Chainstyle Giveaway Winner

Out of the 23 commenters on the giveaway post, random.org chose:

 

When I count through the comments, twelve brings me to Erin of Tesori Trovati who commented:  

I was just fondling an eggie from you... did you notice? teehee!

I love trimming the tree with my family. We haul out all the special ornaments and each one tells a story. We listen to Christmas tunes and put a fire in the fireplace. Then when it is all done we play I spy stumping each other with different ornaments. Thanks for sharing Kelley!
Enjoy the day!
Erin 

CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS Erin!!   Email me your address and I'll get this out in the mail to you in time to arrive before Christmas :)

This is going to be a busy weekend for us starting tonight.  The boy child is testing for his orange belt in karate.  He has an indoor soccer game tomorrow morning.  We are going as a family to the Alliance Theatre tomorrow to see a Christmas Carol.  Last year I took the boy child by himself and he LOVED it.  It was the first time he had ever seen a play.  Hoping the girl child isn't her typical squirmy wormy self tomorrow.  Afterwards, we'll be going here for hot chocolate.  And then to a friend's Christmas party.  There will be a little bit of downtime on Sunday while the kids are at my Mom's for a few hours before we meet up for dinner at a local Japanese restaurant.  I can't wait!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

**don't forget --> new items going in the bead and jewelry shops tonight sometime after 8pm EST**

More Beads for the Friday Night Update

Here are the rest of the beads going into the shop tomorrow night.  Last week when I asked for ideas on new beads to make, frit on clear was suggested.  So I went to town with that...

And also a couple of sets of encased.  I like this one in baby blue!

Orange and red speckles.

And deep blue ocean speckles...

Made some red encased beads, but not terribly thrilled with the pics.  They look much better in person.  Reds are hard for me to photograph...I have problems with focus, the red bleeds, it turns pink, it's just a pain and is one of the reasons why you don't see me making many red beads.

I have also made a few plant sticks, but debating on whether or not to put them in the shop or give them as gifts.  I need to shorten the mandrels a bit if I do put them in the shop so they will fit in my bubble mailers :)

Tomorrow I'll be picking a winner for the giveaway of chainstyle, so make sure you have left a comment if you were interested in winning my free copy!

Chainstyle Giveaway

Because it's Tuesday.

Because I don't have any bead pics to share.

And because I don't really have anything else to say.

I'm giving away a copy of chain style: 50 Contemporary Jewelry Designs.

That'd be my lentil bead at 4 o'clock in that necklace on the cover :D

Enter to win by leaving a comment about your favorite holiday tradition (not restricted to just winter holidays, but any holiday of the year).  I'll pick a winner by noon on Friday with random.org.

This is Me

At 35.

Or maybe a week shy of 35.  But it is a picture of myself that I like.  And I like that I was the one who took the picture.  Most of the time I like what I see in the mirror or in pictures and don't feel I'm overly critical (with the exception of some pics of me and my big horsey grin where I look like I'm getting ready to eat the person next to me because my mouth is so big).  ;)  I also try to practice what I preach to my kids...be kind to yourself.

I don't abhor the greys that have been coming in for years, nor do I pluck them.  I don't mind the smile lines around my eyes.  My belly isn't as firm as a decade ago, but I'm cutting myself a break because a decade ago that belly hadn't carried two children.  However, a note to self is being made to exercise more because it's been 6-8 years since having those children and I shouldn't be using them as an excuse at this point.

Life has been increasingly hectic over the last few months.  Time is slipping through my hands faster than I would like.  I want to hold onto so many moments and not let them get away.  I haven't had time to respond to comments like I used to or would like to do.  I have also increasingly been hearing, "Momma, why do you have to work at night?"  or "Momma, why are you working on the weekend?  It's not fair that we have to leave the soccer game early."  I agree with them.  It tears at my heart to hear these questions because they echo my own thoughts.  I want this to change.  I am praying for a big change in this coming year.

In this coming year, I want to give more.  Give more of my time to my children and my family.  Give back time to myself to be healthier and hopefully happier as a result.  Give my time to my friends.  Give more time to the torch.  For starters, I thought I should start with a little comment love.  I looked at the last 25 comments on my blog.

Then I let random.org choose a number.

