Sweet Bead Studio — Handcrafted jewelry by Cindy Wimmer

Hello world

How is everyone on this beautiful Fall day? The morning after the election…with winds of change in the air. I spoke to a friend this morning who was down about the election, and another who was really happy. It’s certainly not your average Wednesday!

For me this morning was supposed to be a catch-up day since my youngest is staying at school for an extra hour…thank goodness for Lunch Bunch! But I’ve been caught up with editing jewelry photos and not doing the not-so-fun stuff like paying bills and working on paperwork. So I need to get back on track. But before I go, I wanted to share a photo in this brief post. I recently made two of these long (about 35 inches if I remember correctly) necklaces. I wanted to create a necklace that would be a Fall wardrobe staple – one that could be worn with practically anything. A ton of wire wrapping went in to this one. Lots of handmade lampwork by Moon Stumpp (so much fun to inspect each one individually to admire the colors and techniques she used), Swarovski crystal and stone beads. The best part is that the necklace can be doubled and worn as a two strand necklace. (edit: this necklace is now sold – thank you!)

With a new Nathaniel in the house, I couldn’t resist sharing a timely quote from a famous Nathaniel:

“I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Happy Halloween to all of you ghosts and goblins out there! I know it’s late in the afternoon, but I’m happy to be able to finally post something short and sweet here. I was having USB-port connection problems, but luckily it was fixed in the nick of time.

I wanted to share a few pictures before the older kids come home and we’re in the made rush to eat dinner and change in to our costumes. I may have mentioned before that there are just a few times a year that I like to create holiday-themed jewelry…Halloween is definitely one of them. The potential for creative/amazing/adorable lampwork beads is incredible. Here is a long necklace with tons of handmade lampwork beads and sterling silver. I wanted this to be a piece that could be easily worn over a sweater and even in lieu of a costume. A real holiday keepsake. I had so much fun I made two! The lampwork beads are by Snozberry beads and the rest were a gift from Marilyn of Novelty Beads.

Here is a close up of the detail. Just look at the witch that Marilyn created…a long, pointy nose and individual strands of hair. And look at that worried-looking Frankenstein complete with stitches. These ladies are very talented with hot glass.

Today I attended my 4 year-old’s school Halloween Party. Here is a picture from their parade. Remember when I was worried about finding a Bunny costume in a size 4? Well that very week I found one at Marshall’s of all places. He loves this costume! Now he can be the pirate bunny that he always wanted to be.

And up next….. the cutest little pumpkin of all. Here is my new little guy celebrating his very first Halloween. Just 19 days old. I couldn’t resist dolling him up for a photo shoot. 🙂