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Desert Sky

Pretty porcelain jasper (I think) pendant mixed with picture jasper tubes and ovals, plus some turquoise howlite and carnelian beads. More fun...

Metal-isous Earrings

One day at work I was kinda bored, so I started sketching earring designs using round metal blanks. Then I came home & made up several of them!

Components: brass & copper blanks; various gemstones

Funky Wire Wrapped Agates

Got a new book to learn from, and this is inspired by a design in the book. ("Spotlight on Wire" by Melissa Cable)

Components: Agate, artistic wire

For Betty

My friend recently lost her mom Betty(natural causes), and passed some of her beaded necklaces on to me. The center stones on this bracelet are...

Components: dancing pearls, gold pearls

2Vivid

Ah, those LB faceted Czech beads!

These both have a Vintaj leaf blank embossed with a gear pattern, and colored with patina.

Components: Vintaj patina, leaf blanks, faceted Czech beads

A Single Blossom

I thought these carnelian beads were very pretty, and just let them stand alone...with a little glass blossom.

Sweetart

Sweet? Tart? Art? :)

Another of my fold-formed hearts. I love this technique (from Kim St. Jean's book).

I hand formed the wire connectors,...

Its a Wrap

Artistic wire wrapped around an antique brass blank painted with patina swirls is the base of this design. A wire-wrapped dagger of green...

Swirled

Inspired by a fresh pick recently, picked out some beads with soft blue, teal, lime colors. Mostly LB's beads, some from local M's

Big Ball from Asia

A simple color combo of cobalt, off-white, gold, and a little bright green to set off the boldness of Big Ball Bead!

Components: Big Ball, Czech faceted glass, lime green twist, gold filigree beads

Voltage

Lightly streaked blue lace agate set off with sterling silver give this design some spark. I splurged on a little sterling wire this time to create...

Components: Blue Lace Agate, Lapis, sterling silver

Peace

I have had this pink (don't know what stone) cross for years...tried on a couple of occasions to make something with it. The rhodonite (I think)...

Woodland

This is a mix of unikite rondelles and aventurine drops. I think it was maybe 45 minutes into the craft show on Saturday when this was purchased....

Components: Unikite, Green Aventurine

Roses from Summers Past

Some LB crystals front & center to show off the vintage looking pendant. Dark gold glass pearls finish the piece. I made earrings with some...

Collection of Bracelets

Ok, rather than put these up one at a time, here's the rest of the collection.

A Gathering of Butterflies

More embossing & dapping! These cute little butterfly blanks were just dapped & then buffed, so the pattern is very subtle on them. Embossed &...

Components: Vintaj Blanks (rounds & butterfly) Czech faceted beads

Let it Snow!

Playing with some new embossing folders! This one has snow flakes, and I used the Vintaj patina in Marine & ivory, then buffed it off to reveal the...