Happy Easter!!!

Have a Happy Easter everyone!! 

JerBear was off on Friday,  so we had breakfast with Carol and Jer.   It's a always a good weekend when JerBear is off. 

I haven't done any work lately.  My dining room table is clean.

Check back and have a Happy Easter,  and thanks for stopping by!!

A Sunny Morning In April

I haven't been blogging lately.  I haven't made anything lately....  anything to write about anyway.  I guess you could say my muse has been gone for so long I forgot what it looked like!

We have a loved one in JerBears family with a serious illness.   We have a  friend who , thank goodness, dodged the bullet, and the same with a granddaughter.  

Anyhoo,  I'll post something when I actually get something made! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

It's April already!!

Wow!  It's been a while since I've posted!   I really haven't done much for a month.  I did find out someone stole the earrings that I made to go with the set for JerBear's boss,  that was being donated to the Charity Horse show.     Who would do that?  

Anyhoo,  I tore apart the 10 strand bracelet in the story below this one and I'm using a different kind of clasp since the last one was not strong enough.  I don't have it finished yet.  It will look similar to the one I previously made....maybe just like it!!  haha

Temps hit 100 yesterday,  and try as we might,  we're trying to go without using the A/C until we absolutely have to.  We're trying to keep the bills down.  It's supposed to cool off again next week. 

Stay cool and thanks for checking out my blog! 

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!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

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.  

Thanks for stopping by!!!

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!!