.

Components: green line jasper, serpentine, pyrite, silver plated findings

Nubian Queen

Inspired by ancient Egypt and the treasures of the pyramids! Lost in time in a Queen burial tomb.

Components: Leopardskin Jasper, aventurine, smokey quartz, copper

Peach Blossom

I made this a long time ago...loved the combination of colors. It is peach aventurine flower,leopardskin Jasper,glass copper fancy beads and copper...

Components: Leopardskin Jasper, peach aventurine, glass beads, copper, crytals

Shawnee Princess

Don't know why I was hoarding this turquoise..wanted this piece to look Native American influenced.I used antique silver and sterling silver. The...

Components: turquoise, antique silver, sterling silver

Jealous Heart

This beautiful Russian Serpentine heart has lovely minty green striations. I paired it with black shinny onyx,antique silver bead caps and green...

Components: Russian Serpentine, crystals, anqtique silver, sterling silver

Tutti Fruiti

Multi color Soocho Jade and copper crystals spice up this fruit salad!

Components: Soocho Jade, crystals, copper

Opposites Attract

This was inspired by Leigh's pick "Sunlit Violets"! The glass beads have a purple swirl in them and so I paired it with amethyst. It has an antique...

Components: Red Aventurine, Amethyst, glass beads, sterling silver, antique silver

Rock Garden

After a rumble thru my stash, I came up with this..used up bits and pieces and had alot of fun doing it!

Components: casilica jasper, turquoise, agate, bone pendant, mother of pearl pearls, brass

Pharaoh's Treasure

This is Eqyptian inspired by their love of gold and black and scarabs! I wanted it to look like it was found in a treasure trove in a tomb. I used...

Components: cloisonne, swarovski crystals, vermiel findings

Summer Garden

I dug into my stash for this one..and combined two old designs into this one. It is a serpentine carved donut with a Hill Tribe butterfly about to...

Components: Serpentine, Chalcedony, Swarovski crystals, sterling silver

Inca Rose

Ok all you chicks and your stunning pink picks! This is a result of your inspiration! I used a pink river shell flower,rhodochrosite with pyrite,...

Components: Shell, rhodocrhosite with pyrite, pyrite, sterlin silver

Mojave Sunset

My husband named this one! This jasper pendant is paired with pyrite leaves and brecciated jasper leaves with red jasper rounds with antique silver...

Components: jasper, pyrite, brecciated jasper, antique silver, sterling silver

Madame Butterfly

This pretty shell butterfly was the inspiration to make something feminine and dressy. After all she is "Madame" butterfly! I used pearlized shell...

Components: shell pendant and beads, brass findings, Swarovski crystals

Bali Refuge

This elephant pendant is made of magnesite. I added turquoise,sterling silver and antique silver bali style beads to give it an Asian feel. Sorry...

Components: Magnesite, turquoise, sterling silver antique silver

Saturn

This pendant reminded me of the rings on Saturn, hince the name. I wanted to keep the design clean and rely on the colors of the gemstones to make...

Components: Agate, jasper, red jasper, garnet, sterling silver

Carnival

This was digging deep in my bead stash and noticed the shell I had then started trying to match the main colors and do something different! This is...

Components: Shell, red fossil coral, cloisonne bead, agate, stained glass agate, peach aventurine