Here's the necklace that I made for my neice. She is Russian. I put the 3 pieces of Baltic amber in the necklace to represent the 3 parts of the life. One for her life in Russia, one for her life in California, & one for her new life with her new husband. She likes black so the rest of the necklace is links made of  blackAB rondelles with black glass rounds & chain. I used hematite drops as accents. When I showed the starting pic of this necklace in an earlier post I had the middle amber drop horizontally in the chain. I decided it looked better as a pendant.  I think she will like it.

My sister asked for a pair of red drop on gold chandelier  earrings so here they are. Hope she likes them.

Hi, since I am working on my BSBP pieces I can't show you what I am working on. However I am taking a break & making a necklace for my niece. I took a starting pic this morning & sent it to my sister for approval. I decided that I can share it with you also. So here is the start of another necklace. I will post  more about it when it is done.

Hi, I haven't posted in days. I am usually better than that. This week has been  busy & you know how that is life gets in the way. I have been working on my bead soup creation but I can't show it to you until August 25. In my haste to get started on my soup I neglected to introduce you to my partner. She in Anitra Gordy a beautiful new bride. Her blog is http://www.leelucreations.blogspot.com/   & her etsy shop is www.etsy.com/shop/LeeLuCreations  She told me that she liked vintage beads so I started with the flowered cab. It came in one of my treasure boxes from A Grain of Sand. The bicones, large orange lucite, the small rondelles, the metal shapes, & the white large beads on the left are all from my bead hoarder curiosity club (treasure) boxes. I added the adventurine rounds & a few pearls as well. The clasp I made. That is what is all pictured above. I decided to add some vintage purple pearls, vintage copper flowers, a copper clasp, & a brass metal stamping so that she would have choices about the color & the clasp. Unfortunately the pic with all the stuff in it got deleted so you will have to look at her blog to see the rest of what I sent her. I hope she has a much fun with her soup as I am having with mine.

Michelle Mach at http://michellemach.com/blog/  posted  a whole list of free giveaways on her blog Friday. I just found them today so I passing on the bead giveaways to you. Here is a great chance to win a bead stash giveaway. Cj at http://cjbauschka.blogspot.com/ who has a great stash is giving away 2 sets of stash beads. Check it out.

Beads of Clay Giveaway

Beads of Clay Giveaway

July Beads Of Clay

Giveaway Time!

Once a month we give you stuff 

Just look at these Awesome Beads and Pendants!

This collection is valued at OVER $75!

Left to right, top to bottom we have:

 Porcelain Heart from  Diana Ptaszynski

 Porcelain daggers from Joan Miller

Porcelain Heart with Leaf from Lise Nilsen

Stoneware Carved Beads from  Golem Studio

The amazing Lori Anderson is at it again. tempting all of us beaders with a 5 part giveaway. Pictured below are 4 of the prizes & #5 is a bead soup mystery mix that Lori will put together. Prize #1 is stuff she got at the Bead & Button Show. Aren't the filigree pewter ovals great? Prize #2 is a copy of Lori's soon to be released book about the Bead Soup Blog Party. Prize #3 is a free e-course about blogging that Lori made. Prize #4 is a tote for going to bead shows with the bead soup logo on it.  Please be sure to check out Lori's blog www.prettythings.com for your chance to win. T