{"id":612,"date":"2009-02-07T05:48:58","date_gmt":"2009-02-07T12:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=612"},"modified":"2009-02-07T05:48:58","modified_gmt":"2009-02-07T12:48:58","slug":"saturday-show-and-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=612","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Show and Tell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8216;Sure glad it&#8217;s the weekend again.\u00a0 This week flew by, even though there were no holidays or snow days for the first time in a few weeks.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been spoiled lately with the short weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Here and there I worked on a few new pieces that been wire wrapped, oxidized, polished, tumbled, and photographed.\u00a0 So much goes on behind the scenes before a single piece of jewelry shows up here on the blog.\u00a0 First up is a green pendant necklace.\u00a0 This necklace features simple lampwork discs by the popular Etsy artist, Blue Seraphim.\u00a0 If you wear a necklace like this one on St. Patrick&#8217;s day, you&#8217;ll be covered.\u00a0 It&#8217;s for those that say they love the color green&#8230;I know you&#8217;re out there (it&#8217;s actually one of my son&#8217;s favorite colors).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/shades-of-green.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-613 aligncenter\" title=\"shades-of-green\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/shades-of-green-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And by the way, when I named this one &#8220;Shades of Green&#8221; (such an obvious choice), I couldn&#8217;t help but remember our Disney trip last summer.\u00a0 That was the name of the Armed Forces resort where we stayed.<\/p>\n<p>I know I rarely make earrings.\u00a0 Lately my first love is to make necklaces, bracelets and <em>then<\/em> earrings &#8211; in that order.\u00a0 So I challenged myself to just\u00a0go for it and make a few pairs.\u00a0 Finding motivation was easy with this first pair&#8230;there\u00a0was a tutorial in the Summer Preview &#8217;08\u00a0issue of <em>Step by Step Wire <\/em>by Faith Oriold that I&#8217;ve been wanting to try.\u00a0 Here are my simple swirl earrings that she shared, minus the extra stone dangle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/wire-swirl-earrings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-615 aligncenter\" title=\"wire-swirl-earrings\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/wire-swirl-earrings-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next couple of earrings feature cherry quartz and onyx beads:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cherry-quartz2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-616 aligncenter\" title=\"cherry-quartz2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cherry-quartz2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/wire-wrapped-onyx-earrings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-617 aligncenter\" title=\"wire-wrapped-onyx-earrings\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/wire-wrapped-onyx-earrings-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT weekend! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Sure glad it&#8217;s the weekend again.\u00a0 This week flew by, even though there were no holidays or snow days for the first time in a few weeks.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been spoiled lately with the short weeks. 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