Snow day work

Under more than a foot of snow, I've been at home, playing with beads. 

Treasury Time

CrochetbyMommaJ included me in her fabulous treasury "Green With Envy." My bracelet, also titled "Green With Envy" is included. Apropos? I think so.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=42617

And, like I needed more beads (wait, I always need more beads!), I ordered some cute lucite flowers from GroovyChickSupplies on Etsy.

I need to take some better pix of my entry for the February Art Bead Scene Challenge for my Etsy store, but I'm waiting to do that setup when I have a few more things made. The Feb challenge revolved around Klimt's painting "The Kiss." I bought one of HumbleBeads' awesome 6-holed spacer beads designed around the piece and then designed a cuff around it in two-drop peyote.
I'm also working on a piece using some strawberry quarts rondelles that I've had for years. A sneak peak...

February Challenge Entry

I finally finished & listed my Etsy-Beadweavers Challenge entry for February!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20223811

This freeform bracelet was created for the Etsy-Beadweavers February Challenge - Tropical Holiday. In thinking about the challenge, I went back in my memory to Waikiki - the crystal blue water that you could see through, that changed color under the magnificent sunsets. The entire island of Oahu seemed to stop every night to watch the sunset.

This cuff is made from 11/0 Japanese cylinder beads utilizing peyote, herringbone, brick and right angle weave stitches. Galvanized denim blue, sea foam green and iridescent purple undulate around the wrist, topped off with dyed freshwater pearls, etched glass reminiscent of sea glass, agate and a tiny glass fish. A large mother of pearl focal houses a peyote toggle clasp.

The bracelet measures 8" long and 2" wide at the widest point.

Visit the EBW blog to see other artists beautiful beadwork; or search EBWC to see more tropical holiday challenge pieces. Please visit the team blog between February 9th and 15th, when you'll be able to vote for your favorite entry.

Feature & St. James!!!!

The lovely and talented Zoya Gutina featured me in her September newsletter. Thank you SO much, Zoya.

St. James Court is this weekend and I've started to freak out even more. I told my friend Anne that I'm afraid they're going to tell me it was all a mistake when I get there & I actually didn't get juried in! There are around 750 juried artists & craftsmen from across the US at this show & it's repeatedly ranked in the top 10 shows for the US. It's scary & exciting!

I've also listed my challenge entry for the Etsy Beadweavers October Challenge "Animal Instincts." I actually finished this piece a few weeks ago for the challenge, but wasn't sure that I'd enter it and planned on doing another piece. With all of the festivals, etc. going on here, I didn't get a chance to finish my scarab piece, so the "Zebra of a Different Color" is my entry. Im pretty happy with it's funky dye job. Gives me ideas for my own head!

Please visit http://etsy-beadweavers.blogspot.com/ to vote on the October challenge from October 9th until the 15th and see the beadweaver team members amazing works of art!