Finally

Some time to play.

I mean really play with my beads,

not just move them around the table.

Ok, my table is a mess and it had to be cleaned.......

I made these fun layer bracelets.

Then this fun piece. I love the colors and the luscious green

beads are WOOD, yup, nice and light weight.

And this one!

May be my new favorite.

Howlite stars, wonderful orange rondelles

and silk ribbon from Jamnglass on etsy.

Love their silk ribbon, all hand dyed.

Wonderful!



Can you guess what I am wearing today?????

There is another wonderful collar piece that I made

that I could have sworn that I took photos up and uploaded,

but apparently not.

Will share that one soon.

Could be another "favorite"! :)

So nice to be back at the table in between getting everything ready for

my daughter's graduation, birthday and party!

Hope you all had a great long weekend!

Echo Creative Club!

Yeah! 

Another month that Jeannie let me

play along!

Thank you Jeannie.

I got these wonderful mint green and gold peeled

paint art beads and I immediately knew that 

I wanted to make a bracelet.

I am loving the whole wrap thing

that is happening right now.

Ok, tried my hand at using hemp.

Kinda liking it. Have to keep playing though.

The above goes with these!

Which I have been wearing regularly.

Don't they look wonderful on my model?

Please hop around and see what others have made

with Jeannie's treasures.

Our hostess

Jeannie K Dukic http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog

Cindy Cima Edwards http://www.cindycima.com

Courtney Breul http://beadsbybreul.blogspot.com

Dagi http://kokopellidesign.blogspot.com

Keri Lee Sereika http://www.pinklemonade.typepad.com

Kristen Stevens http://kristen-beadjourney.blogspot.com

Malin de Koning http://beadingbymalindekoning.blogspot.com

Molly Alexander http://www.beautifullybrokenme.blogspot.com

Shannon Chomanczuk http://www.formysweetdaughter.blogspot.com

Thank you Jeannie!

Thank you doesn't seem enough!

You know Lori Anderson!

The amazing, talented, thoughtful,

creative, funny Lori!

Well, if you click here

you can read the article she wrote for the May

edition of Bead Trends.

Why am I going on…..well,

SHE USED ONE OF MY BEADS!

I have played around with polymer a bit, made a few beads,

sent one to Lori for one of the 

most amazing Bead Soup Blog Parties.

(or a swap, my overwhelmed brain can't remember)

So, thank you Lori, for using of my beads. 

I guess this means that I am kinda published!!!

Go figure! 

Behind the Eight Ball

That is exactly where I am standing at the moment

Feeling over whelmed.

So, I apologize for the lack of posts,

the lack of photographs,

and the lack of me.

We are headed into IB exams, final exams, PROM,

(yes, I am taking the photos, come back!)

graduations, promotion ceremonies, graduation parties,

18th birthday celebrations

(how the hell did that happen?)

Family coming and going,

vacation (Disney here we come!),

wisdom teeth being extracted and

college registration.

All in the next 6 weeks or so.

So, please forgive the spottiness

of my appearences here.

I will do my best.

I am doing Jeannie's Echo Creative Club challenge

and Amy's Cocktail Blog Hop,

both the end of the month.

Please stay with me,

I promise it will get better!

I.Heart.Macro

Amazing glass beads that my mom

bought me at the last bead show.

The clarity is stunning.

Thanks Mom!

Please hop on over to Lori's blog for more macro goodness!

One Crayon Color Challenge

Purple and all of the goodness that comes with it!

Sally Russick of The Studio Sublime

invited us to play along with her next challenge,

the One Crayon Color Challenge.

I choose one of my favorite colors ~ 

Purple!

Love that color, so regal, so majestic.

Love it.

In going through my beads I did discover that I had 

a fair amount of purple but, can one ever have

enough beads?

I think not!

(actually I probably have plenty!)

So when my mom was in town a few weeks ago we headed

out to the Intergem show at the National Harbor 

here in DC and gathered plenty. :)

As usual for me, this required much playing,

stringing, un-stringing, wrapping and un-wrapping

before I got it right.  

I also added a small accent color, can you guess?

Tangerine Tango. Love that color!

So, without further ado….

A combination of wooden beads, these amazing purple geode beads, purple seed beads,

purple Artistic Wire and a few well placed tangerine chinese crystal

rondelles, a handmade tangerine enameled bead

and a purple polymer pendant, these last two made by me.