When I count to 11, I come to Courtney's name.  So to Courtney, I would like to give a $50 gift certificate to use in my bead or jewelry shop.  It includes shipping.  There is no expiration date, so save it for when you see something you like!  :)

Weekend Tutorial and Giveaway

Hop on over to Art Bead Scene when you get a moment.  Lorelei wrote a great tutorial on making your own photo collage using Picasa.  She was even so thoughtful as to include both Mac and PC instructions.  If you leave a comment on the ABS post, you are entered to win one of my new buttons.

A little catch up from the end of this week.  Thursday was our 10th wedding anniversary and we celebrated in high style when the kids went over to a friend's home (another brother and sister with same age distance as our kids).  Todd and I went through the drive-through.  At Taco Bell.  And we were really crazy and ate in the parking lot.  Then we drove to Wal-Mart to buy posterboard, sharpies and tape to make signs for the garage sale I held yesterday and today.  We were out. of. control.  We can also now walk through our attic again.  Yay!

To make up for our lack of celebratory activities on Thursday, we did go out for a nice steak dinner last night and then a movie.  They undercooked Todd's steak so it was still pink and he REALLY liked it (normally he wants it cooked well done or worse so he knows it won't walk off his plate).  I learned that the trick is dimming the lights so he can't see the pink.  Not that I want my steak mooing, but think medium rare to medium is perfect.  Then we saw the new Ben Affleck movie and enjoyed an escape from our reality.

We stopped at the grocery store on our way home to pick up two sprinkles doughnuts for Chloe to eat for her birthday breakfast as a special treat.  But they were sold out, so I woke up early to go buy two before she woke up.  Chloe is my little rooster and was sneaking up behind me before I had my shoes on.  So she was thrilled to go with me to pick out her doughnuts.  In her nightgown, with non-matching shoes (because that's one of the things that makes the girl child happy these days) and her ostrich named Goggle.  She was happy to stop for sunrise photos on the way home and then eager to help with day two of our garage sale.

The kids had a shared birthday party this afternoon which was a lot of fun.  They enjoyed pizza, cake, laughter, friendship and way too much sugar.  Or at least too much sugar for them because they rarely get candy or anything with sugar.  Which made for two hyper kids and a mom who lost her patience.  Which stunk because I don't like losing my cool.  With my kids.  On one of their birthdays.  I was glad when bedtime came and I'm looking forward to tomorrow when we have all had enough rest and the sugar is out of little bodies.  I was glad that she liked her birthday present, which was a very old, brass ferris wheel that spins when the music box is wound up.  The cars even rock and swing in place!

With that, I will leave you with a picture of Jezz trying to get to the highest point possible on my piano to chase some sort of insect or figment of her imagination tonight.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I'll see you all on Monday!

I'm in Two Treasuries!

Wow, in one week I was placed in TWO treasuries on Etsy.  Pretty spiffy, spiff!

Sweeter than honey found here, if you want to click through to any of the listings.

And Mustard Lovers Come On found here

I hope you all are having an excellent weekend!  I haven't been on the torch yet, although I did get the last batch of beads cleaned out and ready to photograph.  There are three new sets that will be going into my Etsy shop soon.

We have been busy re-arranging two rooms, hurting our backs, breaking tv's, shopping, napping and adding hiking into the mix this afternoon.  Obviously, things are not all going according to plan.  But we are enjoying each other's company and a more relaxed pace, which is nice.  Thankful that we have another day to rest tomorrow.  Woot!

There were 15 comments on the giveaway for a worry stone, but only 14 commenters.  Random.org chose #2.

Congratulations to Maria Thomas Photography for being the lucky winner of a worry stone.  What a great purpose for it!  Please let me know what colors you would like in the worry stone.

My Studio Was Featured on Art Bead Scene!

I was so honored that Lorelei would blog on ABS about her time in my studio and then want to give away some of my beads in that weekly giveaway.  Seriously.  ABS highlights outstanding artists and studios of the professionals...the well-respected in the art bead and jewelry communities.  It was just last week that I was talking about how one compliment naming me as an artist blew my self-concept and sent me to bed with a smile on my face.  Now I have a new, big silly grin plastered all over my face.

Check it out HERE!  You can read about Lorelei's experience trying her hand at lampworking for the first time and see pics of my messy studio and me looking like a dork. :)

And then leave a comment for your chance to win this set of my beads that Lorelei handpicked for this giveaway that ends next Saturday.

Waterstone Giveaway!

