For the Guys

I'm a "girlie girl" who loves pretty things so just about everything I make is for women. This time I decided to make my grandson a bracelet to commemorate his first Fathers Day. It's made of leather wrapped down the edges with antique copper wire and embellished with stone chips that I *think* are turquoise. I hope he'll enjoy wearing it.

Here's the little angel who made him a daddy...

Vintage China Challenge Entry

I've just finished my entry for the ArtFire Beadweavers challenge. The theme is "Antique China" and my entry is a tribute to Aynsley's popular Pembroke pattern. It's a beadwoven choker composed of seed beads, pressed glass and lucite and is woven in peyote, brick and freeform netting stitches and accented by St. Petersburg openwork leaves.

You can see all the entries and vote for your favorite here from June 14-26.

You can see a picture of the china pattern here

Hot Diggity Dog!

Wow, I'm over the moon! Another piece of my jewelry was included in an ArtFire collection. You can see the collection here.

Here's another view of my Waterfall creation:

New Coil and Spiral Wrap

I just learned to make these coiled and spiraled elements designed by Cindy Wimmer. I'm planning to create some new pieces based on variations of her design elements. Wahoo! New stuff to do!!! Meanwhile, here's my test piece - a bracelet.

Good News Again

Lucky me - I'm over the moon! My Spring Garden bracelet was chosen for another ArtFire showcase. Click here to see the collection. Since so many people have liked this bracelet (and the Winter Garden bracelet too) I think I'd better get busy and make the Summer and Fall garden bracelets to complete the series. It'll be time consuming (beadweaving always is) but I'll enjoy it since I LOVE flowers. Here's a pansy brooch I just made.