Two new pieces!

Last fall when I did a show in Springfield, MO, I got some very cool glass cabs from an artist there

This is one of the smaller ones, and all of the netting and the chain are a gold wash AB finish which has the same deep red base as the glass cab

The cab is about 1 inch long by .75 inch wide, and the chain is about 21 inches long




This one is a piece of agate that I've had for a while and just recently figured out how to "wrap" it with beads so the light could come through it

Slightly bigger than the piece of glass at 1.25 inches long by 1 inch wide, the chain is 20 inches long

I'll be adding these to the Etsy store soon

Love Squared Revealed

If you've been reading my blog for very long, you may remember that back in February I was working on some beaded squares to donate to The Pink Artist Project.

This is the doll that was created from the many, MANY!, squares donated by artists from everywhere. In the smaller, close up picture, in the yellow square (added by me) is one of the two blocks that I contributed. I spotted it in one of the pictures of the back of the skirt of the doll that Monica posted on her blog (see link below), and I was so tickled by being able to pick one of mine out, I decided to show off here.

(to see more pictures and read about the process that created the doll, use this link)

This doll, titled "Love Squared" will appear in the Autumn 2008 issue of Art Doll Quarterly which should be on the news stands on August 1.

There will be raffle tickets available for winning this lovely piece of art. I will put up the info as soon as I have it so you can have a chance at owning this great piece, and proceeds of the raffle will be donated to the Susan B. Komen Foundation.

I'm proud to be a part of the group that created this piece.

The shaving is complete!

As promised, a picture of my bald head!

If you want to take a look at the whole story of the shaving, used this link to take a look!

Its not too late for you to support the cause.....you can use this link to make a contribution --- everything helps, no matter how small!

Thanks for your support!!

New Stuff on Etsy!

Can you believe it?

Yup, just loaded these two new items in my store!



This is a great necklace, with that got to love it right angle weave flexible "chain".

I had finished this piece a while back and just never got around to getting it posted out there!



And I created these this weekend!

The beaded beads were an experiment with some left over materials, and now that I know they work, I have some other ideas to do using the same technique (stay tuned!)

Going Bald for a Cause

Thanks so much to those of you who have already contributed to my "going bald"!

In case you missed that post, all of this long hair will be cut off and my head shaved in the next couple of weeks as a show of "solidarity" for kids with cancer.

In addition, because the hair is long enough it will be going to an organization that makes wigs for kids that have lost their hair.... YEAH!

If you'd like to support the cause with me, use this link to join me in this worthy cause.

The last of the eye glass cords

at least for now.

This one is more matte and pearl finish beads, which does look a bit different.

Just listed this morning on Etsy, available by using the link at the top right of the blog.

I'm not sure what I will be doing next. I had done some drawings for a custom piece on request, but I've had no response from the customer, so I'm just thinking that piece is not going to happen.

Time to do some thinking about what piece to work on now

One more item finished and listed!

Ta Da!

Another finished object!

I'm getting pretty quick at creating these, and I'm just about to the end of the building as I'm not planning to purchase any more pieces to make these until some of them find homes.

This one has been listed on my Etsy Shop, so for more details you can use the link at the top right of the blog!