New Shawl Pins

Well it is almost time for Stitches Midwest in Shaumburg,IL.  I leave next Wednesday because it takes all day to get there.

 I have been trying to get some Shawl Pins made to take with me.  Seems I have only managed to make a few but they are fun and a little different.

 I hope to get a few more made over the weekend but I will just have to see how it goes.

New Flower Beads..........

 ...........are headed to Etsy this week.  I finally got around to photographing more of these double layer flowers.

 And I am getting the listings ready for Etsy.

 I really like this new pink mix on one.  And........

........I made a couple of smaller flowers to go with it if someone wanted.

Bead Give A Way

 Yes that is right receive a FREE bead.  I have wanted to do this for a while now I think I have been trying to figure out, how to work it all out.  I have decided JUST DO IT.  The bead has a yellow Iris on both sides and is a focal about an inch square. 

There are lots of ways you can enter.
                 - Post a comment here on my blog.
                 - Like my Facebook Page,  Tanya McGuire Beads and Jewelry

                 - Share this post on your blog.
                 - Share this post on your Facebook Page.
                 - Last but not least make a purchase from my Etsy store and you will get 2 entries.

Make sure that when you share the post you message me where so that I can find it and get your entry logged in.  You will have until August 17th at noon CST to enter.  That afternoon I will contact the winner to get an address to ship it too.

If I have forgotten anything please let me know.

Have fun and lets hope your the winner. :-)

Diane Massenburg Scott was the winner and the bead will be headed out to her very soon.

Alice's Garden Flowers

 This is a new one of my Alice's Garden series of flowers.  They are in two pieces so they are really 3 dimensional.  I have been making jewelry with them for a bit.  Check out my posts here and here.

I have just really started listing them on Etsy though.  This one just got listed this evening.

A new version of.........

............a flower power bracelet.  I have been playing with an idea for a Bohemian style bracelet with my Flower Power flower beads for a little while.

I think I finally have one that I like.  It is very simple, but sometimes I think that works better than something that is more complicated. 

I made more than one because I have an art show in Brookings SD this coming weekend.  It is the Brookings Summer Arts Festival and I will be in the park along the road. 

New cone shaped focal beads.......

..............are something I have been playing with the last couple of weeks.  I really think they are fun.  And I have a couple of other ideas for necklaces with them this is just the first. 

I have made several of them and a couple are headed for Etsy.  The rest are headed for my next bead show.  That is if they don't find another home first. 

Earrings by Sj Designs Jewelry

I just love these earrings by Sarajo Wentling.  She is involved in the AJE Earring Challenge and she has used my beads a couple of times in her weekly posts.  You can read more of her posts and about the challenge HERE and HERE.