Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Sisterhood of the traveling beads giveaway

Sisterhood of the Traveling Beads Giveaway

This is a box full of goodies from my studio purge.
One woman's tossed out beads is another woman's treasures!
Heather from Humblebeads is having a fantastic giveaway.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Rainforest



I drove into San Francisco yesterday to see if I could get some beads to match my gorgeous beads from Doreen. ( BackyardBeads) I found a strand of Tagua Nut beads in many bright colors. Deep in the Amazon Rainforest grows a special tree,the Tagua or Ivory Palm. Tagua nut has been used to make buttons,jewelry and carved objects since the 19th century. I love the colors and how this bracelet turned out.
The necklace is made with vintage seed beads and coral and jade and a tube bead from Doreen.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Doreen of Backyardbeads

is celebrating her new store on Etsy. She is having a giveaway of some of her gorgeous beads.