New Beads!

I just wanted to show you a few new beads in my 

Etsy store.

Rich, Organic Blue with a touch of sparkly goldstone!

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HERE

to see them.

If you want a good buy,

I've been cleaning things out!

These beads might be for you.

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HERE

to see them.

I call these 

Midnight Silver.

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HERE 

to see these beads!

 Ready for spring?

These flowers will help you then!

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HERE

to see them.

I hope to get more listed today.

Stay tuned!

The Birth of New Beads and Beads of Courage

As you know,

Beads of Courage 

is an organization that means a lot to me.

I am planning to make more beads for Beads of Courage.

In the meantime, I have found that there are so many rewards!

One is hearing from parents and children who have been a part of the Beads of Courage Program.

That doesn't happen often, but when it does, it's very rewarding!

Another thing that happens,

and is extremely rewarding,

is that as I play and make beads for Beads of Courage,

new beads are often born.

That happened this month.

New beads were born.

I did send them in the last box, but here's a picture.

I plan to make more of them for my Etsy store.

So, what do you think?

I think they're fun!

Thank you,

Beads of Courage!

Wanna' See Some Pretty Beads and something sort of new?

I can truly say, I LOVE THESE BEADS!!!!!
I just listed them in my Etsy store.
They remind me of Red Velvet.
Check them out here.

I call these beads Gentle Whisps!
See the soft cane that I used on the sides of these beads.
These "spacers" are really good sized.
I think they'd have many good uses!

I think frit adds a lot of detail to beads.
I found this frit in a box that I had hidden on the floor.
I tried it, and I love it!
You can see more views of these beads here.
I think these beads would make a great bracelet.

These nuggets are rainbow colored.
They are beautiful, too.
This type of bead is one of my favorites to make.
They seem to glow from within.
Wouldn't these make great components in a necklace?
Hmmmmmmm. Now, my mind is going.
Life IS what happen s...
Honestly,
I did this on purpose.
Life is what happen s.
Nothing is perfect.
Life isn't perfect.
Take a peek!
This charm is sort of new.

Freaky Friday Challenge on a New Zeland Sunday

All right, Deb posted before I did, but here are the results of the Jennifer Geldard Tutorial of the Ornate Bead. Deb, as always, found a photo and worked from that. I used the tutorial. Deb's results were great, I thought. I am showing 3 beads. I actually made 4 beads, but I forgot to photograph it. Maybe another day.

Here's a group shot of my beads. I used the same color scheme throughout. The bottom bead looks like it has a huge round chip, but that's really a white dot blending in with the background.




This is the first long bead. It's about 2.5 inches in length.

















I really do like this bead. I think I"m giong to keep it for myself. I have clothes with which I can wear it!















This bead is actually half a bead. My bead release broke before I could finish the bead. At least I have half of the bead.

Here's the last bead. It's a smaller bead than the first one. It's okay. I'm not totally happy with it, but it might look great wire wrapped.











Well, that's about all for now. Next week, I think that we can both work without tutorials. We are going to make sculptural flowers. That should be a challenge for both of us! See you on Freaky Friday, whether it's on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.