Works in Progress

Currently obsessed with sewing, bags in particular.

Just Beads

I love making jewelry out of my beads, but unfortunately, there's not enough time in the day to create them AND make something out of each and every bead. So my bead stash is growing and some poor beads aren't getting the attention they deserve. I think I'll post a few and see if there's any interest. These sets are available in my etsy shop at http://studio23art.etsy.com.

Isn't this cute?

I made a bunch of little medallion kind of beads the other day and I just think they're so cute. I'm not sure what I'll do with them yet, but I did make this necklace today using one of them. This one is black silver plum glass so it has a nice silvery shimmer to it - it doesn't even look like glass but more like a piece of metal. It has two cords - a thin brown leather one, and one strung with alternating aqua crystals, aqua seed beads and hematite spacers. It's between choker length and 16 inches. It's for sale in my etsy shop at www.studio23art.etsy.com for $28. By the way, this necklace is extra special because when I was measuring the two strands, the one with the crystals and seed beads slipped from my hand and every single bead but one or two fell off. I had to search the area for aqua, then restring it.