Another necklace...........

 .............headed to Nashville for #STITCHESSouth  http://www.knittinguniverse.com/south2015

 The parts and pieces for this piece have been together on my work table for ages and ages.  I just finally took some time to make jewelry.

 I just love the soft texture the mat finish beads give the piece.  The stacked blue lampwork flower just stands out.

And of course we have earrings.

Just in time.

I finished this necklace just in time to bring it with me to the show.  If you would like to see it make sure to stop in at The Tucson Bead Show. Suite #110    http://www.thetucsonbeadshow.com/index.php

New flower necklace.

 This is another new necklace for the spring.

It has just one of my double lampwork flower beads sits in the center of this piece.

A New Necklace...

...for your viewing pleasure.  This one has been in the works for quite a while, but while I have been making beads like a crazy woman I decided to spend some time finishing up a couple of projects, this being one of them.

I have decided to call it "Seaside Dreams" because every time I look at it I see the ocean.  The flower beads have been etched to resemble sea glass and the little tendrils so make me think of strands of seaweed.

Flower necklaces for spring.

 As always I had projects planned out long before they got made. This necklace has been planned since last fall and finally got finished last month. 

 I am at least ready for spring with a couple of new flower pieces.

 This is a fun one with a bright lime green and steel blue.  A color combo I want to play more with when we get back from Tucson I think some beads in this combo are in order.

 This second piece is in soft purples.  I am playing with a new background and am not sure I really like it with this piece.

 The background does however make for nice close ups.

This is one of my double layer flowers for the focal piece.

I won an award.

In September when we were at the Sidewalk Art Festival in Sioux Falls South Dakota I won an award for this piece.  It is called "Jabberwocky" and is part of my Alice's Garden Series.

The award was just an Honorable Mention but it made me feel great because there are about 125 artists and not that many awards.  Each artist is only allowed to enter one piece and I always seem to be scrambling to decide which piece to enter.  This year I had no problem deciding.  Hands down this was it. 

I have to also say that this piece found a new home while we were at the show in DesMoines IA last month.  A fabulous customer fell in love with it and I am sure she will have fun wearing it. 

Sorry that I haven't found time to tell you all this news before, we have just been busy, busy.  Now I get to think about what I might work on next.  What the new big piece will be. 

I'm in love........

 ..........with this new piece of jewelry.  It is one of those pieces where I had been working on something else and there were parts of things laying about on my work table.  They just called to be put together into a new necklace.

 This piece also came out with those great colors of copper and a patina. 

 I of course had to make a couple pair of earrings to go with the necklaces.

This pair also goes with a new statement necklace I showed you last week.
I want to remind everyone that there are only a few more days to get entered for the Free Bead drawing.  Check out the post here so you know all the ways you can enter.

A new Flower Necklace

 A couple of weeks ago at a show a good customer made the comment that many of my new pieces of jewelry were in the bright family of colors.  Boy is she right, however I had this piece started at the time and couldn't even show her. 

 I have been missing the copper and earth tones that I have always loved to work with but I guess have been having so much fun with the bright colors I didn't realize it until she mentioned it. 

 This color combination in glass is one I have loved for a long time I had just never used it on flowers until recently.  The amber glass looks like copper with the hints of green patina color caused but the frit.

Of course I had to make a little pair of earrings to go with the necklace.  They are the same as the little dangle on the extension chain in the back of the necklace.

Busy Sunday

 As always we had a busy weekend around here.  Jeff worked outside as much as he could with all the rain we have been having and he worked on our little house.  We will have to call the plumber once again.  Someday we might get all the leaks fixed. (previous owners left the water on with no heat)

 I spent Saturday making beads and Sunday finishing up these Flower Power Pendants and .......

 ..........earrings that I had started last weekend and had sitting here on the table all week.  After my last show I did not have a single one of these left so thought I had better get busy.  I also want to list at least one pendant and one pair of earrings on Etsy. 

I also made up a couple pair of earrings to go with this necklace.

A new Poppy Necklace

 A new Poppy flower necklace finished and ready for my summer shows.  These red poppies are always one of my favorites.  I just love the red and black together.

I made use of the double flower bead that I have been showing off this past year. 

New Daisy flowers and Necklace

I have been working on some new little flower beads.  These little daisy's are smaller than my other flowers.  They are only about 3/4 of an inch across and I try to make them even smaller than that.  I just love their tiny, dainty look.

 I of course had to make them in some nice bright colors and will be putting some on Etsy as soon as I finish up with this post.                                                                                                                           

I just love the look of these so much I had to really quick make up a new necklace to show them off.  I am in love with how this piece fits just right at the base of my neck and would keep it for myself if I ever really wore jewelry, but instead I will probably be showing it at my next show.

The close up shows just how much the piece looks like a garden with blooms bursting out all over.