I'm back. In last weeks storm my computer got zapped by lightning. It got the computer, the router & the phone modem.  My son got me back up & running  again. I didn't get much jewelry made anyway. My sister from California is here so I did family stuff. I did make 2 memory wire bracelets. The first one is purple & blue. The second one is green.  I used bicones, rondelles, seeds, cube beads, pearls, twin beads, fire polished , chips & even malachite rounds. That was the last of my roll of memory wire. I will be getting more the next time I get to a bead shop. They are fun to make & seem popular.  I have been reading on several other blogs that bracelets are best sellers so I'm going to make more bracelets. Hope you have a great evening.

Not jewelry today. A hairbow  instead. My nieces daughter always wears a bow in her hair so I made this for her. I started with grosgrain ribbon &  made a 4" 8 loop bow. Next I made a 2" 8 loop bow so that it would have 2 layers.  I found a button in my stash for the center. Then I made a circle of  round pearls to go under the button. The next round of stitching was rice shaped pearls between the round ones. To make the rice pearls lay nice I used blue lined clear size 6 seed beads in groups of 3 between the pearls. To tighten this round I sewed through the outside 2 of the 3 beads &  it made a picot. When I stitched the button in the center it was kind of floppy so I used a netting stitch to support it.  The center is quite tall because of the height of the button.When it was all fastened together I attached it to a barrette. When I first envisioned this in my head I was going to stitch something sparkly on each loop end but when I found the button the design changed.  I hope she likes it. I had fun doing something different. 

A blue &  purple memory wire bracelet is my jewelry today. Since I had blue &  purple beads out for the last bracelet I just pulled some more of both colors out of my stash &  made another memory wire bracelet. I am enjoying making these. I was leery of using memory wire but I like it. I used pearls, bicones, rondelles,  fire polished, twin beads, rounds, seeds, &  a light blue disc bead. Enjoy your Sunday. I will even if it is raining.

Tracy at http://makebraceletsblog.com/2012/05/17/preciosa-czech-bead-giveaway/#comment-1923 is having a fabulous  Preciosa Ornela fire polished bead give away. Be sure to check it out. Good luck to you on winning.

A linked chain bracelet is my jewelry today. I used 2 pieces of gold  long &  short  curb chain. I made links through the shall part of the chain. The links are made of dark blue 6mm glass pearls in the center. There is a light blue 4mm fire polished bead on each side of the pearl. Then the link is put through the chain. Next I used a blue 4mm bicone crystal then I looped the ends. The second link is made using a dark purple 6mm glass pearl center with a purpleAB 4mm bicone &  on the other side of the chain is a lilac 4mm bicone. I alternated the blue &  purple links. the clasp is attached with gold jump rings. Enjoy your weekend.

Earrings today. I made earrings to go with the black, red, &  silver 3 strand bracelet. My sister loved the bracelet &  she wants earrings to go with it. I am not blogging much this week because I have out of state family here &  I am not doing as much jewelry since I am spending time with family. Hope you are enjoying your week.

Here's earrings to go with Tim's Mom's necklace. If you remember from my earlier post Tim's Mom has metal allergies. So I stitched these instead of using a metal headpin. I used  creamy bone beads, green bicone crystals, adventurine rounds, wood heishi beads , &  seeds beads. My friend Lisa from bead group gave me surgical steel earwires because I couldn't find them locally, thanx Lisa.

I see several people post I love Macro Sunday. I'm not sure where the blog is but my macro post  for today is of my bleeding hearts in bloom. They are so fragile looking &  so beautiful.

My son gave me a fuchsia for Mother's Day &  here's a macro of it. They are one of my favorite plants. This one has both fuchsia with pink flowers &  fuchsia with light pink blooms. Can you tell I like pink?LOL