Run along now and enter this awesome sweepstakes for a trip for TWO!
This sweepstakes is open to US and Canadian residents (excluding Quebec) age 18 and up. Entry deadline is March 16, 2011 at 11:59pm PT. For more information: http://www.artbeads.com/road-to-tucson-sweepstakes.html
Lori Anderson is having a GIVEAWAY!! If you would like to win an awesome metal stamp set, go on over to her blog.
Yep, there are 4 places for you to click to get there. Of course, I’m planning to win it anyway!
It’s always a nice surprise to check my shop in the mornings to find that one of my listings has been included in a lovely Etsy treasury! This pretty collection is curated by Sobby, and includes my Woven Heart Necklace.
Sobby’s Etsy shop has lots of beadwoven treasures, but these Sunshine Beaded Earrings are my favorites!
Check out this gorgeous piece being given away by Rosy Revolver! If you have never seen her work, you MUST visit her here!
Entries will be accepted up until midnight EST on Thursday, September 23rd.
The winner will be announced Friday, September 24th. Hey! That’s my baby girl’s birthday!!
Artbeads.com sent me beautiful coin shape glass beads in yellow and white. They have wonderful little peacock spots on them. I love these! They are a little smaller than I expected (now where is my ruler? :o) ) so I did not make the bracelet I had planned. However, earrings developed and they’re so HAPPY, they make me want to dance! Artbeads.com has tons of beautiful glass beads, so check them out!
I also received these cool Bamboo beads in ..you guessed it! Yellow! I’m on a roll here… They are so interesting, with a little band of dichroic around the middle. The hole, which you may be able to tell in the photo, is an eensy bit bigger than I expected…(ruler, again) so my intended purpose did not work out. They are really awesome and come in lots of beautiful colors. I wonder how I will use these?
Well, I hope you guys like the earrings, but I’m not finished yet! I have one more item to show off, soon!!
Disclosure: As a participant in the blogging program, I very much enjoyed reviewing these items from Artbeads.com. They were sent free of charge to me. I have been honest in my personal opinion of the product, and I am not being compensated for my endorsement as it pertains to the component reviewed.
It’s been a very hot summer in Texas, and we’ve been very busy settling back into our home. We still have a long way to go, but I have neglected my blog so long, I decided this update needed to happen NOW! Things never seem to go as planned, so sometimes I just have to readjust priorities.
I have several items from Artbeads.com to review. The first is a diamond shaped Murano glass pendant. It’s so pretty and cheerful, I can imagine it with a great little sundress! It is full of little flowers, so I decided not to compete with them. I made a simple bail of several kinds and colors of seed beads. I think it will be lovely and feminine on a hand-dyed silk ribbon, either black or yellow, or BOTH! It would also look great on a thick round leather cord. This pendant will move right on in to fall, and will really pop with a black sweater!
Well, there we have the first item of my review. I’m late, but don’t give up on me yet! I have a couple of more items to show off! I’ll be back…
Disclosure: As a participant in the blogging program, I very much enjoyed reviewing this item from Artbeads.com. It was sent free of charge to me. I have been honest in my personal opinion of the product, and I am not being compensated for my endorsement as it pertains to the component reviewed.
A lovely surprise this morning: An Etsy Treasury featuring lots of Etsy Beadweavers! My piece is the Garnet Romance Necklace. We would all love to have your clicks until Sunday!
Beaded Geometry was curated by Marina Levy of Marina Levy’s Handmade Crafts. I love this beautiful necklace, Soft Pink Love, in her shop:
While it might look like I’m stuck on blue, well, maybe I am! Evidently it’s my favorite color! And there will be more to come, cause I’ve been beading, not listing. So, I have a little pile of things which I will be listing on Etsy and 1kM! Some are blue-and some are not… So come on back in a day or two and see…
These MIGHT be my favorites, cause I love love these crystals:
Just thinking, do you enjoy wearing ear threads, or do you prefer other types? I’d love to know how they rate in your book! See ya later!
