The
September issue of Bead Trends is out in digital format, and I'm the featured designer! Five of my favorite pieces are featured:
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| Forest Floor |
This piece above is one I've not shared much before--I finished it just as I was compiling my collection to send along to Bead Trends, and so wasn't able to share the photographs until the magazine came out. I'm keeping this one for myself! It includes a fabulous lampwork flower from
Natali Rabin (rhnatali) on Etsy (I have these in lime too!), and a scrumptious little lampwork mushroom by
Bubby & McGurk beads with a coordinating dotted spacer (I think it was that sweet little 'shroom that convinced me to keep this one for myself. I can't let it go.) It's one of the first truly mixed metal pieces I've created. I love silver and copper together!
I had to give you another view, because I love it so much :-) !!
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| Pink Champagne |
This necklace includes lampwork spacers by
Kelley Wenzel (the little cream-colored encased ones), and clear and opaque lampwork spacers by Michelle Bryant of
The Spacer Shop (Etsy) in shades of coral pink. The focal is pink fire agate.
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| Riding my Chestnut Horse with my Heart on My Sleeve and a Dove on My Arm |
This bracelet is all about dove gray and chestnut--I love these colors together! Two-toned lampwork spacers by Pat Redinger, with a big bugbog seed in soft gray, and lots of pewter hearts and heavy gauge sterling silver wire.
I just love this bracelet. There's lots of Indonesian glass from
Happy Mango Beads in here (the striped and pumpkin-colored ones), little turquoise lampwork spacers from
Meital (Etsy), some Dzi-style etched red agate beads, a little carnelian, and another fabulous cinnamon flower from
Natali Rabin. Big silver color button from
Lyanwood (Etsy)--super fun metal buttons and great service!
Bead Trends also featured a pair of my textured nickel flower earrings with sterling silver rosettes, but I forgot to take a picture of them before I sent them! I've shared
a similar pair in copper before on
Earrings Everyday.
All but the first piece will be back in
my Etsy shop soon, when my jewelry babies return!
