New Earrings

Abacus hoops. Playing with the beads.   A little to sparkly for me.

These are my favorite right now. 

They are a beautiful yellow green color. 

 LOVE THEM!

My 8 year old wanted a pair too.  So I made a mini version.  They are adorable on her. 

I took pictures and accidentally deleted them....sigh. 

Will take more pictures. 

Her friends are envious because they look so "grown up". 

Makes me smile!

White boho bliss hoops. 

These are so great because they go with everything!

Working on the next style earring being taught in the class. 

Can't wait to finish! 

This has been a great on-line class. 

Deryn has fielded so many questions and offered lots of tips and tricks above and beyond the class time. 

I am so hooked!

beads

I thought I had a decent bead collection.

But then...

I started making boho bliss hoops in the Deryn Mentock's new class and realized...

I need/want different beads for these designs.

I love projects that make you look at things that you didn't before.

I'll be honest, I didn't look at briolette beads very much until now.

so here is how I organized my beads this past Spring.

by color

After taking Alisa Burke's color class last summer I realized that I enjoy color and things sorted by color but for some reason was not applying that to my stash of beads.

I stocked up on some containers from JoAnn's during a fabulous sale.

Then I had the duty to own up to all of the beads that I have bought over the years with one project or another in mind.....and clearly not following through on all of these projects.....sigh.......