Voila! While not technically a piece every week, I made it to 52 pieces. Making them is one thing. Getting them photographed and posted is another. Wrap up stats are after all the pics.
Sterling with glass. For sale here.
Sterling with glass yo-yo beads. For sale here.
Sterling with vintage purple and lime glass. For sale here.
Gold-filled with glass and crystal. For sale here.
Sterling with hematite. For sale but not posted to Etsy yet. $85
Sterling with glass, crystal, onyx, and pearl.
For sale but not posted to Etsy yet. $65
Sterling with glass, crystal, sodalite, and pearl.
For sale but not posted to Etsy yet. $75
And now the numbers, just for fun:
Thanks for playing along! No promises for next year, other than I will continue to post as I'm able. Who knows, there might some bigger projects in the pipeline...
I put these three things together, and then I couldn't take them apart. So they became a pendant.
Who knew red and grey worked so well together? Not my usual colors, but I sure like this one.
Available on Etsy. Free shipping through this month!
It's almost nearing the point where I see if I've completed 52 new pieces this year. I'm pretty sure that's a yes, but I'm not making any declarations yet. Until then, please enjoy these next two, both of which recently sold!
Sterling silver, glass, and one little amethyst bead at the bottom
Swarovski crystal with a subtle wire wrap on sterling silver chain
Time for another roundup of pieces. I managed to crank out a bunch of fun stuff before the show in September, but photographing all of it is another matter. All of them are for sale - click the picture to get to the Etsy listing. Oh, and I'm offering free shipping now through December!
Two pieces in two new styles. First, a spinoff of the large color collage necklaces. Dramatic pendants, or as I like to call them, drama drops:
This one I had listed on Etsy and posted on Facebook, but somehow did not make the blog. Hello, blog.
This one is being worn by a new display piece - a miniature dressmaker's doll. So no, it's not quite THAT huge.
I'm please to report that both of these sold at the recent Luna Park Chalk Art Festival.
And here's a new style of hoop that I quite like. Shown here with two different kinds of glass beads:
Available on Etsy here.
Available on Etsy here.
Time for a little catch up here. I've launched a new line of pendants with the help of my mom and talented photographer Linda Dahlberg. She spends a lot of time in her garden watching, shooting, and identifying the various flying things that flit about. The more I looked at the pics, the more I thought they'd be fabulous as a little gem on a chain. Click on the caption to view and/or purchase on Etsy.
Bombus vosnesenskii on a California poppy
anthidium manicatum on a wooly lamb's ear
spotted cucumber beetle on a society garlic
Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) on a Verbena bonariensis
I've also created a new shop section for my color collage necklaces. There are enough of them now to warrant their own place. I still have a couple to upload, but here is the latest:
Piece-A-Week has been on hold due to a bad case of too-much-on-my-plate-itis. At this point, I will continue to post my creative endeavors but with no promise of regularity. However, If we're all lucky, we'll still get 52 posts by the end of the year!
I've also been playing with the photography of said pieces in the hopes of drawing more attention on Etsy. That takes more time than I'd like it to, quite frankly, but it's all in the service of getting the work out there. Right? Here we go:
Blue optic glass with wrapped sterling links. More pics and listing for sale over on Etsy.
Well, life happens and I'm a little late, but here is week 28. When I picked up these funky blue beads, I knew they would need something special. So here it is! Available for purchase on Etsy.