Ahtee's Links- What I'm Reading

A Bead A Day- Lisa announces the giveaway winners AND shows off her new creations using fantastic blue mod beads (LOVE the bracelet!).

ammjewelry- Millie's March book of the month has her folding metal! And with beautiful results!

Be~Jeweled by jana- As a California Girl, I must say, I love this necklace. Makes me wish the ocean wasn't so cold right now.

Bleu Verre- Some recently listed clearance beads... and they're BEAUTIFUL.

Cindy's Art and Soul- Featuring Cindy's Caribbean Blue Necklace. Love the blue star. Makes the piece, I think.

Dawno's Beaded Badge Lanyards and Jewelry- Leftovers from Dawno's St. Patrick's Day bracelet turn into an elegant necklace.

Deez News- I love these "grungeboard" earrings!

Diana Frey- Anyone from Central California? Diana Frey is offering a wonderful workshop where "using heavy gauge wire, students will learn sculptural, free-form wire working techniques to create the choker and cuff foundation." Diana has such beautiful works.

Five Forty at Home- Denim Blue Necklace and Earrings- Such a pretty blue paired with copper and chocolate brown pearls.

Gardanne Glass Lampwork Beads and Artisan Jewelry- I can imagine how tired she is after making these beautiful headpins!

JustATish Designs- Tish re-purposed a necklace she made last year and made some fun bracelets! I love the purple!

Lorelei's Blog- This necklace is so adorable! Fun, feminine, spring-like and all around beautiful.

mariedodd- A very beautiful bracelet "...adorned with lapis which is believed to be a yin yang balancer and healer of emotional wounds..." Absolutely beautiful.

Sue Beads- Sue tries out her new Thompson Enamel colors... I love those flowers. They are, indeed, very earthy!

Summers Studio- Experimenting with toggle bars.

To Bead or Not to Bead What a Question- Jessica tries making some clusters!

Zuleykha's polymer clay- Fish! and FLOWERS! The fish are sooo cute!

Bohemian Wrap-sody: A Trio of Earrings

I've been seeing "messy wraps" everywhere! I just HAD to try them out. The first pair of earrings here are pink jasper. The second pair are rose quartz with metal tear drops with a green patina. And the third pair are quartz... PINEAPPLE quartz (at least that's what the label said at the bead store).

All with copper... mmm... copper.

The rose quartz earring are delicate and cute and possibly my favorite out of the three. And I just love the name pineapple quartz.

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Hopefully, I'll get these into my etsy shop this week. I'm so bad at uploading these things into my shop. Haven't sold a darn thing but it would probably help if I added these in, huh? :P

Side note- I want to learn how to add a patina to metal. Shannon LeVart has some amazing stuff in her etsy shop... I didn't get the metal drops from her but I certainly want to work more of this kind of stuff into my pieces and her stuff makes my fingers tingle with the need to make things.

Hope everyone's ready for the start of a new week! I am! :D

WIP- Flower Failure

Here is a peak into a current work in progress.

It's supposed to bloom into a flower...

...with this pretty rivoli in the middle...

It fits but the beads are supposed to cup over the rivoli.

Otherwise, the rivoli pops out when pushed from the bottom.

I'm pretty sure I need to make the stitches a bit tighter. But I was yanking on them so hard that the string gave me a tiny cut... right on one of my knuckles (totally annoying). I want it to work so badly. It's discouraging but I can't give up!

Who is "Ahtee?"- Week 13

Sleepy Sunday.

Took this picture at 6:30AM. Why? Because that's when I woke up and thought "Hey, I should do that self-portrait blog thing that I said I'd do every week on Sundays..." Then I fell back asleep. Because I was sleepy. Duh. :P

Earring post to come... as soon as I get home (I'm currently at Corner Bakery).

Adventures with Rod: Date Night

Springtime

Blending in

Grub

Learned how to train my dragon.

Gifts from the Sea

While on my mini-vacation, I made this bracelet! I do not enjoy making wrapped loops... so (just like when I was learning to draw and was avoiding hands) I made a whole lot of wrapped loops! In copper wire, too... mmm... copper... :P

This bracelet features sea glass, shell beads (just one, right next to the big green piece of sea glass), coral (that pink piece by the clasp is carved coral... pretty), freshwater pearl (not really from the sea, but I couldn't think of a better name!), and mother of pearl beads.

I made that hook too. *glee* I usually buy hooks and head pins and things like that. I just bought wire and went to town. And I feel good.

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So, you see that last picture there? The five MOP beads and the FW pearls are strung on a thinner wire than the other beads because I couldn't ream out the beads! Do you think that will be a problem? I wore the bracelet and it feels fine... I am worried though *bites nails.*

Ahtee's Links- What I'm Reading

A Bead A Day- Such a pretty bracelet! And... Lisa celebrates the first day of spring with an awesome giveaway!

ammjewelry- Rivet practice and a beautiful copper bracelet

Beading Arts- Give your bead shop (or one you frequent) a shout out!

Be~Jeweled by jana- Jana wants to know more about you! Post 5 random facts about yourself and you will be entered to win the beautiful necklace pictured in the blog post!

Dawno's Beaded Badge Lanyards and Jewelry- I provided some links for Miss Dawno (she was looking for a clasp) and they helped her finish a necklace! She makes such beautiful pieces!

Humblebeads- *SQUEE!!!* Look at that FOX!

JustATish- Blue love! Shell pearls, chain, and lots of blue beads... a beautiful and elegant necklace!

Katie's Beading Blog- I love copper and Katie made one beauty of a necklace featured in this post.

Lorelei's Blog- Lorelei's "Yes" bracelet has such wonderful colors and a fun focal!

maryhardingjewelry bead blog- Love these leaves!

WireWorked by SMRdesigns- Beautiful earrings!

Zuleykha's Polymer Clay- This tulip bracelet makes me wish my first day of spring wasn't cloudy and muggy!