Shhhhh! Don't Tell Mom!

I made this for my mom for Christmas. Since she never looks at my blog, I think it's safe to share. One of my beads, etched until it's all soft and pretty... hill tribe silver, etc.

Tribal Sunshine Beads on Etsy

I have a new series, Tribal Sunshine. I love these things, and they are so fun to make. I hope you like them too! Thanks for looking :-)

Lots of New Beads!

And some new baby orcas swimming around in our waters too! Here is an Orca bead to celebrate:



A couple of birds, introducing Poppy and Claire:





A dragon belly bead:





And finally, a rain forest bead:





And speaking of rain forests... we found one yesterday on our drive into the mountains. It was JUST what I needed.

Singing the Metallic Blues

New Yummy Beads Available!

Witchy Poos

It's Halloween
Now all good Witches
Get your broomsticks, bats and switches!

More Blue Beads

and a too silly green face:

Going Batty!

I think bats are cute. We used to have some living in the eves of our old house... that wasn't so much cute as a pain in the neck as they attracted a nasty bug infection... ick... so, anway... back to the task at hand, cute bats. It's almost Halloween but there is still time to get these in the mail to you so you can wear it on the BIG day. My favorite holiday of the year :-)

All on etsy, sold individually, of course. Thanks for looking!

Wild Thing!

Have you seen the movie yet? We did. I loved it (though thought it could have been just a bit shorter). I agree with Luke that it wasn't a very happy movie at all. He rated it a 6. Or a 4. Or a 6. Frank fell asleep, so that tells you either he was bored out of his skull, or just tired. Maybe both. And it's not really all that good a movie for little kids. More for the adults that grew up with the story maybe. Beautifully done though. Dark, moody, great imagery.

Some Pendant Necklaces

Just a few beads turned into pendants and hung on silk ribbons and such. A great gift idea for the holidays! Available on Etsy - thanks for looking!

Magic Blue Glass

I had so much fun yesterday playing with my favorite color. I made tree beads, and beach beads and galaxy beads and an eye bead... two are already sold, but the rest are all up on Etsy.

Some Necklaces

This one I made for my Mom, for her birthday. The focal is an old earring of my Grandmother's. Matching earrings.



This one is my Kesia Memory necklace... the heart is by Mr. Smiley, and it has 14 baubles for each year of her life.



And one of my trees that I decided to keep for myself. Lucky me :)

More Windy Trees

These feel more like a windy beach walk to me... what do you think?

More Chalcedony Beads

I've been experimenting, trying to figure out how to make my big lentil focals with the Gaffer Chalcedony and still keep the gorgeous color... I've been trying some frit (crushed glass) with it and that seems to really make the glass pop. Next try, adding in my twistie, stringer and bubble treatments! In the meantime, these are all available on Etsy. Thanks for looking!

Spooky Halloween Trees

Back to the old stomping grounds - trees! With some new twists (literally) and layering of many glasses to really get the backgrounds to glow. Trees make me happy.

And now for something a little different....

No lampwork, no glass... but how about a starfish necklace for a change? Available in my shop on Etsy. Thanks for looking!

Just a Few New Beads

Today was hit or miss in the studio, so just these few new baubles. Thanks for looking!

Fall has Definitely Arrived

It was in the 90's last week. Now it's almost frosty at night. And the rain. The rain has come back. I have mixed feelings about it all - summer was SO nice this year. And while I love autumn, leaves turning, pumpkins, cooler weather, sweaters, cute jackets, cool boots... eh, the rain. The idea of months of rain has me sinking down... and it has only just started. Not good.

But! When life gives you lemons...

.... make beads!

I worked in fall colors yesterday, always an experiment when trying new colors and combos, but I think these came out pretty good! All available on Etsy too. Thanks for looking!

Two out of Six

That's how many beads are worth sharing tonight. The other four - eh, I don't want to hurt your eyes. I was trying to play with Reichenbach's Multicolor glass.... it's supposed to be a lot like the Gaffer Chalcedony only just blues and purples and greens. All I got from it was a copper green with copper scum. And oh, it took a long time to get that! What a waste of propane. Actually, I think I needed more oxygen... but whatever. I'll wait for the new Blue Chalcedony that Gaffer is coming out with. Unfortunately, it's weeks away.

So here is all I have to offer today. A couple of big organics with some of Amy's storm dots and lots of silver reaction. I do like these two. Up on Etsy soon.