Maybe a touch of pink

I have really been playing around with my beads lately

and wonder

if you like my latest creation?

Glass beads

(Amethyst chips with lilac and maybe a 

touch of pink in the middle of the bracelet)

with sterling silver earrings

I am linking to: 

Singing Earrings

I found some beautiful yellow glass beads last week while shopping. 

They weren't only talking to me, heck...

they were singing to me ...

A beautiful toned down canary yellow

I was intriqued by them

Yellow is not my favorite color

I knew they would make beautiful earrings

but what a challenge they proved to be

I tried to make real fancy earrings by adding

all sorts of other beads but nothing was working until

I realized they were able to shine one their own

(Later I added a tiny clear glass bead to the

top and bottom for balance)

 Light shines on the godly, and joy on those who do right

 Psalms 97:11 NLT

To see more beautiful handmade items please click on the following link:

http://thehillsarelivin.blogspot.com/

Jewelry Fun

I wanted something different to wear with 
my outfit to work today, 
so I got my handy dandy beads 

out and made a slider

 and a pair of earrings to match

I love to make jewelry

but don't get too complicated with my designs

I guess I am more of a "simpleton" here

Before I knew it 

I was making another

pair of earrings

but these have 

a darker 

center, top

and 

bottom 

do you like?

For more 

beautiful handmade items

please click on the links below:

 

http://www.crystalscraftspot.blogspot.com/

God Bless !

BEAD SWAP

Here is what my bead swap partner sent me:

So many pretty beads and 

interesting items 

to work with!

She even made these cute

little envelopes from 

awesome paper

to send some of the

beads in

I knew I would at least

make some earrings and

a bracelet

(I took the easy road and

strung the bracelet beads on elastic)

but had lots more beads 

and cool stuff to work with 

so at the very last minute (tonight)

guess I work best under pressure....

After pondering what to do with the rest

I decided to try my hand

at a necklace

I wasn't sure at first how I wanted

to do it but ended up just

stringing some of the beads

that were left and

then adding this great locket

and then to give it an updated, somewhat edgy look added 

the chains hanging down

from the sides

I had a lot of fun with this

(my second swap)

Hope you like it

Many thanks to Sarah with

My So Called Junky Life blog

http://mysocalledjunkylife.blogspot.com/

for hosting such a great swap

and thank you again

Jayne (my swap partner)with

Mama's Got To Doodle blog

http://mamasgottodoodle.blogspot.com/

for the wonderful beads and other

neat-o items 

SILVER SUNDAY - Romantic Legacy

For Silver Sunday I chose a small silver wall hanging

that my parents have had forever!

Sure does describe life sometimes, doesn't it?

In high school my mom's dreams were to

marry a tall, handsome, Swedish, Navy man

Boy did she get her wish !

As she was, he was of 100% Swedish descent

Oh what a love story they had

My parents did not leave us with worldly riches

but they did leave us with a legacy of love

which is far greater than anything else 

they could have done for us

(for more Silver Sunday entries click on heading at

the top "SILVER SUNDAY - Romantic Legacy)

BEADED NECKLACE AND EARRINGS

Hi Everyone, Hope your day was really nice and blessed! Here is a necklace with a pair of earrings I made last year.  I pretty much give most of the jewelry away as gifts so will have to sometime soon make more for this blog. All I did here was string some beads on a line of beading string adding a pendant at the 1/2

mark.  (all items found at my local craft store). I use the heaviest string I can for added durability. After I was done adding beads I simply knoted the string and ran the ends in the opening of one of the beads at the end and applied some craft glue to keep it in place.(I first made sure it was long enough to slip over my head - no clasp, no fuss!) The next time I make some jewelry I will include simple instructions. If you want to try your hand at making jewelry remember there are so many resources available to get you started. All it really takes is a desire and a little creativity.  Enjoy!