Inspiration

Comes from GOD, and Within, and Sometimes from others. Last night I was inspired to take some awesome Pics. The sunset dancing in my yard was spectacular. Take a look...........



Sunsets

Beads from new cane

Update:3/17: I am working with these beads doing something new......Sculpturing............I Will post some new pics soon.

New Cane

I found a Tut for a pretty floral cane here.

I tried my hand at recreating with the colors I had on hand..........

Ok so It definetly needs some work, but it don't look as bad as some of the canes I have tried...Actually the center part looks better but when I reduced it further I think I distorted it a lil.

She's Baaaack........Feb,18.2008

Yea I know .......But I also got a Camera for Christmas so now I can really take pictures of my stuff.

Right now I am resting from reducing.







Hmmmm......I'm not sure....Keep going.

Ok so after further reducing I cut it open to see, and put a couple of pieces akin..and I saw something....But it needed something, Maybe some red?
NOPE.....This is much better.....




Already Making Beads

Of course I couldn't resist trying a few lentils.

HOW DO YOU SLOW DOWN A SUPER CRAFTER?

You slice off a piece of finger. Not just any finger, her THUMB!





This is what I used..............A MANDOLIN
IT KINDA LOOKS LIKE A MINI GUILLOTINE!

It comes with a guard (I was not using this brand I only borrowed this image) that I started to use, but since it had plastic nubs instead of tines to hold the potato I chose my hand as a better grip, and said only so close and no further.....I went one pass to many......OW MAN, that Hurt!
Luckily it does not hurt ( unless I slam it) Whether that is due to the prayers or the gobs of bacitracin I don't know, (It hurt when it happened though)....And I can now use my grips to keep making jewelry.
So I have a bunch of pics to be added hopefully today of things I have done some before and a few after.

Christmas In The Making

We are getting it done. Well I AM! Here is a preview of some of my things so far........Please remember I am using a crappy webcam..... Do ya Hear me now SANTA? *HINT HINT*

These are my lite blue and silver swirly dangles.

I wish you could see how pretty this bracelet is. It is garnet, or Siam colored Swarovski bicones with silver flowers with a garnet center. I only hope it is long enough. Michaels took ALL their metal jewelry down when the Company who makes these did a recall of some pieces.
That is also a pink and blue seed bead ring.

One of my blue swirly lentils I did over the summer attached to a silver neck chain

Dark blue swirlies on the bottom of these blue and clear earrings.

I made these over the summer. They are bi-cones I made with polymer clay.

Another polymer clay bead with silver spacers on twisted silver colored copper wire.

Rose beads earrings. I bent some memory wire ( that was fun....)


Pink and Lite or lime green alternated on a memory wire bracelet.


I have plenty more in progress still, that I will post this weekend hopefully.

Update: Christmas

Well My youngest is 12 going on 22 or 2 depending , and she is getting into the jewelry, hair accessories, you name it, so beads, bangles, and baubles. I will be busy creating what I can before Christmas.
Meanwhile to keep myself in practice I have been practicing, my wire wrapping for making danglies , and also using up my yarns and making throws/lapghans.

Yesterday I whipped up a beaded ring, which took me half the freakin night....EASY? Not for me, I got 2 left thumbs.......While this looked easy....For me it was work. I am sure with the proper beads it will properly be easy. I used bicones, and they would not sit right, and the thread I was using, while it was beading thread, started to fray. Then I had problems with the needle sizes... Eventually I finished it.

My current work in progress, typical granny square throw.
Finished striped lapghan.
Blue Fiber Optic Swarovskis on a silver hoop with Silver fish hook.

My blue chandeliers. I wrapped the Dangles myself. I love these. Also Swarovski

Here is that ring.....