LOOK what you could win!  Isn't it gorgeous?  It is so soft!!!

And this is the inside...

And this is how you would hold it if you won.  Just like her model.  Because her model doesn't want it leaving the house!

From having been in Lori's studio and touched her bags and seen them with my own two eyes, as well as having won THIS little clutch, I can tell you that Lori's bags are TOP quality.  Outstanding sewing and design.  Unique bags like no one elses.  And they are functional!

Go HERE to enter for your chance to win.

Coming soon is an interview with Lori and pics of her studio.  I'm betting you will be ooohing and ahhhing with me.  I admit, when Lorelei and I went over to visit her this weekend, I was a bit rude.  I had my camera up to my face the majority of the time and participated very little in the conversation.  I was too busy snapping pics.  In my defense, the lighting was absolutely perfect and it eliminated any self-control I had to act like a polite adult.

Eggs Giveaway!

Go on over to Lorelei's blog to enter for your chance to win some of my fun blue eggs!  Also included is one of LeAnn's lovely little birdies (which I LOVE!).

Lorelei is looking for newer/better ways to storing/hoarding all her thousands of beads.  Go leave her a comment with what works for you so she can nurture her addiction to beads and continue making the lovely jewelry that she designs!

Another GIVEAWAY!

Head over to Lisa's  Lucid Moon Studio for a great giveaway.  You can get multiple entries by doing a few, simple steps.

Lisa is giving away this cool bracelet AND a $25 gift certificate that can be used in either of her Etsy shops!  She has one for her jewelry and one for supplies.  Click over and take a look!

Sixty Dollah Shopping Spree from Thy Hand!

Go over to ThyHandHathProvided's blog for a $60 e-card giveaway to CSN stores (over 200 different online stores!).

Here are just a few of the different items from their stores that you could choose IF you win!

 

So go on over to Thy Hand's blog to read the rules and leave a comment for your chance to win.  Who doesn't want/need a free sixty bucks to spend?

I'm a Winner! :D

Wow!  I never win stuff.  Anything.  Evah!

But I won this gorgeous little handmade leather wristlet from Lori Plyler of Waterstone on her latest giveaway!  How cute is this little wristlet!  I LOVE the little strap and the darker brown flower!!!

Lori shops around to find leather coats or big leather bags that she can reclaim and sew into gorgeously unique handbags, totes or wristlets.  She gives old leather new life and I LOVE it.  And not only does she make handbags, totes and wristlets, she also makes jewelry.  You can check out Lori's etsy shop HERE. 

I am so extremely excited about this!  I had the pleasure of meeting Lori in person about a month ago when I was sneaking around etsy buying up Lorelei's favorites as surprise birthday gifts.  After I bought this cute little wristlet from Waterstone, Lori emailed me and asked if I wanted personal delivery because she literally lives just a few miles from me!  So I have already seen in person what extraordinary workmanship and care goes into Lori's items.  Did I tell you I'm excited?!

The last time we met, I did not pull out my camera to document the occasion.  I'm sure Lori would have declined having just come from the gym and I was a mess from spending a few hours in the yard and still had leaves/branches in my hair, I'm sure.  This time, I'll make sure I'm showered so we can take pics and I can properly introduce you to Lori on my blog. :)  

I love when I find out that bloggers/artists I admire turn out to be my neighbors!

Eggs tonight.  Pics tomorrow!

Another GIVEAWAY!

Go visit the Cerebral Dilettante here to win this pair of earrings!

Please be sure to follow her directions to the T for entering to win this gorgeous pair of earrings.  Or she will delete your comment and you'll be left with squat in your chance to win.  She's ruthless like that.  Not like me.  I let some of you guys slide....sometimes.

More eggs were made this weekend.  Pictures tomorrow since my outdoor photography studio is flooded from all our rain.  And inside the house is flooded from Little Horse drooling and panting since 3am.  Three AM, people!  He has been re-named Panting Pony.  Oh. My. Gosh.  I got a whole three hours of sleep last night because he was such a pain in the toukis.  Not cool, people.  Not cool atall.  :(

Still working my way through custom orders for these little eggs.  BIG THANKS to everyone who has shown such interest and who continue to be patient in waiting your turn.  Or at least in giving the appearance of patience if you are inwardly gnashing your teeth and taking my name in vain while I work my way through this list.  The good news is that I think as I make more eggs, the wait list will be moved through more quickly because not every egg made is being scooped up.  So they are going into the stockpile of options for the next person on the wait list.  Yay for that, right?  I hope. :)

Happy Friday!

