My Etsy Store Has Lampwork Beads in it AGAIN plus a couple of new items!

Things are going on in my Etsy store again!

Now that I'm home!!!!! I can access my lampwork beads!

I've also added a couple of FORJENNY items.

Her medical bills are starting to come in from the stem cell transplant!

Yikes!

Let me introduce you to Hope.  She's a new addition to the FORJENNY section in my Etsy store. 

Now, if you've been reading this blog for a bit, you might remember that my mantra this year is

Hope.

This is another personification of the word Hope.

Hope is inexpensively priced at $5.

All the proceeds from the FORJENNY section go to Jenny.

I'd like to introduce you to JOY!  Joy is an off shoot of HOPE, and she is full of Joy!

Joy is also located in the FORJENNY section.

Take a peek.

She is also inexpensively priced at $5.

Again, the proceeds from any sale in the FORJENNY section will go to Jenny.

I hope to be adding more to that section soon.

 

 

Glass Headpins are back, too!  I hope to be adding more to that section in the next few days.

These headpins are named Spork.

I don't know why.  They just needed a name.

 

These discs  remind me of a t.Tropical Sunset.  They really are pretty, too!

I hope to be adding more to the Discs section soon.

These silvered cobalt accent beads are some of my favorites!  I love them, and I think they can be used in so many ways!  They were developed as the result of a suggestion from a client who loved the combination of cobalt blue and silver!

Well, there's a lot more in the store now.  If you want to see anything else, you're going to have to take a peek!  I'm off now.

Shark week is on!  Whoever thought they could fly out of the water?

Wow!

 

Easy Peasy Wire Earring Tutorial

If you like easy, if you like simple, this tutorial is for you. I, personally, love copper wire. When it comes to earrings, I can almost wear a rusted nail in my ears. However, I do know people who, if they even whisper the word copper, will turn green. I don't know which category you fall into, but these earrings can be made in copper or silver or brass. I am using copper for this tutorial. It's easier to photograph and I enjoy wearing it! If you do not like copper or you turn green, feel free to use silver.

What you will need:

8 inches of 20 gauge copper or sterling silver wire cut in half

burr cup if you have one or a bit of fine sandpaper to sand the edges of the wire























Round nose pliers, long nose pliers and wire cutters























Begin by making a hook at the end of the wire. I like to work with both pieces of wire at the same time. It helps to keep the coiling even, or so I would hope!





















Continue coiling, but leave ample space between the coils.





















Continue coiling until you have a big coil. You are finished! You won't even need backs for these earrings. Enjoy!