final garden for the season

This is another piece that I made and photographed this summer, then photographed again in the light box before I listed it.  Here is my Beadwoven Bracelet - Petite Garden.

I made this piece with the seed bead mix that I had left over after I made my spring Art Beads piece, which I sold at the Iowa Arts Festival before I could ever list it here.  This was my original leafy color combination, and it may still be my favorite although that's a tough call to make.

I've finished two more bracelets this week.  My "beads that are out for current/future projects" tray has gotten kind of out of control (that's an understatement).  The more smaller projects that I can finish, the faster that I can get everything organized again.  Which will mean more room for even more projects.  The cycle never ends, but I am trying to get things somewhat under control.  I've been pretty good about photographing new items recently so I'll have more new listings soon.

new listing

I was going to get this up last night, but our Internet was down for almost 12 hours.  So I'm posting it tonight.  I listed a new pair of earrings tonight: Button Dangle Earrings - Orange/Brown.  I can't believe that I'm still listing pieces that I made this summer.  It's amazing how much you can get done when you're not working haha.  I've sold a couple pairs in this style with red/blue buttons.  Hopefully these will do well, too.

I have a bunch of button ideas that I need to start working up, especially before the fall/winter shows, as the button items tend to do especially well in person.  I have plans for pretty much every aspect of my button work: stud earrings, dangle earrings, magnets, button charm bracelets, and button embellished bracelets.

I also feel like I'm finally getting the hang of photographing earrings in my light box.  My first attempts were pretty bad, but I'm pretty pleased with my shots for this pair of earrings.  Let me know what you think.

I'm going to list more earrings in the next couple weeks, including a purple striped beadwoven pair and as promised, dangle radish Luna Lovegood inspired earrings.  Stay tuned.

treasury feature

Happy Friday everyone!  Tarapparel included my Beadwoven Dangle Earrings - Pink Leaves in her EtsyBloggers Team - Think Pink treasury.

I've been working on a few pairs of earrings the last couple days.  That's about the only thing that's been happening in the crafty end of my world lately. :) Have a great weekend!

daydreaming about daggers

Even though I haven't been doing a lot of bead work the last week, that doesn't mean that I'm not still thinking about beads!  I've been searching for good Czech glass dagger bead deals on Etsy this week.  Here are a few that I may need to purchase in the future.

CZECH GLASS DAGGER BEADS PINK SATIN 16 X 5MM from Beads4sale

10x3 Dagger Opaque TURQUOISE Czech Glass Beads 50 from simplypie

16mm Dagger SATIN LAVENDER Czech Glass Beads 25x from simplypie

50 - Pink Czech Pressed Glass 10x3mm Dagger Beads from BeadYourHeartOut

5X16MM DAGGER 50 PC from reba31969

Czech Glass 3 x 10mm Dagger Spear Siam Red (50) - BCP-0875 from Beadaholique

And of course Shannon has some amazing dagger beads.
16x5mm Multicolored Rainforest Mix Picasso Czech Glass Dagger Beads from beadsandbabble

new listing, Entrecard feature

I listed a new piece last night: Beadwoven Bracelet - Simple Birthday Cake.

I created this piece after I created my Birthday Cake peyote cuff.  (Yep, I'm still listing a few pieces that I made back in the summer.)  Yellow is not a color that I work with frequently, but it can be fun sometimes.  I haven't sold a ton of these simple right angle weave designs.  It's one of my favorite bracelet designs to wear, though.  It's very light weight and versatile.

Sharla was one of my Top Droppers on Entrecard last month.  I'm finally featuring one of her Etsy items here as promised.  I picked her Fall Sunset - Lampwork Glass and Swarovski Crystal Antiqued Brass Earrings.  Of course I can't resist lampwork, and this is the perfect time of year to wear these earrings.