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Flowered necklace

I spent several hours today working on my next necklace The centerpiece doesn't show up very well in the scan ~ it's mother of pearl, really pretty. Technorati Tags: wearable art , beads , jewelry , necklace

Done!

Sophia "Sophia" means wisdom in Greek. I'm not Greek, but I did study classical Greek in college, and I've always had a fondness for English words whose derivations are Greek. Don't ask me why! Anyway, Sophia is finished, and I'm really pleased with this excursion into freeform stitiching after so many embroidered pieces. Technorati Tags: wearable art , beads , jewelry , necklace

Sterling silver and beads ~ part 2

Today I'm going to make the focal bead and all of the spacers for this piece. I'm thinking a beaded chain would be a nice closure. The armature wire is 14 gauge, so it needs something a little more substantial than my usual plain sterling silver chain. Technorati Tags: wearable art , beads , jewelry , necklace

New Swarovski flowers

Fire Mountain Gems & Beads has just advertised online that they've got some beautiful new colors of Swarovski flower beads . These are not in the current catalog. If you don't receive their newsletter to keep up with new offerings, you can sign up for it here . Here in Massachusetts, we're going to have a nor'easter this weekend! Lots of time for beading :-) Technorati Tags: wearable art , beads , jewelry , necklace

Sterling silver and beads

I've started a new piece, and instead of my usual fabric base for bead embroidery, I'm doing this one free-form, with peyote and netting stitches. And anything else that it occurs to me to throw in! The armature is 14 gauge sterling silver wire, bent and hammered flat. This is going to be fun :-) Technorati Tags: wearable art , beads , jewelry , necklace

Interview

Winter Sunrise I had an interview with the local paper today to talk about my jewelry and mixed media work. It was fun but kind of tiring, having to think hard about how I phrased my answers. "Winter Sunrise" is one of the pieces that they decided (I think) to feature, because of the story that went along with it. All of the antique buttons were given to me by a girlfriend who died last year. She had been sick for a long time, and I made the piece prior to her death. No amount of money could ever get me to part with it! Mostly what they wanted to talk about was the HGTV spot, and what difference that had made in my business. I think they might have been looking for a rags to riches story...sorry to disappoint, but I have always felt rich! Blessed beyond measure, if you want to know the truth :-) Technorati Tags: wearable art , beads , jewelry , necklace

Jewelry fad

Paula Morgan, over at Beadwork on About.com mentioned this cartoon today: Speed Bump by Dave Coverly