I have Been So Neglectful Here

I really have not been here much.  Life has been busy!  I have not been creating as much as I would like.  The fundraising goes well - not setting any records - but not too quickly, which is good for now.  The Team Fox (the community fundraising arm of the Michael J. Fox Foundation) person I have been in touch with has expressed interest in featuring my efforts on behalf of the Foundation (fundraising and PPMI), which is great, but a little scary.  The day job is still terribly busy and I don't want the jewelry to become a burden rather than a pleasure so I asked if we could discuss it later.  Maybe a big push for the holidays?  If you do go to the Etsy site, inventory looks a little lean.  I have more, I just need to take time to post it.  When I have more inventory posted I also plan to push a little more on Facebook and to Share on the Team Fox Facebook page.  If you haven't already, would you mind taking a moment to "Like" my page on Facebook?  I feel so needy asking.

Some of my favorites below.  (Thanks to Carrie for the neck modeling!)

 

This is the most gorgeous red.  It is deep without being tomato-y.  Here with a peacock freshwater pearl on sterling silver.  It is so hard to capture the colors.  Link to Etsy listing here.

This pale blue looks amazing on.  These are 15/0 beads - really tiny - and have lots of shimmer from the "cuts" on one side of the beads.  With a faceted amethyst pyramid on sterling silver.  I just realized this one is not listed.  Things to do today:

1. Go back to bed (it's 2:25 AM)
2. Home Depot/Lowe's run for paint sample
3. Have breakfast with grandbaby and her mama
4. Paint test splotches on new drywall?
5. List items on Etsy

A couple of pairs of earrings:  red coral with petite, faceted labradorite and faceted amethyst pyramids with freshwater pearls, both on sterling silver leverbacks.

Still So Busy

I have pictures to post and items to list over at Etsy.  And laundry to put away and cucumbers to can and a house that needs cleaning.  (Woe is me!)

Anyhow, go visit my Etsy store, etsy.com/shop/bluehousestudiowhq

To see what I am really up to these days.  It's started slowly, but is picking up.  

Tell all your friends:  50% of proceeds from the sale of my Necklace That Benefits goes to Parkinson's research

Links Tomorrow

I forgot to link here although there is one to here on my Etsy About page.

This is what I've been up to.

Soon

I'm getting closer to re-launching the Etsy site.  When it's ready I'll post all about my new venture.

New Work

We went to a BEAD SHOW! on Friday.  I was much more selective this time.  I bought less but spent almost as much as last time.

The earrings in this post were made mostly with new loot.

Ingredients:  rainbow moonstone, rose quartz, prehnite, peridot, green amethyst, Labradorite, amethyst, more green amethyst, rose quartz, garnet and Labradorite.

So Much Going On

I'm just going to post some pictures of recent creations.

Uh Oh...

...in my many (I'm talking A LOT) years of beading I have never dropped an entire string of beads.  I've dropped single beads more times than I can count, but I repeat, never have I dropped an entire string.  Until tonight.  To be precise, 3/4 of a 17" string of teeny, tiny beads.  Okay, looking closer, 2/3, but still.

I did not secure the clip and it slipped down and I watched a teeny, tiny bead avalanche.  I picked up many of them with packing tape.  It's really sticky tape so getting them off will be another adventure.

No more stringing tonight.  A few earrings maybe.