Another Week of Opportunities!

This weekend has been quite fruitful in terms of beading. I managed to complete quite a few pieces and am pleased with them. Right now I'm working on a series of necklaces, bracelets and watch bands for Christmas. I'll probably have them all ready by late October for a gallery showing. If there's anything special you want me to make for you, do let me know. Remember, I don't post all my designs on the blog, just the ones that are different and a bit more special. I do make lots of other jewelry as well.

This is a lovely lime green 37-inch lariat and 5-inch drop which took 3 days to make! For the main lariat I used size 8, 11 and 15 Japanese glass seed beads, Swarovski crystals and Czech fire polished beads. For the drop, in addition to the glass seed beads I also used lots of freshwater pearls, amethyst gemstone beads and Czech fire polished beads.

The colours are youthful and simply gorgeous.

Here's a lovely bling-bling 17-inch necklace made from Swarovski rivolis. I used 16 and 18 mm rivolis. The main necklace is made from Swarovski bicone crystals. Really nice for evening wear.

And the last necklace for today is an 18-inch spiral rope necklace with a pyrite centrepiece. Pyrite is also called "fool's gold" because there are lovely shiny gold coloured speckles which catch the light nicely.

For the spiral rope I used size 8 and 11 Japanese glass seed beads together with Swarovski bicone crystals and Czech fire polished beads.

Now off I go to get more inspiration and work done for this week. Have a wonderful week everyone!

Another photo

This is a substantial 16-inch necklace which took a long time to complete. I do love how it turned out. Unable to find a bead cap to fit the end of the necklace, I made my own! I think I'll keep this one!

I made a purple one too. Will show it to you another day. I'm in the process of completing another lariat with lovely leaves and "fruits."

Meanwhile, I'm beading more today so who knows what nect week will bring.

Here are the Photos!

I managed to take some photos this morning. Here they are:

I experimented with three 14mm Swarovski rivoli and came up with three ear-rings. I haven't made the other sides yet!

I've got a few other colours like red and blue. I'm hoping to get a few white ones too. These are really nice for evening wear especially with a simple dress or blouse. When the rivolis catch the light they are really pretty!

This is a 17-inch necklace I made for a customer. I did a 5-inch Dutch spiral rope with Swarovski 3mm and 4mm bicone crystals, size 8, 11 and 15 glass seed beads. For the rest of the necklace I used Swarovski pearls and 4mm bicone crystals held together by a gold coloured magnetic clasp.

This is a 17-inch necklace done completely in Dutch spiral rope with a silver coloured

magnetic clasp. I think this necklace will look lovely for a bride on her wedding day or for anyone who wants to look extra special!

Life on the fast lane

My dear friends,
I've been working really hard. Really I have! I made a few samples of Swarovski rivoli ear-rings, experimented with beading pearls, designed andmade about 6 new necklaces and filled three new orders. It's just that I've not had time to take photos of my work yet and when I have time (like now) the lighting is just not right! I promise I will try to put up photos by the weekend.

The children have been having exams the past two weeks and I've been really anxious for them. This week we've had two specialists' appointments which were quite satisfactory in their outcome. At least we feel we're moving along in one direction now.

I was very proud of my daughter last week when she went to my husband's Counseling Adolescents class and gave a presentation on Self Injurious Behavior in Teens. My husband's teaching this college level class. The counselors asked questions and she was able to answer clearly. Not bad for a twelve-year-old! She ended the presentation by reading a poem she wrote about her own journey. She was asked to publish her works! Maybe one day I'll post a few of them for you to enjoy.

See you next week!