Frazzled

It's a terrible picture but I thought I would share it anyway.
Look at the cool 'frazzled' thing that Double Helix Psyche did on top of Cim's Atlantis.
It looks like milky blue ice crystals.

Is there anything more fun than a cool color reaction?

Cherry Berries

One of my favorite beads to make.
They're a little bit tricky.
Make the leaves first and set them aside, then make the round base beads. Carefully, carefully re-heat the leaf and press it into the berry part. Be sure to spot heat the berry where you want to attach the leaf. Spot heating the round and re-heating the leaf at the same time is a bit like rubbing your tummy and patting your head at the same time. A little practice and you'll get it.

O Rochester

The colors of the drive home from my studio seems to be influencing my beads.

A big hole bead.  The core is Cim's Atlantis with threads of silvered glass that is encased in clear.

A heart pendant of transparent Ink Blue with silver leaf and Double Helix 'Psyche' dots.

A pair of really large, hand faceted, nuggets.

Doin' the Bumps

Sets of tiny little bumpy spacers, not much bigger than seed beads.

In Opalino Carnelian on the right and Cim's Larkspur on the right.

More fun to make than plain old spacers.

Swatches

I have been making so, so many beads.
Just thinking it would be nice to share a few of my new favorite color combinations.

Cim's Ghee with a Double Helix Clio stripe (above)

Cim's Crocus with Double Helix Aurae twists (above)

Double Helix Clio under an encasing of pale blue transparent (above)

Cim's Poison Apple with Double Helix Clio (above)

Appetite for Destruction

Miss Kiki says "I ate your favorite chair and I don't care."

If someone can tell me what would make an eight year old miniature poodle destroy an innocent armchair please leave me a comment.

Luxury Item

One of my favorite glass combinations - Cim's "Mink" and dark Ivory with a little bit of fine silver foil.

Happy Halloween

The awesome Mr.Tommy Brunett performing the love song "Witch in the Woods."

A Tidy Bench is a Happy Bench

There, that's better.

Holy Bench Mess Batman!

So many rods - so little time.

Headpins in the Wild

I am currently so obsessed with headpins that I am seeing them everywhere.

Kissing Cousins

Another found object necklace.

This one has an antique Venetian glass bead, a kitschy kissing charm, a filthy old bottle cap. a stone, a baroque pearl, some hammered sterling, one of my glass heart focal beads and a little glass crow dangle.

Which one is my favorite? Could be this one.

More Earrings

There are a few new pairs of earrings in my Etsy "Belvedere" shop.