Etched Beads

 I so want to make these beads in every single color I can.  I love them they are small but bigger than a spacer.

They have a colored core under clear and then are etched.  They just have such a wonderful soft look to them.

Turquoise and Ivory

Another bunch of classic dot beads. These in turquoise and ivory.  I etched these but some I left shinny.

New Pendants

Some big pendant pieces I am trying out for my prehistoric series. They are etched and big, so we will have to see if people like them. Wish I had more time I would make a new necklace with one.

More..........

.........big lentil focal beads.  Some etched and some shiny.

I have also been...........

...........etching beads like a crazy person.  Seems like for ever 3 beads I make I etch 2 of them. 

New Etched Flower beads

While we were in Tucson I had the necklace I showed off a few months ago on display (You can see it here : http://tanyamcguire.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-new-necklace.html ). everyone wanted to know where those flowers were and I had used them pretty much all up for the necklace so I decided I had better get a batch made for the spring shows. Lots of nice soft etched colors.

More from the Prehistoric series.

 Of course the Prehistoric series had to have some barnacle encrusted flower spikes.

 These are the same shapes I use in my Alice's Garden series but colors and etching to make you think of age.

Of course there had to be some big etched bell flower shapes to go with the spiky pieces.

Another batch of etched beads

 I have been working just not getting time to take pictures most days.  This is a very long strand of Etched amber and turquoise beads.  I put them all together to take a big picture but really think you can see them better when they are broken down into sets.

 I am going to list one set on Etsy this afternoon but then I have to restring the other sets to take to my next few shows.

 We leave for Stitches Midwest in Chicago the first week of August and then in September I am doing a couple of trunk shows.

I will be in WI and IL the later part of September so check back and I will tell you more about the trunk shows and the fabulous shops that are having the trunk shows.

Etching the morning away.

I spent over an hour this morning etching beads. I have a really large pile drying on the counter.  I even had to put the spoon in the picture so you could tell how big a pile it was.  A bunch of these are for special orders but there will be plenty left to list on Etsy. https://www.etsy.com/shop/tanyamcguire