Artists for Animals Auction

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Allegory Gallery, Artists for Animals Auction, Artybecca, Candie Cooper, Jennifer Tough, Madison Cat Project, Tangible Light Studio

The next Artists for Animals Auction starts on Monday, 4/19/21 and goes through Sunday, 4/25/21. I made a few more things. I always make a bunch of stuff over time, forget about half of it, decide some doesn’t work, and don’t always know where all of it is. So I have to gather up what is actually going into the auction. These items have a high chance of getting in because I made them fairly recently.

I got some cool vintage acrylic dog beads recently. I had all these ideas of what to make, but when I started to work with them, I found the hole was horizontal rather than vertical and large hole. That made a huge difference. So I ended up using them in a different way than originally envisioned.

I made a fiber tassel necklace, a favorite style as of late, and the hidden surprise is a couple of the dog beads inside the tassel. I used a jeweled bead cone, a lampwork bead by Jennifer Tough, a vintage AB crystal and finished it off with chain. Really fun and funky.

I always like to have a few cat pieces. A contemporary blue cat bead is knotted with vintage glass beads. The coated beads, used as spacers in between the larger aqua beads, and the drop below the cat (that I think looks like a bell on the cat’s collar) are in vintage condition, which I love. They have some patina and wear. They are beautiful.

I couldn’t resist these Czech glass cat beads from one of Allegory Gallery‘s live videos a while ago. I used a couple in some cute earrings with vintage lucite moonglow beads.

The jasper and mookaite necklace I’ve showed before, also with materials from Allegory Gallery.

The mismatched wooden pieces are from Tangible Light Studio. I paired those with some fun polymer beads by Artybecca and a little bit of sari silk. Even though they are big statement earrings, they are super lightweight due to the materials.

I even had fun altering some boxes to use for shipping the auction items. I got the idea from Candie Cooper. It was really enjoyable, and is a great way to reuse branded boxes I get with orders and reduce waste.

I hope you can stop by the auction. There are many artists selling their handmade goods to support animal charities. My auctions will support Madison Cat Project.

New(ish) Beads Parade

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Allegory Gallery, Andrew Thornton, Beady Girl Beads, Heather Powers, Humblebeads, Jennifer Tough, Joan Miller Porcelain, Project: Next Step

I haven’t had a new beads post recently, so I thought I’d show some new and newish beads.  I just went to take pictures, and anything that hadn’t been put away yet was fair game.  My studio is a mess again.  It’s going to get some attention during my upcoming time off.  So, here we go.

These gorgeous beads from Andrew Thornton actually are pretty new.  He saw some ancient beads he liked and decided to make some similar.  He is such an amazing artist. His beads are even better than the original. I am in love with them!

You can see more of Andrew’s work (as well as that of other artists) at Allegory Gallery and their etsy store. Andrew and his partner William are having a fundraiser for a special project for the gallery with some really fun rewards still available until December 15th.  Check that out here: Project: Next Step.

Next up are these from Beady Girl Beads.  I love the bright style, and fell for this matte heart.  The other beads were a gift – nice!

I’m a complete Joan Miller junkie. I could not resist this cat pendant from Joan Miller Porcelain. I also got these great floral bead caps, and this bicone bead. The bicone is truly one of the most beautiful beads I’ve ever seen.  This picture doesn’t really capture the metallic glowy goodness of it.

Here is a bonbon bead and leafy pendant by Heather Powers of Humblebeads. She has so many gorgeous things. I recently saw some blue toned bonbons on her Facebook page. Swoon! Her husband also makes some beautiful things like these connectors. 

Last but not least is this crackle heart by Jennifer Tough. I really like her work, and I had made a necklace with another of her hearts that turned out so great I wanted more!

Thanks for visiting.  Come again!

Restrung At Last

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Jennifer Tough, Miss Fickle Media

I’m the worst at remaking anything.  I don’t like to spend time on redoing things, even if they don’t take that much time.  It’s kind of ridiculous, but there it is.  I made the following necklace and the first time I tried it on, the ring side of the clasp came off.  I decided to string it again with a closed ring, and it took weeks and weeks.  But today I finally got it done!  It took some nominal amount of time, maybe 15 minutes.  So I am glad I got it done because I like the necklace, and now I can wear it.

The pendant is by Jennifer Tough.  The swirl clasp is from Miss Fickle Media.  I think this is one of those necklaces that will go with almost everything.  I’m so glad I didn’t just let it languish like so many of my re-dos.

A Necklace with Heart

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Anna Pierson, Jennifer Tough, Julie Wong Sontag, Saga Hus, SagaHus Components, Uglibeads

I love it when I can use special components.  I know, I know; I think every component is special!  But I mean extra special once they all come together. Tonight I put together a necklace I really love.  I recently purchased some cocoon components made by Anna Pierson of Saga Hus.  She has started selling them on her SagaHus Components Facebook page.  I had an idea right away to link some together to make a sort of chain at the front of a necklace. As I worked on it, it morphed into something more and more special.

I added a rough bronze heart by Jennifer Tough I got on her destash page.  I love everything by Julie Wong Sontag of Uglibeads. Her shop tag line is “wearable art made with spirit & good energy” and I can feel it in every piece.  I used two pair of her weenie lampwork beads in the colors of the fiber Anna used in her cocoons.  I finished the whole thing off with some beaded chain in the back.

I absolutely love how everything works together so perfectly in this necklace. Thanks to all the bead and component makers who helped this come together!