This is a great day and I am so glad it's Friday!  So many wonderful things happening after being a crazy, hectic week.

Monday night I noticed my Henry boy was peeing blood.  He had bladder stones two years ago and we almost lost him, so I was really worried.  Henry spent all day at the vet's office on Tuesday before they got a urine sample and found that he just had a very inflamed bladder.  They think he has Interstitial Cystitis (IC), which caused the inflammation and suggested putting him on Prozac for the rest of his life.  Because stress in cats causes flare ups with IC in cats.  Seriously?  Henry is the most laid back cat ever.  He bumps noses with Little Horse every day.  He is not a stressed cat.  And I don't need TWO pets on prozac.   After four days on anti-inflammatory meds, he is acting like his normal self again.  I was very thankful we wouldn't be going through another surgery to remove bladder stones. 

On Tuesday, my Mom's car started smoking.  The shop told her the radiator had cracked and needed to be replaced.  Thirty minutes later they called her to say, "Oh, by the way, the radiator leaked into the engine and now you need that replaced, too.  That's just another $4-5 thousand bucks.  K. Thanks. Bye."  Her little Civic had 120,000+ miles on it and was just done.   So we started talking about what should be her next car.  We started off thinking that Hyundais or Kias with their 10yr/100,000 mile warranty would be best.  But a friend's brother used to work for Kia and he said that that should really be the last car you would ever want to buy.  He should know, since he went to court for the company to dispute all the lemon law cases.  Sigh.  That returned us to our normal mantra: You get what you pay for.  Such a shame.  She test drove the Kia Forte and absolutely LOVED it.

On Wednesday, my 91 yo Grandma passed out at her neurologist's office in the exam room.  It took them a minute to find her pulse, which was really scary.  It earned her an ambulance ride to the nearest hospital and a one night stay.  She was discharged yesterday and will be getting one of those fun heart monitors to collect data for a few days before returning to the cardiologist's office for a follow-up.  She has a really low heart rate (it hovers around 50 or lower), which may be contributing to some of her problems.  They didn't run a bunch of tests this time (because they did that a week ago and didn't find much of anything wrong. sigh) and just kept a close eye on her.  Physically she is strong, but her parts are wearing out.  Basically, it's heck getting old.  I am thankful her memory is shot and she has no recollection of all these hospital visits or even how she felt a few hours prior to any conversation.  And I am thankful she maintains her overall cheerful and loving disposition.  She so enjoys being with our family and I'm looking forward to this weekend when we can have her over for dinner on Sunday.

On Thursday, Mom got over her bitterness with Hondas and Civics and test drove a 2008 Civic and was very enamored.  She found it at Carmax where they have the no haggle pricing and the price was only sixteen bucks more than the Kelley Blue Book suggested Private Party Value.  Yay for great deals and fair shakes!  She has the car on hold and will be going back today to likely buy it.

Mallory included me in one of her lovely treasuries.  Go check it out HERE!

Today we have sunshine and temps in the mid-80s.  Happy dance!  I'm also lighter by a good 5 to 6 inches.  I got my hair cut short and think I really like it.  :)  I showed pics of short cuts I liked and a jaw length cut that Todd liked and told her to do whatever she wanted, I just wanted it to be different and shorter than it was.  She chose super short!  I'll get pics this weekend to show you all next week.  Or perhaps I'll make another video.  We'll see what kind of weather comes our way.  Weather.com is calling for thunderstorms tomorrow, so we'll see.

And with that, Random.org chose lucky number 10 out of the 18 commenters.  Cindy Higgins, please email me at kelleysbeadstudio@mac.com with your two favorite colors and your address.  I'll get your worry stone made this weekend and shipped out on Monday.  :)  Thank you everyone for commenting on my Giveaway!

Tonight we have a kids birthday party.  Tomorrow we have soccer games.  Sunday we have more soccer games and another birthday party.  Some time in there I will find time on the torch to make more/new egg beads, more nuggets and hopefully more worry stones than just the one for Cindy.  :)

This has been a long week, but with multiple happy endings.  I am thankful the weekend is here.  I hope you all have a most wonderful weekend to relax and do the things you want to do!  I will be posting pics this weekend of my visit with Cas of Metallo Bianco from last week when we went out for lunch and a walk through a local Antique Mall.  It was FUN!

