Thanksgiving

We had a quiet Thanksgiving with family and leftovers for 4 days. I made my first apple pie which surprised my daughter but my Mom and Aunt always made the pies in my family. It wasn't too bad for my first one.
Now that the sun is shining, I will add new bead photos soon.
Have a good week!

Naming Beads

The trunk show last weekend was fun! Thank you Deena and staff for being such great hosts. Our group spent the day in a beautiful bead shop and sold our beads to other jewelry designers.
Here are a couple of new ones. The photos aren't the greatest but hopefully, at least the colors will show. Other artists have the most clever names for their beads but for some reason, I have a difficult time naming them. I usually just include details in my titles so I can remember what they were.
Have a great weekend!

Trunk Show Beads

Trunk Show

There is a new bead store located in Old Town Spring behind the Doll Hospital. The owner of the store has generously offered to host our local ISGB chapter for a Trunk Show next Saturday, November 10 from 10:00 to 5:00. The store carries all the goodies to make whatever your heart desires so be sure to drop by.
These beads are from the last couple of days.

Biagi

These are so much fun! I ordered mandrels so I could make the large holed beads for all the European style bracelets. They can also be worn on a chain as a necklace. Look for more of these soon.

Knitted Hat

I have had the desire to knit lately and this is my very first hat. I am sending it to my daughter to keep her head warm because she is going to need warm clothes in New York. Our winters are usually very mild but I do love the first real cold front when I can pull my sweaters out of hiding.

Booth Shot

Thanks everyone who came to see me a the show. The weather wasn't what we had hoped for but it could have been a lot worse. It started raining about an hour before it was over so we had to pack up in a hurry.
Here is a photo of my booth. I made it smaller than normal in case it did rain.

IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN!!!

The Market Street Art Show is tomorrow and they are predicting rain. I hope it either rains tonight or waits until Sunday and each time I check the forecast, they change it. The rain date for the show is the 20th but I am ready now. I'll stop whining now.
Here are a couple of more. I finally figured out how to put text in my photos because a friend bought one of these this morning before I had a chance to post it.
Have a great weekend!

Market Street Art Show Inventory

More photos!

New Jewelry

More Photos!

More for Market Street

The sun is shining so I have a few more photographs to share.

Market Street Art Show

The Market Street Fine Art Show is this Saturday, October 6 with a rain date of October 20. I have lots of new pieces and took these photos quickly this morning. I will be posting more pictures as I take them.
My Mom is very ill and I still have not had much time to make beads but I am trying to at least get more jewelry made.
Stop by and say "Hi!" if you are in the area.

Family

I have not been around much lately due to family medical reasons. I hope that the situation improves soon but until it does, my priorities are with them. I do have jewelry in stock so if there is something that you would like, please just send an email. Thanks for understanding.

New Colors

It is always fun to try out new glass colors. Here are a few of the odd lots that I received.

Butterfly

My first butterfly bead. Not too bad for the first try and they should improve from this point. The photo makes it look lopsided but it actually is very evenly proportioned.

Too Hot!!!

With temperatures over 100, it is too hot to sit in front of a torch. I decided to switch gears and knit for a change. I found a yarn with loads of textures and made a long, skinny scarf for my daughter. ( It gets cold where she lives.)

This is a custom order for a friend. The focal is very large and can be reversed for a complete different look. Thanks for stopping by!

August

I can't believe that August is here. I have not made much jewelry lately or beads either due to family stuff. My neighbors had a little kitten for a while and he was play "footsie" with the cat from next door. I thought this was so cute because they look like they could be related even though they are not.
The baby fish in our pond look like they are going to make it. I managed to capture a few in this photograph.
More soon!

Seed beads

I had the urge to try something different so I got out my seed beads again. I used to do a lot of bead weaving and now I remember why I stopped in the first place. This took forever to finish and even though it is very comfortable to wear, I don't think I will make these for resale. Although I might be persuaded if the right price was involved. This is Ndebele stitch that took at least 18 hours to complete with one of my focal bead pendants that just happens to match the color of the beads perfectly.

Water challenge

Our bead group gets together once a month and this month we had a challenge. Make something water related and bring it to share. I have not tried to make a fish since my first month of lampworking over 3 years ago. They were fun to make and each one has a little different look. I think I will put them all together in a sculpture of some sort. Any ideas?

Want to see a lot of beads?

We have an art niche in our home that needed something tall. This vase is 24" and I have started filling it with my reject beads. It is amazing to see how many there are all in one place and I have a long way to go before it is full. I wonder if anyone else has one of these in their hallway?

Fawn

We were visiting my parent's yesterday and these beautiful creatures were in their backyard. They have deer walk through their yard all the time but I am usually not there with my camera to capture them. Isn't the little one cute?

Sun

We have had so much rain this summer that the sun was becoming scarce. I was finally able to take a photo in the bright light so here are my newest beads. Sorry about the cat hair. My neighbor's cat is always trying to help me take photos.

Beads

New stuff! I think I am finally breaking out of my slump. I heard something yesterday that another artist said that seemed to help. "Just get yourself in the chair and get to work". I don't know why that spoke to me but I guess I was feeling guilty for not creating anything and the only way to work through it is just to get out there and start somewhere.
Here are 2 large focals that I was pleased with. Thanks for looking!

Kitty Sitting

This is Zelda and she is around 12 years old. She is very dainty and curious. We are keeping her until her until her owner has a place of his own. She has the prettiest green eyes, don't you think?