Awwww.

Itty bitty chair. The picture is much larger than life-size!



It's just over an inch tall. From Blue Moon. I picked it up yesterday at Jo-Ann Fabric. All it needs is a chain, and I have the right kind.

Meet the Mets!

I made a bracelet to show support for my favorite baseball team!



Swavroski crystals in blue and orange, plus the charms I received the other day.

Have a heart...or 200!

Mom ordered a bunch of glass heart beads from Fire Mountain Gems. Almost 200 of them!



They're so gorgeous. I'm going to have fun with them. They range in size from 25 to 12 mm. Some have foil, some are lampwork, others have millifiore accents.



I also have some baseball charms, including a New York Mets charm. I wish they had charms for the Nationals and Rockies, too. One of the Mets charms will go to my sister, to add to her New York bracelet.



I made two necklaces with the beads I bought on Sunday:

Don't worry, be hippie!



Peace and Love!

New beads, and an attempt at wire work.

Michaels had a sale on Blue Moon's "Royal Boheme" beads and pendants.



I'm going to make a necklace with the red/purple beads and peace symbols tonight!

This is what I sacrificed my nails for last week: my first attempt at wire work using my Thing-a-ma Jig!



I probably won't actually use these for anything. They're not exactly perfect! :p I'll have to practice a lot before I have any jewelry-quality pieces.

I learned a painful lesson yesterday. :(

Working with wire after having nails done is not a smart idea. I ruined my nails yesterday! Tore one right off, the other got partially torn. Good thing I do my own nails, or that would have been an expensive disaster! *laughs* I now know that you can't keep long nails if you're going to work with wire.

Forgot to post this...

The perfectly matched beads and butterfly:



Once again, much time was saved by my bead spinner. Some of the beads were too big for it, so I had to add them by hand. It still took a while to do, because I made mistakes with the length, and it took a while to figure out how to attach the pendant.

Birthday beads, used up!

Black and red beauties with black nickel chain.





The black and tan "lentils" and rounds, with silver:



The girlfriend pendant, on a silver mesh ribbon.



I have one more set of pretty art glass to work with. I haven't decided yet what to do with them!