Showing posts with label ceramic beads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ceramic beads. Show all posts

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Earring Swap with a Friend!

Diana of Suburban Girl Studio and I did an earring swap together! Diana is a jewelry designer, ceramic bead artist and a member of the Beads-Of-Clay group. We were chatting on face book one day and decided that doing a swap would be fun! I love doing swaps. It's a great way to get to know other artists and exchange some fun things! Here are the earrings she made me with her handmade ceramic charms. I love these swirly cranberry red charms! :) This pair will be great for Fall!
 Diana's Earrings

I made Diana a pair of my leather earrings. I wanted to make her a fashionable pair she could wear for Fall. Below is the pair I sent her. I made these with Greek leather, Carnelian gemstones and amber glass with antiqued copper chain and brass findings. Check out Diana's blog post about our earring swap here.
 My Earrings

In addition, Diana was super sweet and spoiled me with a goody bag of her handmade ceramic beads and charms! She sent me this little stash along with her earrings. I love these! She does beautiful work!

Suburban Girl Beads, Charms and Button

Diana's ceramic work is wonderful and I can't wait to add some of her handmade components to my jewelry designs! Check out her Suburban Girl Beads Etsy Shop for lovely ceramic jewelry components and go shopping! :)

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Summer Brights Bracelet


I picked up a new color of waxed linen cord at the bead shop, the other day. I saw this charcoal gray color and knew it would go perfect with Keith O'Connor's ceramic beads! I love his beads and ceramic works so well with this bracelet style. These colors just make me so happy!  I'm having too much fun making these waxed linen bracelets! Happy summer beading, everyone! :)

Monday, July 12, 2010

Jewelry with Gaea's Beads

Now that I'm not concentrating on making my own beads, I have more time to make jewelry and I have more time to buy beads from some of my favorite bead artists! Naturally, since I used to make my own clay beads, I have a particular fondness for ceramic!!! One of my favorite ceramic bead artists is Gaea! (That's pronounced like "Gay-uh".) Her name means 'Earth'. It's the name of the Greek goddess of the Earth! Very appropriate, since she does work with the Earth, literally! Here's some jewelry I recently made with Gaea's ceramic beads and components:

 Lotus Bracelet

Magic Bead Pendant Necklace

Sweet Surprise Bracelet

You can find Gaea's ceramic beads and components on her website, www.gaea.cc and you can find Gaea at her blog, www.gaeabeads.blogspot.com