Finished adding the bling to the Green Goddess necklacef

the necklace has been blinged up, now to make matching earrings .... Annita

New Listing on my ETSY

https://www.etsy.com/listing/123247193/my-valentine

Making Progress

Here is how it is coming along so far ...

now that the length is done, starting to add the "bling"


Annita

And now for something completely different!

The valentine bracelet was giving me fits (or driving me to drink) so I put it to the side and started on something else.

This should go much better (finger's crossed)

Annita

another day at the bead mat

Well, I haven't accomplished much on the heart bracelet front. I decided I didn't like the colors of pink, not enough contrast, so I changed one of them.

After tearing out quite a bit of beadwork, I started with the new colors and somewhere along the line jumped a line in the pattern so I tore it out again.

Think I will just set this aside and start on something completely different today. Haven't decided what yet, but when I do I will let you know --- Annita

What's going on today ...

Haven't gotten very far on the bracelet, took a break yesterday and ended up asleep on the couch -- lol

I am also in the process of putting together my bead soup for the Bead Soup Blog Party, hope my partner (whomever it is) likes my selections! Annita

What is on the bead mat right now

This is what I am currently working on...hope to finish by the 14th -- wish me luck!!! Annita

Haven't been active for a while

I guess I have just been sort of lazy for a while and haven't blogged for a while now. After my last couple of craft fairs and then the holidays I just lost my blogging mojo!

Hopefully, now that I am recovering from shoulder surgery and things have calmed down for the most part I will get back with the program.

I am looking forward to participating the next Bead Soup Blog Party. I had so mush fun stretching my skills to use materials that were not my usual choices to create something that I really liked.

Should hear who my partner is by the weekend, there are over 500 of us participating.

Sounds like lots of fun to be had by all!

Annita

Getting ready for back to back craft shows!

Today I am spending my time finishing up a few pieces, organizing, polishing, and putting the price tags onto the pile of jewelry that I have made for the 2 craft shows that I have coming up. The first show is Oct 27th and the next is Oct 3rd, why did I sign up for shows on consecutive Saturdays? What was I thinking? Hope all goes well, will post pics of the set ups later.... Annita

It's a wrap! Finished!

Finally done! Annita

Here is what is on the beading table todayW

I have been working to build up my stock in preparation for 2 shows that I have coming up, one on Oct 27th and another on Nov. 3rd.

This will be a double wrap bracelet with orange crystals and a vintage button for the clasp

Annita

Well, this is what I came up with

This is what I came up with, what do you think?

Finished the pearls and this is on the beading table for today

Finished this one! Love how it turned out

Now have something completely different on the beading table...

What's on the beading table right now?

Picked up some nice glass pearls at my local bead shop The Beadles in Broken Arrow on Friday. This is what I have done with them so far....

I now have an ETSY Page!!!

Whew! I finally got around to setting up my ETSY page:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/AWJEWELRYANDBEADWORK

Have been adding items to it ( I think I am up to 10 so far) I had put it off due to not really having any good quality pictures of my work, but my step-son was here over the weekend and let me use his "fancy" camera with my light box and they turned out great! Here are some samples of the collages that I made:

Let me know what you think, I used a free photo program called Picasa 3 and it makes it easy to add the watermarks, edit, and make the collages.

Hope you will give my ETSY a look over too and let me know if I need to change anything etc.since I am a newby! Annita

Charity auction for Calibre Audio Books

I am participating in an auction to raise money for a Charity and would appreciate any and all of you to go the the following link and look at the many items of beautiful jewelry that are being auctioned off. We had a bead swap and then made our creations from the beads we were send by our partners and will be auctioning off all the makes for the charity.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Charity-auction-for-Calibre-Audio-Books/264258607008561

This is what I made for the event, Annita

What I have been up to lately

Haven't blogged for a while, been really busy with family things. I have however managed to do a little bit of jewelry. Did some wire wrapping and here are the results

Finally finished the tubular netting pieceI

It is finally finished and boy is it heavy! Decided to add the chain to make it longer to keep it from being too heavy to wear. Annita

I have been wire wrapping for a bit

Went to a Gem and Mineral Show last weekend with my hubby and picked up several interesting items.

This is what I have done with them so far:

As you can tell, I still have many more to play with so I had best get back at it!

So long for now, Annita

Finished the double wrap bracelet

Finally finished the double wrap bracelet, what do you think? Annita