…is the current theme for the Artbeads bloggers. Very good for me, because Spring is my favorite time of the year. If I were at home in Texas, I’m sure I would be pruning, digging, planting, and enjoying the birds and new growth of my garden. But, here I am in Florida at my “home-away-from-home”. In the Keys this time of the year, thoughts turn to the beach, water sports, tall frosty drinks, palm trees and sea creatures. So, here is my creation using items sent to me for review by Artbeads.com:
I first saw similar porcelain beads in Beadwork magazine, and really wanted to check them out further. But then, along came this fabulous porcelain shell bead at Artbeads! My favorite bead place! How could I resist?? No need! And it truly is as beautiful in person as in the picture. The porcelain shell bead is suspended by a peyote woven bail, and ends with a Hill Tribe bead cap (with shell design, of course!) and a Swarovski coral pearl. The S-clasp is a Hill Tribe Silver Starfish. The necklace is a spiral seed bead rope of various colors found in the pendant, mainly blues and greens.
Since I did not use all the bead caps I received for the necklace, I used them for a springy little pair of earrings, and I must say, they are pretty sweet!
Disclosure: As a participant in the blogging program, I very much enjoyed reviewing the items from Artbeads.com, and they were sent free of charge to me. I have been honest in my personal opinion of the products, and I am not being compensated for my endorsement as it pertains to the components reviewed.
That’s the title of a pretty Treasury West curated by Demet of Demetgun3 on Etsy. She was so kind as to include my Summer Strawberries Earrings!
Demet has some lovely things in her shop! One of my favorites is her Twisted Snake Medallion Necklace. Hmmm, it would certainly be awesome for Valentine’s Day, or any other day for that matter!
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Presenting a pretty Etsy Treasury curated by Ileana of Enchanted Beads. My Woven Heart Necklace is part of this one and it’s always a little charge of excitement to see one of my creations included in a setting like this. Feel free to visit, comment and click to your Hearts content!
Here is a beautiful pendant created by Ileana, and is available in her Etsy shop Enchanted Beads. She has MANY beautiful creations, and this is one of my favorites!
Flower For the Desert Princess
Look at the beautiful necklace being given away on the blog Rosy Revolver. Just comment, twitter, post, fan, and who knows…you might be the fortunate winner of an awesome piece of jewelry! Also, check out her Etsy shop. What talent!! Lots of pretties!
is the name of a Treasury in which a recent addition to Hiding Place Beadery on Etsy (Romantic Spiral Bracelet) is included. Your comments and clicks are most appreciated!
“A little bit bohemian”was curated by Judi of Etsy’s Imaginuity. Judi creates wearable art creations of all kinds. Below is her creation…
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Once again, it’s time to vote for your favorite Etsy Beadweavers November Challenge creation! And there are some really beautiful items to choose from! Of course, you could expect nothing less…they are always amazing! Voting is open through November 15, so, go go!
The Beadweaving Emporium at 1000 Markets has opened voting for the September Challenge. The theme is “Fall”, and was chosen by Dini of Beadazzled of Oregon, the winner of the New Horizons Challenge. This growing market had only 5 entrants for this particular Challenge, but they are spectacular, as always. The BEM is loaded with talented, creative artists! Go check it out, and cast your vote! Voting is open now through September 15th.
A great Saturday surprise! “i HEART you” is the name of a very sweet and lovely treasury curated by Smadar Grossman of Smadar's Treasures. I am most honored to have my Woven Heart Necklace included. Thank you, Smadar!
Smadar’s Treasure is so full of beautiful items, it’s hard to choose just one to show you! This necklace is one of my favorites, and I really love the textures and colors she used.
Beadwoven Necklace with Leather and Tourmaline Pendant
All Jeweled Up is the name of the Etsy Treasury I am honored to have my Woven Heart Necklace a part of. 
All Jeweled Up was curated by Noahs Ark Collections. Check out her cute shop! She has lots of cool critters, and I found this little owl necklace that I really like!
I have decided to re-enter the blog-world with this newsworthy piece. (About time, huh?!)
Chocolate and Steel is having a give-away and here’s the awesome prize:
The contest ends on Monday, August 31st and the winner will be announced Wednesday, September 2nd. Go check it out, and maybe you’ll sport this little number on your finger!
ALSO:
Etsy is having a Handmade Moments Contest , and Chocolate and Steel is entering a video, so watch it on the Chocolate and Steel blog, then GO VOTE!
I couldn’t resist sharing with you this adorable photo of Friday, a young 1/2 quarter-horse, 1/2 paint colt. There are several good things about being back in Texas for a little while, and one of them is spending a little time with good friends and enjoying the things that are important to them.
Friday belongs to my dear friend and pastor, Brandon, and was photographed by his son, Josh. I think Josh captured a lovely moment in a youngster’s life.