Worry Stone GIVEAWAY!

Ok, I wasn't planning on doing another giveaway so soon, but I need some serious help.  Or rather, my Mom needs some serious help.  She is in possession of the biggest Honda lemon ever.  Boo hiss!  It has 120,000 miles on it and in the last year she has spent a fortune and replaced almost every piece under the hood.  Today, it started smoking while she was driving.  The shop said her radiator had cracked and needed to be replaced.  And oh, by the way, it leaked into your engine and now you need a new engine which will only cost $4-5K by itself.  Gah.  Not good.

So this weekend, I'll be going to help her car shop & negotiate the best deal somewhere between all the soccer games and other kids' stuff we have going on.  Thinking the cars with 10 year/100,000 mile warranties would be the best and in a budget of $15-20K.  Because at this point, she's all about the warranty.  She needs your suggestions, folks.  What would you recommend? 

Enter to win one of my worry stones (you choose the two colors!) by leaving a comment with a car recommendation and why.  A random winner will be chosen next week after she gets the new/used car.  I will make the worry stone after hearing color preferences from the winner and will get it shipped out within a week.

If you're commenting anonymously, please make sure your email is included, otherwise your comment will be deleted.

Lorelei is Having a GIVEAWAY!

Check it out!

You can win these cool pendants that Lorelei made!  And you get more than just one shot at it!

Click HERE to leave your comment on Lorelei's blog for your chance to win!

We Have a Winnah!

Although I did hear much begging and received a few threats "IT DANG WELL BETTER BE ME!" from a few, un-named friends (I am envisioning them shaking their fists at me right now).....I couldn't bring myself to rig the contest.   There is a lot of loot at stake here.  One and a half pounds of beads, people!  That is serious business.  :)

I have been excited all morning about finding out who would win.  The Random.Org site had to wait a little longer because I was driving the kids across town and back.  On Fridays when there is no school with the strict 7:30 start time, we treat the kids to Dunkin Donuts.  I'm sure their camp teachers are loving us this morning with them jacked up on sugar.  I got a glazed doughnut, but it only re-inforced for me that I just need to stop buying doughnuts for myself because they no longer taste as good to me.  I have silently been following a handful of bloggers for several months who have eliminated sugar from their daily life and I do feel better for it.

I truly enjoyed reading all of your comments and literally laughed out loud.  Cindy's was my favorite.  She has such enthusiasm which always brightens my day, but this comment has had me laughing every day since she posted it!

OMG! I just died and went to heaven girl! And I'm not a beader - BUT OMG Imagine the possibilities of combining these with my silver!! OMG OMG OMG..

NOW... I don't feel right doing this on YOUR blog... but my absolute FAV blog... in the whole world... is Keirsten Giles ~ cerebraldilettante.blogspot.com OMG she's so talented and funny ... omg FUNNY...sometimes I pee myself!!

Thank you all for taking the time to leave the names of your favorite blogs and Etsians.  It took me a few hours last night, but I got them all in a list and verified names/addresses.  Since there were 99 different blogs noted and 68 shops, I will be doing two posts to keep them separate.  Out of 153 commenters, 32 of you name Lorelei's blog as your favorite.  She was also the top favorite shop.  I do owe her big thanks for alerting so many of you to my giveaway and will be sending Lorelei her own goody box of beads for being at the top of the list of favorites for blogs and shops by leaps and bounds beyond any other blog or shop named.  Yay Lorelei!

But enough of my morning and other ramblings, you folks want to know who is the Lucky Winnah!  So here you go.

Count with me folks.  Twenty two was easy.  Not too far down on the list at all.  When I count down to commenter 22, I get to Nicole Campanella of Beadwright.

Congratulations Nicole!!!!

You are the winner of all these luscious beads :D

Thursday Ramblings

Last night I found a bunch of my business cards in the wash.  Specifically after they had been through the wash.  I was surprised at how well they held their ink. 

They rolled up tightly, so now they can easily be held in a closed hand.  How bout that?

