string and things

So the past week has seen me more immersed in my string habit than I had been (this was a good thing. Yarn withdrawal is never pretty). However, I've spent a lot of time recently focusing on earrings, and now a new piece in sage glass and banded smoky agate; "With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes."

What the Dinosaur said to the Fly

What the Dinosaur said to the Fly is all glass and very blue, with some great irredecent black beads in with the crystal pearls. More seed bead work, yes. Expect the influx of seed beads to stop shortly, since I'm about out or supplies and have a ton of wire sitting around at the moment. $35

I Can Has Growing Things, Plz?

This will probably be my one and only necklace spoken in LOLcats.


It might have been a bit cold here recently. And brown. With snow. I needed something with color in it, and with the day job my hands weren't up to wrapped wire - heck, any wirework - this week.

Glass, with some fun oxidized beads that I really can't get enough of. Three woven strands, and there was a lot of time into it, so $65

Aubergines

Here, finally, is Aubergines, a cluster necklace that I've had about half done for a year. Glass and gold chain. And those little beads are really truly eggplant purple with little gold stems. I've had fun with this. $40

Sale!

Expect a lot of new piece posts tomorrow (Aubergines, What the Dinosaur said to the Fly, I Can Has Growing Things Plz?, and several earring sets, some named, some not). I'm including those things in the 15% off sale, starting tonight and going through midnight Monday (Feb 18).

I may make some bracelets and a lot more earring sets, and reconstructing Heart's Blood with a new pendant. Depending on how motivated I am tomorrow, they may also be posted in time for the sale.

The warmth of the flame

The Warmth of the Flame- Something I worked up for this evening's Valentine's Day party, as Heart's Blood was last year's piece. This one is all glass on wrapped wire links, and yes, it is long enough not to need a clasp. $45, since it took me most of the afternoon.

Midnight in Elven Territories

Midnight in Elven Territories

We walked the night
And watched the stars
and moon light
through leaves barred.

Lots of glass in this one with some vintage crystal, and it's very blue. The strands twist around loosely and if it doesn't sell, I'm seriously taking it in to the gallery as an art piece. -$55

It may be sale time soon.

Ashara's side paths

Ashara's Side Paths, made while at SuperCon last weekend. There's some glass, jet, and more of those AB leaf beads based on the brown, which makes it double sided. I think it's a touch monochrome, but I like color. The spring necklace, as pale as it is, feels like it has the same lack of contrast.

$40

Finding things in Rochester

Last weekend I was in Rochester, MN, which has one of the better bead stores known to man. I spent far too much money, but I picked up several strings of beads that I can't get anywhere else that I know I use, and a lot of leaf beads. Some of the most gorgeous grape-leaf style beads in a variety of colors. Last night I started working on a black and blue piece using the blue-washed aqua leaves and pearls and some crystal beads I still have. And I need to make something for tonight in reds and golds...I hope I have enough gold chain left.

Worktable:

Life of the Sun

Here, finally, is the Summer necklace, Life of the Sun. It went through several incarnations until I finally just went out and bought the 22g wire I knew I needed from the beginning. Lots of glass, with a little malachite. It took me forever. $65

And I found my camera again!