Something smells fishy in here!

Oh yes it does! And I love it! 

I have about 8 lobster carcasses simmering on the stove and that wonderfully stinky stuff will become lobster bisque. I am in the process of making a stock for that wonderful fattening and decadent soup. It takes a while to extract all that flavor and then to reduce the stock so that the flavor intensifies. So, at this writing you will have to wait until tomorrow to find out how it was.

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In the meantime I am working on several things on my work table. These earrings seemed to take  f o r e v e r !  I kept changing how the disc's were to hang, I ended up making textured jump rings so they could dangle. They have a bohemian feel to them and I am calling them Gypsy. I just listed them in my Etsy shop.

Don't forget to check out the giveaway of the March issue of Bead Trends. The giveaway ends Tuesday am. Enter here

Still at it

my earring craze that is....

I finished another 10 pair...two I gave away as a gift, one pair for me and the others will be posted on Etsy sometime later today. Most of these are a chunky drop earrings. My hairdresser said she would love a pair of drops, so off I went with that idea. Hope you like them.

I cringe at the price of sterling and actually broke down and purchased some wire from Monster Slayer. These beads are from Ferrarioriginalbeads 

 Etched copper with African Opal, czech and copper beads.

Turquoise Drops

 

New Earrings

 This weeks obsession are earrings. All kinds...all colors. Don't know why, it is just my thing this week. Thoughts are flowing through my head like crazy and I suppose it is because I can make a pair and be done with it in a reasonably short time and move on to the next pair. 10:30 last night I had a thought and went into my studio and worked until 12:30, had to do it before I forgot, that's how I roll ...so here you have the results of the last few days. 

Life Whispers

Dress Greens

SOLD

Bedford Blue

Illumination

Cranberry Bog

 

Green Goddess 

Green Tea

Skylar 

...so there you have it. What is your obsession this week?

Give More Than You Get

I love this saying...straight forward and true.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Kahlil Gibran

You can find this piece on my website .

Since purchasing some fabulous Labradorite last week I have been creating earrings using the stunning stones. I think they are the perfect everyday stone, lots of sparkle with that surprise hint of blue.

 

 Stormy Skies

Labradorite Dangles 

Winter Ice

And lastly.....Number 105

 

 Heading to the flea market to see if I can covet any treasures, then picking up our college boy for an early dinner. Hope everyone is doing well on this sunny Sunday.

A little confession

Some days you just feel like you are going to accomplish so much, you look at the clock and the big hand is running circles around the dial, it is moving way too fast, what happened to all the things that you were suppose to get done? That was one of these days.......
however I did manage to make these earrings. They are super lightweight, something I like, no one wants their earlobe hitting their shoulder.

 

You can find these here 

...and these here

I have something I must confess...ok here it goes, I HATE to make ear wires, there I have said it and I feel much better. I am not sure why, they are not hard...its just one of those things I do not care to do. What little thing do you dislike doing? In your work or daily life... Spill it...I know there is something, make me feel better.

New Etched Earrings

My little helper...all this work tuckered him out. Morgan is constantly into all my stuff, if my work table wasn't messy enough now it is worse! It takes me three times as long to finish up something, I pray for the little rascal to go to sleep! He is so lucky he is so darn cute!

I worked on some more etching today, I love being able to add another element to my designs. For the butterfly domes I used two different stamps and was happy with the results.

Butterfly Etched Domed Earrings can be found on Etsy.


Urban Iridescent Dangle Earrings
an be found on Etsy.

Oh, Honey thank-you!

What more could a girl want? My darling was going to Lowe's and asked if I needed anything, I said no. This is what he came home with for me, a new torch.
I had recently purchased a similar torch and had used it for the first time last night, apparently I did something wrong as a part near the nozzle melted. He told me I could not use it anymore until I had a fire extinguisher ( the ever smart man!)

Look what else he bought at Lowe's.... I am one lucky girl! He is so practical and I suppose he does not want me to burn down the house. He said we are having a fire drill later.


New earrings on my website. I am still playing around with the copper tubing and these were so much fun to do. A little hammering for some texture, heat treatment for some cool colors and some nicely stacked turquoise disks. These swing, sway and swivel so nicely.

Challenging work

First let me say, do you know how challenging it is to work with a cat perched on your key board and walking all around your bead table helping himself to whatever he likes? With that in mind it is amazing that I can accomplish anything around here at all.

However... I did make these two pair of earrings, one pair using the "Mirage Beads" I blogged about the other day, I just love the fact that they are very lightweight and so colorful. These beads refract light differently at different temperatures, thus creating unique colors in every environment or mood, super cool! You can find these earrings in my Etsy shop.

Vintage Style Raku Earrings

A little modern raku bead meets vintage rhinestone links. I love the combination!