:)

Thank you Sally, for inviting us to color our day!

Please take a moment or twelve and hop around

and see what everyone made!

hosted by: Sally Russick  http://thestudiosublime.com Red Therese Frank  http://theresestreasures59.blogspot.com Rochelle Brisson  http://acreativechelle.blogspot.com Lisa Lodge   http://pineridgetreasures.blogspot.com Malin de Koning  http://beadingbymalindekoning.blogspot.com Bobbie Rafferty   http://beadsong.blogspot.com Orange Linda Landig  http://LindasBeadBlog.com Cherrie Fick  http://designsinthelight.com Beth McLarnan http://threetrees-art.blogspot.com Cece Cormier  http://thebeadingyogini.com Renetha Stanziano   http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com Tanya Goodwin  http://pixiloo.blogspot.com Jean Welles  http://jeanawells.blogspot.com Amy Severino   http://amybeads.blogspot.com Rebekah Payne   http://treewingsstudio.com Lola Surwillo  http://.beadlolabead.blogspot.com Judy Turner   http://silver-rains.blogspot.com  Yellow Jennifer Justman  http://soulsfiredesigns.blogspot.com Rose Brisson    http://ahteesblog.blogspot.com Kim Bender  http://www.kimmykats.com/ Heather Powers   http://humblebeads.blogspot.com Shelly Joyce  http://www.aujourlejour-shelly.blogspot.com Blue Cherie Reed  http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com Rebecca Anderson  http://songbeads.blogspot.com Hope Smitherman  http://craftyhope.blogspot.com Patti Vanderbloemen  http://myaddictionshandcrafted.blogspot.com Michelle Buettner  http://MiShelDesigns.blogspot.com Alicia Marinache  http://allprettythings.ca Charissa Sloper   http://blog.obsidiansoda.com Sonya Stille  http://dreaminofbeads.blogspot.com Maria Grimes  http://mariagrimes.blogspot.com Nancy Saccoccio  http://risingdesigns.blogspot.com Sandi Volpe   http://sandivolpe.com Joanne Tinley  http://daisychaindesignsjewellery.blogspot.com Catherine Pruitt  http://boobeads.blogspot.com  Green Mary Harding  http://maryhardingjewelrybeadblog.blogspot.com Karin Gilman http://www.qaygee.blogspot.com/ Jayne Capps   http://mamasgottodoodle.blogspot.com Lorelei Eurto  http://lorelei1141.blogspot.com Melissa Meman http://melissameman.blogspot.com Alice Peterson  http://alice-dreaming.blogspot.com Jenny Davies Reazor   http://www.jdaviesreazor.com Cynthia Machata    http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.com Melissa Essenburg  http://chinookdesigns.blogspot.com Regina Santerre  http://reginaswritings.blogspot.com Lauren Streets  http://ornthoughts.wordpress.com Elizabeth Auld  http://beadsforbusygals.com Purple Tracy Mok   http://bumblebeadsdesigns.blogspot.com Jennifer Judd Velasquez http://jenjuddrocks.blogspot.com Marti Conrad  http://marticsclay.blogspot.com Lori Anderson  http://prettythingsblog.com Donna Bradley  http://strandedbeads.blogspot.com Courtney Breul  http://beadsbybreul.blogspot.com - you are here! Linda Younkman   http://lindysdesigns.blogspot.com Susan Kennedy  http://www.suebeads.blogspot.com Lisa Liddy   http://Lisaliddy.wordpress.com Tracy Stillman  http://www.tracystillmandesigns.com Dawn Doucette  http://designsbydawnmarie.blogspot.com Brown Diana Ptaszynski   http://suburbangirlstudio.com Shannon Chomanczuk  http://formysweetdaughter.blogspot.com/ Janice Everett   http://JLynnJewels.blogspot.com Karen Williams  http://Baublicious.blogspot.com Black Kashmira Patel  http://sadafulee.blogspot.com Heidi Post  http://expostfactojewelry.blogspot.com/ Birgitta Lejonklou  http://lejonklou.blogspot.com/ Holly Westfall  http://silverrosedesigns.blogspot.com/ Karin Slaton  http://backstorybeads.blogspot.com