Yes, I have returned to this much neglected blog.  I promise to try to get better.  But, if I am on here plugging away, I am not making any new items.  The ever present tug-of-war.  Here is what I have been working on yesterday:

This was a pair sold and I had a request to make another.   Not an easy feat as we had been remodeling our house for quite some time and now we are almost done, but my craft room is in sad shape at the moment.

I found what I needed and made the requested earrings and now have them listed for them.

http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/9283955

Then I found some earrings that I had previously made after seeing another beader's creations and was inspired to sit down and make some of them.  I also made a couple of the smaller earrings yesterday too!

Do Something Good Every Day

Let's take this as a sign from the Universe and try to make/do something good for someone else (or yourself) every day. Thank you Universe.

Okay, I got a few new listings up yesterday on ArtFire including the other set of Dragonflies in red.

Like Sparkle? or Dragonflies?

New listing on ArtFire today! Very pretty, sparkly dragonflies. These are so fun to wear and have the elusive (ever try to catch one) dragonflies hovering around your face! Check it out. I have another pair to list in RED too!

Birthday Present for my Mother.

I finished my mother's birthday present and got it off in the mail today! Hopefully she will get it before this weekend's over! It's okay to post as she does not have a computer!

Are these not the cutest little faces????

I got this great beading pattern from Mary Hipple (she's on Etsy: wolfdendezigns38 - http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5941559) Be sure to check her out, her designs are really wonderful (and she's great to work with too).



If you really like this set of earrings I currently have another set listed on Etsy:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14592414

Sneak Peek for week of May 19th

Here is a sneak peek of what will show up this week in my Etsy shop. My fingers were so sore after doing this! Be sure to check my shop as these will be showing up sometime this week. I have been experimenting trying to come up with better pictures too!

Hand Beaded Earrings are Addicting!

It seems like when I start doing these earrings I can't stop and by the time you do stop you have made like 10 pairs of them!

This particular bead work is called brick stitch or cheyenne stitch which is in reference to how the foundation rows are made and worked.

I have done bead work for a VERY long time and I always return to it. It is very soothing to sit and bead. It does take a 2 to 3 hours to complete 1 set of earrings as each bead is sewn to the next one bead at a time!