Sue! Your beads rock.

I was lucky enough to grab these a few weeks ago from

Sue Beads when she had a sale.

Simple, elegant.

"Nuff said!

Thank you.

I can't believe it!

I made the cut for the next Bead Soup Blog Party!

(Thank you Lori Anderson for putting this together again!)

Did the happy dance yesterday and then moved on to business

to visit my partner Dana Hickey's blog.

She is amazing, so talented!

I am getting ready to send a quick note off to her 

to find out what she likes!

I feel very luck to have made this cut.

I.Heart.Macro

Googlie eyes on a gord!

Please go to Lori's blog to see the other wonderfulness!

Happy Sunday.

Challenge Accepted, part 1

As promised, here a few shots of what I completed. 

You can see what I started with here.

Pieces using the jasper rounds. This was the biggest challenge for me

as jasper isn't something I usually create with. I loved what I did!

The colors and textures with the flowers, love.

(she likes it as well)

This tiger's eye is absolutely amazing. The life of each round, luscious.

I love wire work, as I am sure you can tell. I love turquoise and red, great combo.

I added a blue opal nugget at the end of the necklace. 

Now, the hard part will be actually giving these to her.

Here's to a great long weekend

(with only a little to do)

Oh Juls, why do I love you so?

She had a sale!

It wasn't my fault.

Makes you want to lick the screen, huh...........

Juls work is wonderful!

Challenge Accepted!

as my daughter would say.

A friend gave me beads that her husband had purchased

while traveling and asked me to create some pieces

for her.

Beautifulness.

 African turq. trade beads, lapis, turq. from Instabul and 

some AMAZING tiger's eye beads.

The tiger's eye has such life.

I have had some time to play and have used the tiger's eye and the turquoise.

Some jasper. 

I really, really had fun with these. These were a stretch for me

and I am psyched for my friend to see the pieces I made for her.

And these are my favorites.

When she showed me these Ruby Sodalite rounds, I knew immediately 

what I was going to do. Love them.

I hope she likes what I have created so far.

I promise to share more finished pictures as I move through

my "project".

 

I.Heart.Macro

I promise this is the last Christmas photo.
I am just in love with this!!

To see what others are sharing, go to Lori's blog.

There are some amazing shots.

Happy Sunday!

Bead.Soup.Sign.Ups!!!!!

Saturday!

Sign ups!

I can't wait.

Sign ups are a lottery this go round.

Please go to Lori's blog

Pretty Things

for all the details.

This will be sooooo much fun.

Thank you, Lori for

organizing this again.

Sign Ups!

Go! Now!

Taking down the tree!

It is always so sad to take down the Christmas Tree.

The house feels so empty when it is gone, not to mention

how dark it will be at night.

Here are some shots of the crew taking down the tree.

It really was a big tree!

Under the tree!

Love the foot next to her head.

Out with old and in with the new!

Time for a sale!

I need to make room for new goodies!

Please use the code Happy 2012

for 50% off everything!

Yes, I said 50% off of everything!

Go, now!

Happy New Year!