treasury feature

After a pretty crazy day, I'm checking in quickly with a quick treasury feature.  Yael (TheJoyofColor) included my Beadwoven Beads - Set of Two - Sparkling Green in her Smile He Is Coming treasury.

If you haven't already, please enter my blog giveaway!

couple new listings, Saturday progress

I actually put this first listing up yesterday, but it totally slipped my mind to post about it here.


I took pictures of these beads at two different times, and both times they came out really dark. They have the same purples that I used in my purple beaded leaf earrings. I know that those photographs also turned out pretty dark. However, if you look at the third photo in that listing, you'll get a better idea what the beads really look like. They would work wonderfully for earrings, a bracelet, or necklace. They also make neat jewelry toggles.

I listed this new pair of earrings just a few hours ago.

Believe it or not, this was the first time that I attempted single drop peyote stitch with delicas. I had mixed single and double and done single with larger beads like size 8 Tohos, but never done a straight single with delicas. I am really pleased with the overall look of these earrings. I may make something similar again the future, but I don't have any specific colors in mind at this point.

I got all of the beads in the earrings through the Art Beads blogging program. These are actually from my Valentine's Day stash. I still haven't gotten to a project with my spring stash! These earrings include beads from the Swarovski section and the seed beads section, specifically the Miyuki delicas.

Jake and I got a new washing machine today. (We actually bought it last weekend but waited to have it delivered until today so I wouldn't have to take off work.) I've only done one load in the last two weeks so I've been playing catch up! While that's been going on, I did some gluing work for new earring studs, magnets, and tacks before it started raining this afternoon. I also finished the second of two pendants in my color explosion scheme that are currently listed as "made to order" items in my Etsy shop. I thought it was worth restocking them. Finally, I started working with Sharla (BeadedTail) on a custom bracelet to coordinate with her raspberry filled peyote triangle earrings! It will be a skinny fringed cuff like this one. She just okayed the beads that I picked out so I'll share them here.

I'm excited to start working on that this week. :)

Disclosure - I received my ArtBead's products free of charge through their blogging program. I am honestly reviewing their products and have not been paid for my endorsement as it pertains to the products I received.

new listing, mini green feature

I listed two sparkling green beaded beads tonight.


These are the first beaded beads that I've listed in quite a while. They work wonderfully as focals for bracelets and earrings. I'm sure that someone could find a creative use for them in a necklace, too. They also make great toggles for bracelets.

In honor of green, here are a few more random green items that have caught my eye on Etsy recently. I officially stopped looking after my St. Patrick's Day feature, but a few more have slipped into my favorites. Enjoy!

Green windows - earrings by pardalote

Spring Garden Series Lavender and Yellow Lucite Crystal and Pearl fringe bracelet Handmade by PacificJewelryDesign

HERB GARDEN...Free US Shipping by blueseraphim

Glass Seed Bead, Copper - Earrings - 'Fern Frond' by Balanced

reaching the end of the green? for now anyway...

I listed my final pair of green earrings, for now anyway. These are sparkling green peyote bead earrings.



I have a pair of beaded beads very similar to the ones that I used for these earrings that I'll be listing sometime next week. That's the last very green item that I've completed, for now! I've had a lot of fun with the green, and I hope that others have enjoyed seeing so much of it.

Michelle (pardalote) was so inspired by my flying in lime and kelly earrings that she decided to give peyote triangles a shot this week. You can check out her post about that here. She included another pair of green earrings that I sold a couple weeks ago in another triangle post today, too, which you can check out here. Thanks, Michelle! I'm glad that you're having so much fun with triangles. :)

Also on the subject of triangles, I made my first 3D peyote triangle (something like this) last night! I'm so excited about it. Pictures and more 3D triangles coming soon.

final package (for now), new book recommendation

As some of you may remember, Heather (Joy De Vivre) hosted a feature/giveaway for me on her blog earlier this month, which Sharla (BeadedTail) won. The winner was allowed to choose any size and color combination for a bead woven pendant or pair of earrings. Sharla chose my raspberry filled design. Because Sharla is awesome, I decided to make her a coordinating leaf pendant as well, and Angel decided to throw in a toy mouse for Sharla's kitties Isabella and Angel. Angel got a HUGE gift basket of goodies for Christmas from my in-laws that they won, and she's been sharing some of her toys with others. I took a picture of everything before I shipped it.


Sharla, with the help of Isabella and Angel, blogged about their goodies today. You have to check it on her blog here! Thank you so much, ladies!

I found another great beading book at the library over the weekend. This one is The Art of Beaded Beads edited by Jean Campbell. Jean Campbell always provides great directions and lots of pictures. Like the Beaded Garden book, you have to be a little more experienced with a variety of beaded stitches than I am to complete a lot of the projects. There are a lot of great projects, though, and a few simpler ideas that I'm looking forward to trying. My beading book wish list keeps getting longer haha. That's okay! I'm glad that I'm able to preview so many books at the library so that the ones I do end up purchasing/asking for as gifts are ones that I will use frequently or keep coming back to.