The Garden - Lima Beads

Consignment Window!

My first consignment pieces in the local bead store!
I have the 3 necklaces on the bust on the left and 2 pairs of earrings.

Lavender Dreams

You saw the fresh pick - now the necklace!

A little trickier than expected because you need the right amount of jumprings so the...

Components: Porcelain Jasper puff squares, wild orchid fwp, green girl toggle, pewter barrel spacers and ss rounds

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Yellow is the color for respect for our character education program.
We all wear yellow on Wednesday's. So I'm working on a series to...

Components: Yellow magnesite, Smoky Quartz

My Irish Mother

Not my mother, but my daughter's friend's. A gift for Mary's birthday on Nov. 7. Citrine for her birthstone, aquamarine because both of her...

Components: Aquamarine (multi), Citrine chips, pewter spacer and pewter celtic pendant.

Struttin'

I really love the peacock pearls and wanted to make something dramatic. I'm just afraid that the 3-strands with bali and ss is too rich for my...

Components: peacock fwp, czech glass in two sizes, bali silver beads, sterling silver

Holiday Magic

My girlfriend wanted something bold to wear with a gold strapless dress to a "spanish" wedding in Miami. This was my interpretation.
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Components: I found the gorgeous crimson czech glass at the Long Island Bead Festival. The gold, too. And we all recognize LB's filigree.

Random Sparkles

You may remember a lengthy convo back in August about control freaks and those of you who just let the beads fall where they will.
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Components: flourite nuggets & chips, swarovski crystals, czech glass, seed beads, pewter

Forest Edge

I found the beautiful lampwork pendant at the Long Island Bead Festival a few weeks ago. (by Sandra Spagone - www.beadsnest.com)

Components: Lampwork pendant, pink Chocolate fwp, Peridot, ss

Meadowgrass

This is a very versatile set. The necklace can be worn long, doubled (as in the second photo) or with the bracelet attached (main photo). There...

Components: Green Turquoise chip, green flourite nuggets, Bali flower beads, seed beads, pewter clasps

October Baby

Sad to say, but true, I didn't think my daughter would appreciate yet another necklace as a birthday gift. But I could not let her 18th birthday...

Components: Tourmaline rounds and chips, silver headpins and eyepins.

Maple Leaf

I fell in love with this gorgeous ruby pendant from a local bead store. LB's tourmaline rounds were a perfect match.

Components: Tourmaline, ruby pendant, gold-plated spacers

Creme de Menthe

Finally finished!!!
Thanks to all for your design help! As you can see I went with three of the lampwork beads. Ran out of brass...

Components: Lampwork beads, Green Moonstone, Vintaj brass

Amber Waves

The focal piece is a "hunk" of Dominican amber I searched for during my trip to the Dominican Republic last Christmas. I've been working on this...

Components: Dominican amber pendant and round beads, Antique Soocho Jade, Silver. pewter, seed beads, Bali...

Green Tourmalated Quartz X 2

Two sets made with similar beads.
The first set I made with beads from the local shop, call prehnite and much more expensive. The 2nd one...

Components: Green Tourmilated Quartz, swarovski crystals (discontinued color - morion) tiny olive czech glass, silver spacers, the second one has metalic seed beads

opalicious earrings

I'll often make more than one pair of earrings to go with a necklace.

Components: Natural Silver Quartz, Pink Opal, Silver, Brazilian Black Stone

Opalicious

I found the pink opal pendant in Mystic CT - yes during my field trip with Debbi and Christine. The rest of the beads are from LB. I thought the...

Components: Pink Opal, Brazilian Black Stone, Natural Silver Quartz, silver

Traditional Bride

Pearl and crystal set I made for a friend who is getting married in 2 weeks.

Thanks so much to Amy at LB who pulled pearls from...

Components: pearly white dancing drops, sw. crystals. The earrings are pearly white potato fwp's with gold vermeil daisy and crystal. The findings and chain are gold-filled.