Finally used my felt

I finally got around to completing a project with the roving I purchased from Copperpot on Etsy.
I also used the rest of the ceramics beads I had made late last year.

You can find this in my shop

It was tempting to just keep it! But I still have plenty of that roving left so its all good. :) I also priced this a bit cheaper than what it probably should be because I know a lot of people are feeling the economy, so it's a pretty darn good deal.
Off to finish another necklace! :D

More pendants, and a focal bead

I'm having fun making these! I also made some earrings I loooove but they still need ear hooks. They aren't quite up to par to be sold, but I will make a pair that is, and keep this pair for me, stretched ears be damned, haha. i'll post them later as I've not gotten pics of them yet, and my sunlight is gone.
On with the lovelies!

Forest leaves hand sculpted polymer clay pendant




Spring Pod hand sculpted polymer clay pendant

And my favorite...

Spring Leaves hand sculpted polymer clay focal bead

Hard at work!

Sort of. :9
This is part of the necklace I've been working on. Not a great photo of it, and doesn't do it justice, but it's a good peek at a work in progress. I've decided I need to order some large silk cord for it.



But in the mean time, since I love the beads I've been making for it, I made some to sell in my shop.


I really like making them, and am going to make more in different colors. :) You can find those here!

Polymer clay is handy for other things too!

...Such as keeping your beads where you want them while you plan out a necklace.

I like using it instead of those beading trays because it can hold oddly shaped beads how you need them, keeping the holes horizontal and such. I just roll out a coil and flatten it to the table to the length I want and it works out really well. I can push my beads into it and it doesn't get all stuck in/on them or anything.

And this is that necklace finished:



I am extremely pleased with how it turned out. Besides the gemstone beads used, the rest are all handmade by me, either ceramic or polymer, including the copper clasp.

Newness!

I finally finished my new Etsy/blogger banner. You like? Also changed my blog colors. And i finished a hat just now, but here is a new necklace I recently posted.



The bean beads are polymer, the rest are ceramic. All made by me.

More...

Listed a few more ceramic pod pendants. Here are just a couple of them.

MMMmmmm beads

Made my first necklace from a huge order of beads I've just received. :) Opening a new box of beads is like Christmas!
This one has a large and beautiful faceted fire agate as the focal. It also has faceted red adventurine, round faceted amazonite, faceted serpentine, and sterling silver. I'll be putting it up on my etsy in a bit. :)
The Stevie Nicks concert was amazing and my whole birthday was great! I have lots of stuff to tell about it but I'll do that another time soon.
Here's the necklace. :D