Sunday, February 26, 2017

New Wordly Things....


I went to our local bead show this weekend, and wow oh wow, did they have the good stuff this go around!!!
There was a gentleman there selling fabulous middle eastern pieces such as Roman Glass, Tibetan Prayer Beads, Afghanistan gold findings, Larimar, and Lapis, just to name a few of his extraordinary items. He had so much and I fell into a spell upon entering his booth. I found the two above pieces, which are both vintage, exquisite handmade pieces. The bird is amber and brass and handmade in Tibet and the horse pendant is green onyx and brass and handmade in Afghanistan...how cool are they?!?!?! They will make exquisite centerpieces on future necklaces.

The pearls below are hand made with brass bead caps and are from Tibet....




Beads caps from Afghanistan, and China along with silver vintage beads from Nepal...



....and the most gorgeous vintage Pave' rhinestone beads from Germany...



I found some great slices of flashy blue/gray laborodite...



...and wonderful, colorful strands of hand beaded crystals....



...and of course, I had to grab some pink tourmaline and faceted garnet stones....two of my all time faves!





Just look at this beautiful cobalt blue Lapis Lazuli I found and it's loaded with gold flecks...





I was so excited with my new/old finds, I got busy with them as soon as I got home...














These four new pieces will be available later this afternoon in my Etsy shop. 
Happy weekend everyone!!!

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Victorian Layers...


Broke out the new bead stash I found last week and got down to business designing some new pieces for the shop this weekend. All of these strands were found in Tuscon at the huge gem show and were brought back by my local bead shop owner. She has such great taste in jewels....


...and the finished treasures headed to the shop later today....
there's lots of my all time Fave....Victorian treasures in these pieces...


















Come see me in the shop later today to see more of these statement makers! 
Happy weekend everyone!!!

Sunday, February 12, 2017

Amethyst Treasures...



New pieces just finished up and inspired by February's Amethyst birthstone...





...and of course, some other vintage goodies just finished  up too...















All coming to my Etsy shop this afternoon, see more pictures of them there later today.



Sunday, February 5, 2017

Mountain Winter Mini Vacay....


Visiting my mountain 'happy place' for a short winter break....and man is it cold...Brrrrr!!!

....We are all staying bundled up under blankets and getting alot of R-n-R in our vacay regimen....



And of course, I got to do some antiquing over the past couple of days...


( I really wanted to buy this whole case, but my pocketbook would not let me!)








 ... and just look at this super "SCORE"...


Very rare antique real coral Victorian era bracelet...
It will be fabulous as the centerpiece of a necklace!









New pieces coming this week. Got some cool ideas stirring that involve these exquisite treasures. Come see me back in the shop next weekend... Stay warm everyone!!!