"Turquoise" Dangling Earrings

These earrings are made from a stone that is not actually turquoise but is similar in look and feel.  I got these stones from www.firemountaingems.com, of course.  I also used clear faceted glass beads in these earrings that I got last year at the Gem and Bead show that I attended in March.  I wish there was another bead show I could attend today!  But I'm sure another one will be in town soon.  Today I get to go see the Cleopatra Exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum Center!   Can't wait!

Amethyst earrings

I used some amethyst drop stones from Fire Mountain to create these earrings, along with small glass iridescent seed beads.  Enjoy!  They could easily go with any bohemian look for some casual weekend trips out shopping or to lunch with friends!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Wire Wrapped Wednesday....Buttons!

Today I took inspiration from the button book that my friend Farah gave me for Christmas....First mentioned in this post.  I really like all the fun things that are done with buttons in that book, and I have been wanting to try something with buttons, but it took me awhile to come up with anything.  For wire wrapped Wednesday this week, I used wire to "stitch" these buttons together, adding a glass bead as a pendant on the bottom.  As I mentioned Monday, these are some more earrings to add to my blog's limited collection....also look out for some tomorrow as well!

My Monday Challenge

Today, while making jewelry, I challenged myself to a little game, and the result was a pretty awesome longgggg necklace.   While going through my jewelry I decided to use some beads that I have had forever and have never found a use for.  I had a whole little bead box of them, in all different little shapes and bright colors.  The challenge lay in not only using beads I had never seemed to find a use for before, but I also made it interesting by cutting an extremely lengthy piece of clear plastic thread and telling myself I either had to bead until the string was full or until I ran out of beads, whichever came first.  I didn't think it would take as long as it did to complete this necklace, strictly because that little container held a whole heck of a lot more beads than I ever thought it could...and it actually ended up that I ran out of string before I ran out of beads!  I love the look of these beads because the soft opacity of the glass and the bright colors make them feel like they are made out of little tiny pieces of sea glass.  The colors and the "sea glass" appearance make these beads reminiscent of warmer weather, something definitely nice to think about as a giant ice and snow storm approaches....

 

bead box when I just started...

 

bead box when I ran out of string!

 

In progress necklace strand....

 

Finished!!!