Havana Beads Giveaway

Raida is having a giveaway for these gorgeous
neutral lampwork beads that she made.
Go check out her blog for all the details!

Andrew's Thursday Giveaway

To celebrate the 4th anniversary of his blog, Andrew is giving away this wonderful stash! Go get all the details, because there are several ways to aquire extra entries.

Aside from his weekly Thursday giveaways, Andrew shares many things with his readers. I like the simple things that he shares about nature, scrumptious dinners, new family additions, and beautiful designs. He also shares his heart and soul, not an easy thing to do!
So... thanks Andrew, not only for your generous giveaways, but for sharing yourself!

Designs from... The Beadin' Path beads #2

I'm having lots of fun with this neat little package from The Beadin' Path!

Feuilles Vertes Earrings

I attached these lovely green lucite leaves to the ear wires with a chain jump rings. They come in many shades of green... dark erinite, dark tourmaline and hunter, just to name a few. Their leaf beads come in every color, shape and size that you can imagine.

Feuilles Vertes Bracelet

Green vintage lucite beads galore... over 3 pages! There are some real beauties! Great assortment of Czech glass, too! I mixed them all together with gunmetal chain and a pewter leaf.
Get a free gift with every order from The Beadin' Path!

A Seahorse Request

I'm looking for sources for unique seahorses made

from stoneware/porcelain, metal, polymer clay

or any other mediums... any suggestions?

Daylilies are...

photo courtesy: Seth Monroe

...simple garden pleasures. What is your favorite perennial flower?

Designs from... The Beadin' Path beads

A while ago I received a packet of beads from The Beadin' Path. These are the first two designs!

Party Pink

Two shades of pink Lucite and pink vintage glass are combined together with sterling silver and ruby jade teardrops. I added assorted black beads and chain for contrast.

Iridescence

For this necklace I strung together pinkish-lavender Lucite and some little lavender glass rounds with white iridescent pearls. For something a little different, I made a toggle clasp out of an earring hoop. Find lots of cool hoops and rings here!

The Beadin' Path has a large selection of vintage Lucite in lots of juicey colors!

Disclaimer: These products have been provided by The Beadin' Path as promotional gifts for reviewing purposes only. I have not been paid or otherwise compensated.

A little black box full of fun!

And the little black box beheld...

Czech glass and Greek ceramic

Vintage lucite

Polymer clay

An assortment of copper chain, copper beads,

fossil stone, sunstone, ceramic disks

and more vintage lucite.

Lampwork

...all that and tons more.

A little shop that is jam-packed to the brim!

Friendly service!

Iowa Falls, Iowa

Do you love green?

Green, green and more green! Jenn is celebrating having her designs published and has all the details on her blog. Congratulations!!

Valley Junction

On my recent trip to Iowa, I wanted to check out some beads shops at Valley Junction in West Des Moines which is only about 6 miles from the airport in Des Moines. A quaint area with lots of unique and specialty shops, there were three... count'em, three beads shops within walking distance of each other!



Each one was unique in their offerings. Artistic beads had a great variety of Czech glass, seed beads and findings, Eyebeads had an outstanding amount of the most gorgeous gemstones you ever laid eyes on and Fishlips3 (don't ya' love that name?) had an eclectic mix cloisonne, cinnabar, gemstones and lampwork.

The choices were indeed difficult to make, so below is just a small sample of each shop.

Eyebeads

Fishlips3

Artistic Bead

Evidently I couldn't even wait until I had photos taken before started working on jewelry!

Be sure to set aside plenty of time in your schedule if you go beading in Valley Junction!

P.S. There's a great little restaurant that sells soup and sandwiches for lunch. I can't remember the name of it, but you'll know it because it looks like an old fashioned store inside.


Patti

Pretty Little Charm

Head on over to Copper Diem for a chance to win this adorable little fine silver, lime green/yellow enamel charm!

Soon to be new designs...

Colorful

Sweet

Cool

Delightful

As a design partner to The Beadin' Path, I received this fabulous mix of Vintage Lucite and Czech Glass. I've had it quietly tucked away in it's yellow mailing envelope awaiting the day when I could bring it to life as newly designed jewelry. Some ideas have formed, sketches have been drawn and now the fun begins.

The Beadin' Path has lots of other beads and components for designing fabulous jewelry such as artists beads, buttons, freshwater pearls, vintage components, seed beads and so much more! You'll love it all!!

Warm wishes,

Patti

Erin's having a give-a-way!

Erin from Erin Siegel Jewelry is celebrating! She had a necklace published in the July issue of Bead Trends. Way to go Erin!! Check out her blog to get the details for a chance to win these sand dollar components.