New Bracelets in the Shop

Updated the Etsy shop today with these little pretties.

 

Remember the bracelet frames I talked about a few posts ago? These are the bracelets they make.

 Mint and sage green.

 Peach and coral.

Gray gray gray.

These are in the shop right now. YAY! Hopefully, I'll have 4 more to post tomorrow. 

Hope everyone had a great Monday! :D

Thank you, Mr. Mailman

The mailman brought me my latest orders on Saturday. How happy was I to see these?

Going to be making some lovely hairpins. I got some paper flowers on sale at Michaels last week. So, not only will these lovely flower cabs make an appearance on these lovely pins, but I'll also have some paper flower pins. Yay.

Now, these LOOK like cabs, but they have tiny holes at the top and bottom. I have a special project in mind inspired by a pair of high fashion earrings. I'll do a lovely post on them when I finally have time to make them. These cabs and hairpins come from oh what fun, over on Etsy.

And LOOK! I finally got to order my silk sari ribbon. LaShell, over at designtalentedone, took my custom variety pack and rolled ribbon order and added two little bundles of coral and black. I'm loving the feel. Rubbing the ribbon on my fingers.

Hope everyone is having a fantastic Easter weekend. Follow me on Instagram! I need more people to follow too :)

And, soup's on! Dig in!

I had this post ready to go yesterday but noooo... it wasn't there when I went to look this about... oh... 15 minutes ago. Oh Blogger, you are so fickle. I am reposting this now and will have to hop tomorrow! First day of my new job today! WOOT! 

The wonderful Lori Anderson has put together this Bead Soup Party and I was one of the lucky few chosen to participate. Love you, Lori!!!

Here are the beads my partner, Kathy, sent me. Don't you just love those bronze pieces and that stone?! And the round piece on the right? From her button collection. AND Czech glass beads!? Love.

Here's what I came up with:

I've been trying to make my pieces more interesting and has presented with a lovely opportunity to play with a new material: wire mesh tubular ribbon. I love how the stones look in the ribbon.

Added some Czech glass beads and a lucite flower. I am absolutely head over heels for that moon pendant.

And of course, I couldn't get away without some wire wrapping...

I used copper wire and some seed beads to make the frame. That stone is such a wonderful shape and sits on top of the frame so beautifully.

I used some silk sari ribbon I bought many many moons ago. Knotted and used a wood bead as a clasp. Simple, but pretty. And it feels great on my wrist.

That ribbon makes me ridiculously giddy. Though, I learned that just because the scraps are sewn end to end doesn't mean it's the most secure binding. SO. When you yank, sometimes, it will come apart. Do try not to scream out obscenities in the middle of the night if this happens to you. :P

I had such big plans for my lovely beads, but was hit with a nasty cold on Sunday. I haven't done much making and creating since then. My bed and I were good friends this week. Here's what I was left with:

As you can see, I started to work on a few different pieces, but never finished. Hopefully, I'll have a second companion post with those pieces sometime next week.

I don't normally work with this color pallet. Oh, I always want to but when I go out and buy beads for myself, they usually end up being purples or pinks... copper wire... sometimes, shiny brass. Thank you, Kathy, for sending me such lovely beads and giving me the opportunity to work outside my comfort zone.

Check out Kathy's blog here.

And hop on over to Lori's blog for a list of all the bead soup players.