Etsy Ingredients: Namaste Necklaces

Etsy is full of bead and supply shops for just about any craft you can think of.  Handmade yarn to lampwork beads, rare vintage finds to paper ephemera; the world is your oyster with what's available!  I also like to 'give back' to the Etsy community and try to buy my supplies from my fellow sellers.  As sellers buying from sellers, we know the business transaction is much appreciated.  It's also fun to see what those purchases turn into!  Whenever you see a listing in my shop with 'made with Etsy ingredients' in it's title, you know you're buying something that helps support the artistic community in Etsy!

Let's take our first few 'ingredients':

• Four ethnic medallions I had purchased a little while ago from Susanclare, a jewelry supply shop on Etsy.  One features a mandala, one an image of a brahmin (Hindu priest), and two of what appears to be a seated Buddha. 
• Vintage olive green plastic beads from Way To Bead, full of colourful flower cabochon and vintage surprises!  These beads came in a strand of little geometric shapes with curved edges.  Very versatile and I love the colour!
• Silver-plated curved chain from Tower of Leandros - and the chain selection is excellent!  The riveted detail in this chain adds a great touch!

Ethnic medallions from Susanclare

Vintage olive green plastic beads from Way To Bead

Silver-plated chain from Tower of Leandros

Lookit! New Beads!

Being swayed by new visions of cleverness, I hit some of the shops on Etsy that provided nothing but the most gorgeous beads and findings - and nothing short of!  Check out these fantastic beads from these fantastic sellers!

Snow White Czech glass flowers, floridaangel.etsy.com

Czech glass in rose, floridaangel.etsy.com

green Czech pressed glass beads, floridaangel.etsy.com

vintage feather charms, snapcrafty.etsy.com

vintage plastic filigree beads, snapcrafty.etsy.com

ruffled grey rose cabochons, snapcrafty.etsy.com

ruffled jet black rose cabochons, snapcrafty.etsy.com

antique brass adjustable rings, snapcrafty.etsy.com

antique brass scarab pendant, snapcrafty.etsy.com

vintage warrior cabochon, waytobead.etsy.com

vintage German lucite conch shells, waytobead.etsy.com

Amber Floral Pandora lampwork bead, beadcrazed.etsy.com

Just you wait and see what I do with these!  I've got upcoming project ideas for the next Artbeads.com sponsored project, as well as some new items to go up in my Etsy shop!  You'll get the first look right here, real soon!

Photographs courtesy of mentioned shops.