Another new set with that Arizona theme in mind. "Ancient Ruins" Lots of warm creamy sand and caramel wall paintings.

Finally something new from me. "There is No Arizona". After two weeks of sub zero weather we have had three days of thaw, which is supposed to be followed by snow. So I am really thinking about Arizona these days.

Under an Apache Sky Bracelet

Painted Desert Bracelet

Well I may not be getting much done these days but my customers are! These come to you from Lincoln NE and were made by Dee Knisely. The pictures are great too Dee and I love the bracelets.

Since I have been so lazy and not added any eye candy for everyone to see I thought I would show you what one of my customers has done with my beads. Jennifer Kucera sent me this picture yesterday of what she had done with some beads she got last month. I love seeing what other people do with my beads. I would never think to do the things some people do and I really think the design is great. Jennifer the combinations you used are great, thank you for showing me.

I really like how this picture turned out. It kind of looks like a neat piece of art that you could hang on the wall when in reality it is 22 beads with the biggest one being about 3/4 of an inch across.

Last week my friend Jodie made a set of beads with a similar color combination as these. I had the same colors laying on my work table but had not put them together yet as I was working on flowers. Any way I just had to make something with the color combination that Jodie had used so here is 'Desert Sunset'.
Then I am also getting ready for next summers shows and I always try to work on some things for the guys and this is what I have come up with so far some free form pieces is earth colors.

Well enjoy the eye candy I am off to try to cook dinner and I say try because I am not that good at it.

Now what would you have called these? I could not think of a thing but they looked like a party to me so there you have it. Let's Have a Party Bead Set now on Etsy.

Wow! A busy day around here. A new set on Etsy called Painted Desert and my son is helping me add a shopping cart to my website. It is not done yet and still has a couple of glitches but it is coming along. Check out the necklace or bracelet pages on my website.
http://www.tanyamcguire.com/

I think you might have seen these before but since I have been lazy with all the holidays and have not gotten the new beads made up into sets or photographs taken I thought I would show you a set that I just added to Etsy.