the great pearl reveal

As promised, I listed my pearl bracelet tonight.  For those who have not already heard what happened, the very short story is that this bracelet is the result of a custom order that did not work out.  The customer agreed to exchange this bracelet for some other items from my shop, and I'm reselling this bracelet.  I put a lot of time and effort (and money) into it.  I would love to see it go to a new home.

These are the earrings that I created to go with it.  The customer decided to keep the earrings.  This is the first serious wire wrapping project that I've ever done.  I know that it is not amazing, but I think that it turned out pretty decently, all things considered.

This is the first item that I've ever listed without a music background for the first picture.  The music absolutely did not work with the colors for this piece.  It made the lemon quartz look very yellow, which contrasted harshly with the pearls.  The gray works so much better.  Hopefully this won't upset the look of my shop too much haha.

Let me know what you think.  The very positive response that I from my customer and from a lot of other people about my custom radish earrings helped renew my spirits about custom orders, but some feedback on this piece would still be appreciated, too.

July EBW Challenge

The voting is up for the July EBW Challenge Here Comes the Bride! Please go to the EBW blog by CLICKING HERE and vote for my Something Blue bracelet. :) It's entry number 6. (And yes, they did live the "e" off of my name both in the post about the challenge and on the ballot.) Thanks!

June EBW Challenge winner, July EBW Challenge entry

Congratulations to LiciaBeads who won the June EBW Challenge: Humor with her awesome necklace Curiosity Killed the Cat! I seriously love that piece. Licia is also a fellow Awesome Chicks of Etsy member. :)


I listed my entry for the July EBW Challenge: Here Comes the Bride today. As some of you may remember, I got the Swarovski buttons that I used in the bracelet as part of my first set of items for the ArtBeads Blogging for Beads program. I still have a set of purple buttons to use at some point in the future, too.


I have had weddings on my mind most of this past year so this theme really could not have some at a more perfect time. As soon as I saw the theme, I knew that this was a challenge that I could not resist. I had a lot of fun with this piece and am really pleased with the result. :)

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