Birthday stash!

My dad took me to Beadazzled yesterday. I didn't go as nuts as I thought I would, because I was sick, but I did find some great stuff!



I picked out some fabulous art glass beads and a string of garnet chips. They had some amazing art glass...mostly way out of my price range, but fun to look at. They also have an amazing selection of handmade jewelry.

I had to get one of their funny pendants- it has two sides:



I already have plans for the tan/black glass beads and the silver...when I'm feeling better, I'll make a necklace out of them. The pendant will just be put on a chain. It doesn't need anything else.

New York, New York!

I made this for my sister. New York themed charms (from Tokens), connectors from Bead Gallery, and blue and orange crystals (the colors of the New York Mets). All that's missing are baseball charms! If I find any before my sister's birthday, I'll add them.

Lots of stuff to post!

First- I made this necklace, inspired by a project I saw in Creative Jewelry magazine:



One half is freshwater pearls (Iris Gold, 7mm, from Fire Mountain Gems), the other is fancy jasper (4mm, Bead Gallery), with a Chinese Zodiac charm from Blue Moon.

The reverse of the charm:



I gave it to my mom. She loved it!

Jo-Ann had a great sale this week- everything was 40% off. I picked up a beautiful butterfly pendant, with a set of coordinating beads.



I also bought something I needed: a Thing-a-ma-Jig for wire work. I'm going to have fun with this!

Haven't beaded much lately,..

I've been busy entertaining guests all week. But I have two projects done:

I made this bracelet with the star connectors I bought two weeks ago.



I added dangles with Swavroski crystals:



I made this one for my aunt:



I'm going to take a little trip to the Beadazzled store at Tyson's Corner for my birthday! It's a bit of a drive, but it's a great store with stuff I can't get at Michaels or Jo-Ann. I've been there before and wished I'd had more time to really shop. I only had 20 minutes that time!

Simple but lovely.

I finished this necklace last night:




It took about an hour. I had a lot of blue aventurine beads to use, and I thought they would look great with the silver Thai-type beads.

I also picked up these fun connectors at Michaels:




I know what I want to do with the stars. I saw a great idea for a bracelet in the latest issue of BeadStyle magazine. It had the same stars in silver (by Bead Gallery at Michaels).