Two new necklaces

Here are two recent necklaces I made....getting ready for the Holidays! You can find them on Etsy.

More riveted pendants

I can't stop making these flower pendants! They're so much fun! You can find them on Etsy now.

Riveted Pendants

I made a few pendants inspired by Janice Berkbile's beautiful rivet pendant tutorial on Beaducation. The crystal pendant I made following the tutorial instructions. The flower pendants are my interpretation and adaptation for my glass flowers.

A day's work

These are the beads I made on Saturday using silver foil. I already used the black beads on a necklace. The one with blue background is my favorite so I am keeping it.

Beads of Courage

Tonight I made a few butterflies for beads of courage. I received an email from a fellow lampworker that butterflies were needed for a ceremony at Standford Hospital in a couple of weeks. It's a little saddening making these beads since they're given to the parents who lost their children to cancer but I hope that they're a sweet reminder of their little angels.

Seed Bead Bug

I started playing with seed beads this year and really enjoy them! Seed beads are not new to me but the way I am using them is. In the past I used them so string necklaces or to fill the large hole beads to keep them from wobbling around when I wire wrapped them. Now I am teaching myself (with the help of books and magazines of course) how to weave them into rich and beautiful ropes that I use on necklaces.

I made this bracelet and a friend of mine bought it the next day I finished it. I will take more pictures of the other bracelets I made.

Mosaic classes are over

My classes are over and now I am looking for materials and tools for my next project...

I learned the indirect method where you glue the tiles backwards on butcher paper and then transfer the entire piece onto the surface you want to mosaic. I made a larger trivet with turtles using this technique.

My final project for the class was a flower pot. It wasn't easy to cut all the glass pieces and find the right size and angles that fit, but I like how it's turning out. It's not complete yet...I still need to do the rim of the flower pot.