A customers lovely work.

Look at what one of my lovely customers from Minneapolis did with a couple of the leaves that Jeff and I make.  Cricket Beebe-Byrd from CricketsCachetInc on Etsy  made these great earrings.  I love the crystals with the copper they just seem to pick up all the yummy colors.

Crochet around a glass cab!

What a fantastic idea!  A friend and customer Gwen Blakley Kinsler the Crochetkween visited me at Stitches Midwest last month and bought this glass cab from me.  I had read that she had taught a class for one of the crochet conferences about doing this and just had to ask her about it.  She has instructions for sale on Ravelry which is very easy to purchase from and downloads right away.  You can also find her on her Blog Crochet Queen: Royal Ramblings or on Facebook at Crochetkween Designs.  She also has a fantastic new book out "The Fine Art of Crochet" that you might want to look at it is fantastic.  Amazing Art all done with crochet.  Now to get time to work on the cab I have picked out for myself. 

My fabulous customers.......

..........are at it again.  The last couple of weeks several people have sent me pictures of their lovely work that includes my beads.  I just have to show some of it off here on my blog.  Please make sure you go and check out their other work.  I have included links where I have them.

This first bracelet is from Fran Norris of lilicharms on Etsy.  She sent me links to several of her pieces that had my beads and they were all so pretty I had trouble deciding which one to show off.  Do make sure you look around her shop.  (I just found out the other beads in this creation were made by amie3 on Etsy.)

This lovely necklace and earrings is from Luann Gilliland  at LZG Beaded Designs on Facebook.  I love the red and gray together and the mix of textures adds even more interest.

This piece comes from Beth Kennedy and as you all know I love the bright colors.  These are some of my Alice's Garden flowers and she has worked in the great detail of the loops of seed beads.  Just so much fun.  Beth does not have a store but says  "It's a real hit and I love wearing it!"

That is all for today but I  have another piece I still have to show you.  Have to save a little for another day. :-) As always if you make something with my beads I would love to see it an show it off for you. 

Over the Holiday.......

.......weekend one of my customers Kathy Adams contacted me about some buttons she wants to try in a bracelet similar to this one that she made with my flower bead in the middle.  I am not sure who the other lampwork flowers were made by and should have thought to ask.  I really think the bracelet is fun and I love the combination of the glass and metal.  Thank you Kathy for letting me show it off here.

Joan's Necklace

One of my customers from Stitches Midwest, Joan Berenbaum, got the pendent in this picture from me a year ago.  She made this fantastic beaded kumihimo necklace to use as a chain for the pendant.  I love how the little white beads in the kumihimo piece make the white in the pendant pop out.  A very talented lady don't you think?