New Leather Jewelry

clay-river-blueClay River Pendant and beads with Hilltribe Thai silver on Greek leather.love-button-braceletLisa Peters shank button and Clay River beads and Thai silver on Greek leather.sun-bracelet

Clay River beads and bracelet bar on brown leather.clay-river-red

Clay River pendant and beads with Hilltribe Thai silver on Greek leather.display-in-cindys-main-street-flowers

Display at Cindy’s new store “Main Street Flowers“.basket-at-main-street-flowers

I love this basket!!! It looks like spring.

Bead Soup Party Necklace

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 Adrienne Campbell, who is my partner in the bead soup swap sent me a great set of beads to work with. I love the way it turned out and will be keeping this necklace for myself I think.

Sorry my pictures are not very good. I just finished and didn’t have sunlight .

I am in Tucson this week and setting this post to publish on Feb. 10th, hope it works. Please visit Lori Anderson’ s blog to see everyone participating in the Bead Soup Party. It has been great fun!!  Adrienne Campbell was a awesome partner. Thanks Adrienne (I love that toggle).

Party Participants

1. Lori, Pretty Things
2. Mallory, For the Love of Beads
3. Terri, Blooming Ideas
4. Cindy, Sweet Bead Studio
5. Lorelei, Lorelei’s Blog: Inside the Studio
6. Kerry, Kab’s Creative Concepts
7. Erin, Treasures Found
8. Jeannette, Jeannette Blix Wire and Metal Jewelry
9. Adrienne, Adrienne Designs
10. Nan, Spirit Rattles
11. Laurel, Rue’s Daftique
12. Nancy, Beading From the Heart
13. Mary, MK’s Creative Musings
14. Cassie, The Glass Beadle
15. Dot, Winchell Clayworks
16. Sharon, Sharon’s Jewelry Garden

17. Lisa, Lo and Behold
19. Judith, Judith B.
20. Debbie, Prairie Emporium
24. Marianna, Pretty Shiny Things
25. Lisa, Joolz by Lisa
26. Cristi, 2 If By Sea
29. Barbara, Jewelry of Distinction
30. Leslie, Bei Mondi
31. Loretta, Designs by Loretta
33. Kathie, The Bead Cult
34. Patty, Plays With Fire
35. Nicki, Nicki’s Reef
36. Anne Marie, Heart’s Desire
40. Whitney, Whitney Lassini
41. Marcie, La Bella Joya
42. Suzann, Beadphoria
45. Janiece, J Birds Garden
47. Laurie, The Mermaid Tale
49. Sue, Sue Beads
50. Janeen, Janeen 365
51. Nancy, The Rabbit Muse
52. Kristie, Artisan Clay
55. Lyn, Lyn Foley
57. Cathryn, Chile Cats
60. Juli, Jul’s Beads
61. Julie, RockerJewlz
70. Lynette, Rock Hill Designs
74. Ruthie, Rose Works Jewelry
75. Elizabeth, Turquoise Sky
76. Maire, Maire Dodd
77. Janet, Singing Woods
78. Eileen, Dorset Hill Beads
80. Joann, Jo’s Jewels
81. Patti, PJ Clark Designs
85. Dee, Runako Designs

Off to Tucson

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A pretty but simple necklace of fancy quartz and amethyst with sterling silver and seed beads.

We are off to Tucson on vacation tomorrow, I am so looking forward to warm weather.

 Be sure and visit on the 10th to see the Bead Soup Party jewelry.

Bead Soup Party

My beads from Aimg_4611drienne Campbell, who is my partner in the bead soup swap. I think she knows how  I like working with greens and I love rainforest jasper.  I will have fun making  a necklace with my swap beads. Its funny because I sent her greens too. Please stop by and take a look at Adrienne’s blog, she just had surgery on her hand. Hope you are having a fast recovery Adrienne

 I will be making my bead soup party necklace and the post early and setting it to publish on the 10th. Because I will be on vacation in Tucson. I am excited about getting to go again.

Be sure and check all the bead soup party blogs on Feb. 10th and see what everyone made. To see all blogs participating see Lori Anderson’ s blog

 

And some  fun things I made

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Czech glass and handforged sterling silver disks.

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Connector bead from Lisa Peters, egg shaped clay beads from NKP beads and the lampwork glass disks from Blue Seraphin. All on brown leather with sterling silver hook and chain.

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Now just in-case you don’t look at my farm blog I have to show  pictures of our puppy Steve go for Christmas. Her name is Lilly and she is fun but a mess. Every farm need a dog, right??

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A few new pictures

 

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Pendant from LeAnn at Summers Studio Pottery.

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Pendant from Lisa Peters.

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Pendant from Stacy Barnes

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Pendant from Lynn Davis.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and your New Year has started out great.

Bead Soup Party

Lori Anderson at Pretty things is having a bead soup party. Head on over to her blog and join the fun.

Kinsley Christmas Open House

 

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Pictures of the Christmas Open House in Kinsley at Cameo.

You can always go to my flickr photostream to see larger photos.

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Cindy also had some floral arrangements from her new shop “Main Street Flowers” at the open house.

New Collage Art

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On Friday after Thanksgiving Taylor ask me to help her make a collage for her Dad for Christmas. They had been to the Paul McCartney concert and she thought it would be fun to make him something with all the memorabilia she had collected. Laina thught it would be fun, as long as her cousin was making one she would too. We all had a lot of fun and I think both projects turned out great. The girls did a wonderful job.

Open House

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November ABS Challenge

This month’s challenge is

“Fairy Feller’s-Master Stroke”

 by Richard Dadd.

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My entry for the Art Bead Scene Challenge.

I used a handmade bead by Lynn Davis, Czech glass, jasper and Hilltribe Thai silver, all strung on natural colored cord.

I think Lynn’s bead has old worked charm.

You can see all entries on the group flickr photos and you can see more views of my necklace on my flickr photos.

Thanks for stopping by and I thank all of you who stop by and leave comments, I love to read each and everyone.