Lazy Monday

Well,  I'm another year older (thank God) and my house is clean. 

I had to put everything up for a couple of weeks waiting on the due diligence to be over with.   I have a necklace for SunnyD I need to make.  Did I say my house is clean?? 

I really can't wait to get everything out and start to work on Sunny's piece,  but I really love having my dining room table cleaned off.  I also enjoy not stepping on hidden beads!!

One of my bead stores is going out of business,  so I stopped in last week and bought a few things.  This happens to be the closest store to me.  I'll miss them.  They are really nice people!  And helpful!

I think I'll finish my coffee,   watch a little HGTV and enjoy my afternoon before going to the gym!!

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Gorgeous Turquoise

I went.  I saw.  I bought.  You guessed it.  I went to the bead store.  I saw the Turquoise.  I bought some strands.  

This is Hubei Turquoise.   Chinese Turquoise.  I made it using a magnetic clasp and I think it's too light for a ten strand bracelet.  I'll have to find another clasp with five loops.   I mixed a little silver in with the copper to give a  little "umph".   There is also hematite,  copper beads and pearls.  

I took it  with me  to show the gals at JerBear's office yesterday,  and one strand broke.  I was using Silamide thread,  and hadn't cemented the crimps yet.  My bad.   

I really like the rice shaped strand,  and I'll bet it would make a really cute necklace. 

I haven't done much else in the last week,  at least nothing to write about.   It's kind of nice to have the dining room table clean!  But,  work calls. 

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!

Jewelry for JerBear's Boss

I finished the jewelry set I made for JerBear's boss.   She's going to donate it in the Carousal Charity Horse Show silent auction.    I hope it makes a lot of money for them. 

The necklace is made with leather,  hammered copper rings, spirals,  homemade chain,  storebought chain,  Nacazari Turquoise and  other turquoise.  It has a rather large Spiny Oyster slab looking pretty just dangling. 

The bracelet is made from the same leather and large chain.  It too has the Nacazari Turquoise and some copper spirals. 

Thanks Heather for modeling the bracelet!!



I made the earrings and the chain on them.   

Now comes the hard part....naming them.  

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Groundhog Day!!!

Brrrrr...it's VERY cold!  I still have groceries in the back of the car.  It's too cold to go get them.    I'll let JerBear bring them in when he gets home. 

I haven't done a great lot.  I've also been working on a footstool.  I painted it,  and decided I'm not real happy with all of it.    I've made about four feet of chain.  Another foot and it will be as long as I am tall. 

This necklace is made of copper and leather,  with Pietersite beads.  Pietersite is such a beautiful stone.  The colors run from blues, to browns to reds, to creams...oh..just gorgeous!!  The clasp is handmade.

This  leather necklace has a Spiny Oyster as the center of attention. 

This is the footstool I've been working on.  I found some wallpaper border with roosters ( I love roosters) and it doesn't quite go with the some of the colors I used.  I'll glue it on,  and then repaint and then apply polyurethane.  I have a  larger bench that's still  raw that I'm going to do something with.  

I haven't painted anything in ages (a few years).   I'm out of practice. 

Anyhoo.  I'll post photos of the stool when completed. 

Thanks for looking!!

Jackie's Birthday

Hard to believe ,  but my daughter turns 31 today.  Wow.  Is she getting old!?!!!   I have a son who is at the end of his thirties this year,  he'll be 39 ,  and a daughter at the beginning.    I think I need a tissue.

I haven't worked a great lot this week,  Ross is here.   I worked on Jackie's gift,  earrings  and two bracelets.   I was in such a hurry to get them to her,  I packed her box and realized I didn't take photos.  Oh well.  I hope she likes them.   

Anyhoo...back to visiting with Ross.  Have a great day!!

Saturday Morning

It's chilly this early in the morning!   I'm only halfway through my second cup of coffee and I hope by the end of this posting I won't sound like I wrote it in my sleep!!

I bought some leather working tools the other day.  I'm still practicing ,  learning what to use with what thickness (rivets).   We may need to move into a barn with all the hammering (sometimes me yelling with the hammering) and I would love to be able to learn how to make lampwork beads.  Can't have that in an apartment. 

I need a new hammer.   Nuff said.

These photos don't show all the jewelry I have,  just those that really look great together.   The Turquoise,  corals,  spiny oysters and all the copper and sterling silver.   My friend named these the "Scottsdale" line.  Sounds good to me!! 

I can sit for hours and make chain.  I timed myself one time.  To make a foot of chain,  it took me an hour and a half.   You figure the time to cut the length,  make sure it's blunt cut,  twist it and connect it,  it does take a while.  Or,  maybe I'm just slow.  Don't know.  But I do love doing it!!

For some reason,  I never make a lot of earrings.  I do love earrings.  I was in Macy's the other day and found a gorgeous pair of earrings......

This is such a cute pair!!!    I haven't worn them but a couple of times.  

Have a great weekend.  We're going to do the same!

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New Earrings for 2011

January 1, 2011.  Time flies.   One of my resolutions for this new year is to tend to my blog more.  Of course,  if I could keep from getting viruses....

Anyhoo....

I have been busy today.  Not just lounging in front of the tv,  or watching JerBear change the channel from a show to a game...every ....couple....of.minutes....,  but I've made several sets of earrings. 

This pair is twisted copper with a blue coral bead dangling. 

This next pair of earrings  is made from leather and cable chain and my handmade squigglies.  I think this one is VERY cute!!! 

This pair I partially wrapped  to give a little interest.  

These earrings are SO cute!  Again,  the leather with copper squiggles. 

This pair of wrapped wire is surprisingly light. 

Last but not least,  more wire wrapped with wrapped squigglies. 

All earrings have handmade (by me) earwires and "squigglies".   

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