Well, thanks to my good friend, Kristen I have a new blog background by Cristi! What do you think of my new look?

Things around here have been hectic and non-productive!!! Well...that's not entirely true. I did manage to get a new car last week....but creatively it has been a bust. My plan is to bead away today however because I have two bead shows coming up!!! The first is this Friday and then I have another next Thursday!! I need to make at least 200 beads by the end of this week...needless to say I need to get a move on!
Hope all of you are having a great weekend..thanks for stopping by!

More beads!!!!

Well...lets just say I went a little crazy with these.....they are almost like my disks, but have a little wider base....I call them Big Bottom Spirals LOL...With the wider bottom they sit a little further apart adding some interest when placed together. They are also great as spacers!

Here are a few rings for a custom order....I love how these colors turned out!
BARNACLES!!!! These little cubes have something growing on them!

"Old School" beads....LOL well, for me at least...

Well...I have been asked a few times to make sets like my "old sets".....I don't want to disappoint, so here you are!! These two sets are abstract and definitely bumpy!! I must say so myself that the colors are beautiful! Hope you like them!
I just finished a torching session and made nearly 100 beads!!!!! I hope to have them cleaned, photographed and posted soon! Be sure to check back!

Are you still there???

Are you still there?? I know it's been FOREVER.....I apologize...between working at my "day job", planning a wedding and living I have managed to completely neglect my blog :( but I'm back in "business" so to speak!! Here are a few beads to spark you interest.....more to follow, I promise.

A New Bed and Bath and New Beads!!!

Here is our new bathroom and bedroom!! We are so excited how it turned out. I wish I had taken before pictures (but I had NO patience for my camera)...The bathroom used to have pinkish chocolate dark walls and pickled wood cabinets...didnt it turn out nice!!!



Here is our new bedroom!! The walls used to be dark burgundy and everything else was burgundy and gold....I love the new colors..it really softens the room :)

This first pic are of the beads from yesterday....I wasnt happy with the photos and I dont think you guys were impressed with them either...they are really beautiful beads and I am trying to capture them for you!

Here are the new disk sets....fun colors!!!
And last, but not least...here is a set of "berry" beads....Hope you guys like them!

Here are the beads that I made on Thursday....hope you guys like them. I made more sets this morning that I will have posted either tonight or tomorrow. This top set is some funky disks with 3 matching rounds.


These 3 sets are made up of some abstract pebbles....they have great subtle irregular surfaces!

Battery woes and beads :)

Hello!! It seems I have not been able to stay on top of things for the past...what...3-4 months I would guess??? I hope all of you are still out there....sorry I have totally neglecting my blog and beads!!! I was able to make a few sets on Tuesday night and made 4 more sets tonight that I am excited about sharing with you all. I have been having camera issues....I love my camera, but it will not take "regular" batteries.....you have to buy those high power batteries that look like regular batteries but apparently have more "kick" to them. I have had the same 4 batteries now for about 2 years and well...they just wont keep a charge anymore....long story short, I bought new high power batteries, charged those babies up...and nothing....no power to my camera :( I'm not sure what is wrong, but I need to take it all to my trusty (but not close by) Ritz camera store and see if they can figure it out....I'm hoping it's just my charger.....here is the one problem with that theory though....I put the old batteries in the charger tonight....charged them till the green light came on....and they powered up my camera just long enough to take a few pictures of a set of beads I made for my dear friend Kristen (long enough for 3 pictures to be exact) grrrrrr...I'm so ready for everything to work like I want it to!!!

Well....anyway, here are the beads. I had to take the pictures indoors because it's dark outside. I hope you like them Kristen!!! I think they will go perfectly with your new beautiful sunflower set!

Have a great evening everyone....I promise to get more pictures up of the 4 sets I made tonight by Saturday (when I have daylight) even if I have to charge my batteries several times!!!!