BEAD SOUP PARTY IS ON.....

I decided to join in on Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Blog Party again this fall & was partnered up w/ a very talented Lesley Watt of the UK!! Lesley is a jewelry designer who loves to work w/ great lampwork bead artists.... check out a few of her pieces below...

She has a great organic style about her designs that I really enjoy & I'm really hoping that she's going to be completely tickled w/ what I sent for her to work w/!!

Check out her blog: The Gossiping Goddess 
     & her Etsy shop, too.

As for what I've sent..... here's a little tease for you, Lesley.....

..................hope you like it! :o)

And a huge THANK YOU to Lori Anderson for taking on another ever popular Bead Soup Party... over 300 participants this time around... unreal! We all appreciate what you put into the party.... you're an awesome hostess!! Thank you!! ♥

Till next time....

SUMMER...

I hope this post finds you enjoying your summer.

After getting beyond the Bead & Button Show, I've spent the past month listing lots of acorns, hearts, keys & beads in my Etsy shop. I've just finished posting the last of my copper & glass acorns until the fall.

I'm spending the rest of my summer getting my studio ready for teaching & doing a little bit of vacationing before the kids go back to school! This next week, however, I'm going to be busy preparing for a big 50th birthday bash for my sweet hubby! Fifty... hard to believe. :o) It's going to be fun...

Till next time...

KALEIDOSCOPES....

I've been having fun making kaleidoscopes the past few months & I'm getting pictures ready for listing them on Etsy. Just finished these pictures...... I thought this was a pretty cool looking kaleidoscope & these pictures really  made me fall for it all over again.

Am I allowed to tell you that I messed up when I was making it.... notice that the dots are a different color than the scrollwork? I grabbed the wrong glass... they looked the same in stringer form, for some reason, but obviously they're different. I really like it, though...... a true one-of-a-kind collectors item, I'm sure. :o)

Check it out. (click on images to enlarge)

.....it'll be listed on Etsy tomorrow.

Till then.....

BEAD & BUTTON & BEYOND....

Well.... The Bead & Button Show was a great success.... always a great time, I love to interact w/ customers & I especially love catching up w/ friends.

I really went crazy getting inventory ready for the show, so I came home w/ plenty of product to stock my Etsy shop w/... so that's what I've been doing since I've been home.
Plenty of acorns....

some fabulous large hole beads....

some gorgeous heart beads....

heart bead keys....

....& several kaleidoscoopes....

I have more to list over the next several days.... so much work!

Next on the agenda.... cleaning out my studio & adding a 2nd torch for teaching!! I bought a new torch @ the show, so excited about hooking it up!

Till next time....

THE BEAD & BUTTON SHOW...

...it's coming up quickly!! I'm ready, are you?

Heart beads, heart beads & more heart beads....

European-Style Charm Beads & bigger beads, perfect for necklaces 

& my new Duel-Length Stacking Charm-Bead Necklaces (bracelets, too!)

Plenty of cute earrings & jewelry

Glass & Copper Acorns (& acorns & more acorns!!)

Even a new size....MICRO...so cute!

Etched & enameled copper oak leaves & my sterling silver twig changeable bead holders, too! So much more!

Hope you'll stop by to check everything out.... booth 1136!

Here's a coupon for you, too... for 20% off one item at my booth....

& Click here for coupon for $2 off admission &/or Sunday's 2 for $10 special