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New bracelets

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Happy Monday! Happy Labor Day! Hope everyone is enjoy this holiday. Here's the new bracelets that I've made over the weekend. The first I call "Root beer Float". It's really pretty- I love the color combinations that the light blue and brown make together. This consists of a set of lampwork beads that I got from Laffing Gull Designs (htpp://laffinggull.etsy.com) and Greek ceramic beads from Mykonos. I used copper as an accent color and coordinating crystals. This bracelet is really light weight too. Had extra beads, so I include matching earrings. I love the swirly beads and had extras of those too, so I made myself a pair of earrings. (The bumpy beaded earrings go with the bracelet.) It will be up later in my Etsy shop, so stop by there if you want to see more pictures. This next bracelet I'm calling "Autumn Meadow". It has green and gold infused lentil lampwork beads that I got from Catalina Glass. (See shop in sidebar)I used various crystals, and ...

A well deserved rest

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I can't believe it's Thursday already! This has been a good week for me; not sure if I mentioned it or not, but I am on vacation from my "day" job this week. Not going anywhere, or doing anything exciting, just getting rest, rejuvenation, soul searching and the like. I'm doing ALOT of reading this week. I have something like 7 books I'm involved in right now. And finally....I've created some new jewelry pieces. Yeah! The first is a set that I've been working on for some time now as some of you already know. It's a lampwork disc set that consists of a necklace, bracelet, and convertible earrings. I call it "Tuscany" for the rich earthy tones in the beads. I made the bracelet first, then ran out of wire to complete the necklace, (finally got the wire), kept braking beads, and not sure if I would have enough to make interchangeable earrings, so that went on the back burner also. Luckily, I found some more of these beads that I set aside (not...