by Cindy on November 5, 2009
Look at these beautiful handmade earrings! This is the surprise I received in the mail as part of Leslie’s fun Thanksgiving Treasures earring exchange. Leslie of Bei Mondi coordinated a fantastic “secret santa” style earring exchange. We were able to give some input as far as color/style/length preferences. I was in for a real treat when I opened my box and found these perfect go-with-everything earrings! These sweet earrings by Barbara Lewis have the best handmade bead caps. Thank you Barbara!!
I wanted to thank everyone for stopping by and sending all of those b-day wishes my way. You all (new friends and “old”) sure made my birthday soooo memorable. I thought I’d share just a few birthday goodies . I am so spoiled by your friendship.
A box full of beautiful vintage lace from dearest Madeline
Antique mother of pearl and detailed sterling silver baby rattle from Kerry
Victorian velvet album from Randy....oh, I've been searching for one of these for some time!
I’m off to tag along on a Kindergarten field trip…should be a great day for outdoor pictures. Have a great day, friends!
by Cindy on November 2, 2009
Happy Monday morning friends! Thank you for stopping by sweetbeadstudio….
When I began creating jewelry, I quickly found the online bead store – Artbeads. This store is wildly popular among jewelry designers as a place that offers a HUGE selection of beads and findings as well as FREE shipping in the US (pssst…right now they are have a big sale on their pendants and charms!). I was so thrilled when I was recently asked to join their blogging team. I will have the opportunity to design with some of their beads and in return I’ll share those creations here on my blog…what a great arrangement! And in case you didn’t know, Artbeads has quite an active blog for the beading community.
For my first contribution to the blogging program, I had fun creating with Swarovski Crystal. I looked through the amazing selection in the pendants category (on sale through Nov. 5th!) and chose a Cosmic ring. I’ve paired a flashy 20 mm Crystal CAL V ring with a rustic wirework bail. I wanted to add a component that I’ve never worked with before, so I chose 18×16 Black Diamond Cosmic baguette sew-on rhinestones. To add to this classic color scheme, I also used Black and Morion Swarovski crystals. The necklace was oxidized and polished.
Now for some earrings created with beautiful Swarovski sparkle…. again I chose the 18mm Cosmic Baguette Sew-on Rhinestones, this time in Aqua. These baguette sew-ons make the perfect connecting links! Shades of blue crystal dangle from a coiled sterling silver wire.
I really had fun creating this next piece….. “My Secret Garden” started with a beautiful soldered pendant from Esther’s Les Illusions Baroques shop. I pulled colors from this sweet focal piece and went to town with steel wire, pearls, crystal and handmade glass beads. A 12 mm Cosmic-shaped bead in Indicolite was paired with coiled wire to create a hook clasp. I had never seen the color Indian Pink before, so I chose them in 6 mm rounds. You’ll also see Swarovski crystal beads in Erinite, Chrysolite, Peridot and Light Rose throughout the necklace.
Please visit Artbeads (especially with this sale!) and find Swarovski crystals to complete your next jewelry project!
Have a great week! 🙂
by Cindy on November 1, 2009
‘Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween! We were lucky…it sprinkled off and on but that didn’t spoil the fun. Just a quick post here to share a few pictures of our little goblins. This year we had a mad Scientist, Clone Trooper (we’ve seen our fair share of Star Wars costumes over the last few years!) and two Pumpkins. The adorable pumpkin costumes were handmade by lovedove designs on Etsy ….I’ll be keeping Nivette in mind for the future…she welcomes custom orders and can sew anything!
…….look who’s walking!…….
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