I am waiting for the rain to roll in and wash away all of our pollen that is coating our sidewalks, streets, cars and everything else.  The pollen count has been over 2000 this week and the weather experts say that a high pollen count is 200.  The pollen has prevented us from opening our windows over the past two weeks, which is a shame because the temperatures have been so lovely.  But then it got hot (up in the 90s!) and I was pushed into turning on the air conditioning on Easter Sunday because we couldn't have family and friends come over and sweat themselves into puddles at the dinner table.  With this rain comes cooler temps and the hopeful promise we can turn off the air conditioning for the next week.  Maybe later today I can open the windows if the rain stays awhile.   

I had an ocular migraine this morning.  It sounds bad, but it's not painful.  Just a nuisance because I have to stop everything I'm doing and rest my eyes.  My vision does funny things with ocular migraines.  Similar to how the pixels freeze on a tv when bad weather blocks a satellite signal and then the pixels move in splotches, but slower than they're supposed to while others stay frozen.  That's what happens to my vision, no matter what I look at or even if my eyes are closed.  I saw my eye doctor about this several months ago and he said I just need to rest to let them pass.  They last anywhere from 20 minutes to a few hours and then are followed by a dull headache behind my eyes for the rest of the day.  What worries me is that they typically come in multiples, one day after another for 2-4 days.  I'm worried that I will miss my kids' soccer games on Saturday or time on the torch.  Crossing my fingers this one has no follow-ups.

Yesterday I wrote about what I would do if I could sit at the torch all day, instead of my full-time gig with the phone company.  What I would pursue.  Techniques and artists whom I admire.  Julie Nordine emailed me back and challenged me to a little exercise in finding my own voice in lampwork.  A style all my own.  I am thinking on that now so I can take the time this weekend to do what she suggested.  I'll make a little photo-journey of it and then blog about it later to share with you all.

I am really super excited about how many comments have been left on my GIVEAWAY for one and a half pounds of beads.  I'm thrilled I have gained new blog followers over this past week and am still going through all the links of shops and blogs you all have left.  I am working on compiling that list for a post next week because I think it will be so fun to have everyone's favorites listed in one place.  Complete with hyperlinks to those sites.  :) It may take me awhile to get it all together, but it will publish once I have everything sorted through.  One more day left to leave comments on the GIVEAWAY!  I'll be going to random.org tomorrow to choose the lucky winner.  Be patient, as I will be counting through the comments multiple times to make sure I'm counting correctly and don't miss anything.....there are sooooo many comments!

Another GIVEAWAY!

I made a special pair of earrings for my blog friend (she is known as Thy Hand) to give away on her blog.  Go see HERE!  You'll need to check out one or both of my Etsy shops in order to leave a comment (on HER blog) to qualify for her giveaway.  She is randomly choosing a winner this Friday.

You might want to surf around a little more beyond just her giveaway post.  She has great (and HEALTHY!) recipes.  Tons of em!  And I am fascinated with her stories and pictures of how they grow much of their own food, home school their children and make ends meet as her husband completes his pharmaceutical degree.  The determination she and her family shows to reach their goals is so inspiring to me.  What a wonderful example they are setting for their children in a society that is so full of entitlement issues! 

I first found her blog when Sarah of Clover Lane interviewed her about her Mennonite faith and being a mother.  I have been glued to Thy Hand's blog ever since.  I would love to share a morning with this woman, chatting about the similarities and differences in our lives.  Our joys and challenges in parenting.  And how she thinks she will react when her kids are older if they want to wear combat boots and shave their heads. :)  

Unfortunately, I don't think that will happen any time soon as I believe she is a good day of driving away from Atlanta.  Now shoo.  Go check out her giveaway!

Popped Kiln

Here's a glimpse at the beads that came out of the kiln yesterday afternoon.  The morning was so busy with Easter baskets and church I completely forgot to run into my studio to check my kiln for all the beads I made on Saturday afternoon/evening.  Can you believe that?  That's not like me at all.  Especially considering I had the time to play around with new colors and techniques!

And this little guy kept a close watch over me while I was taking pics.  He'd fly up close to get a better view and then dive bomb any other insect that flew remotely close.  He chased off the other bugs and let me shoot in peace.  Wasn't that sweet?

I'll have posts up later this week with more pics and information on the individual beads that I made.  I'm really excited about those blue swirly nuggets in the middle.  I used a faux-boro technique for those and am pleased with how they turned out.

If you haven't already, don't forget to check out my GIVEAWAY for one and a half pounds of beads.  You just need to leave a comment about your favorite blog or Etsy shop on the giveaway post.