Let Us Play

Something a little different from me, my first try at using waxed linen to string a lots of fun and colorful beads. Also my first try at using Picasa to make a collage!


Kristi
DreamSome.Etsy.com

Lovely Day

Other than the fact I'm approaching my last weekend of down time, it's back to work on Monday, just shy of 3 weeks after my surgery. I still can't walk but I'll roll around the office on my knee cart as best I can, probably half time for a week or so until I can begin to walk again.

But today is a lovely day because of a couple of wonderful things. My husband is working in my new studio as we speak, repairing the walls in preparation for painting. Hopefully it will be somewhat ready for me to start moving in/using by the time I can walk again.

Here is a very bad photo of what it looked like a few days ago. The couch, chair and possibly armoire will all be moved in to other rooms. All the cabinets will stay, I'll have tons of work and storage space and even space for friends to come over and play.

Above is a piece that was in our living room when we moved in to this house a little over a year ago and we moved it in to my studio, this is how it looked when we moved it the first time. Now it will be moved (for the last time) in to my new studio.

Last but not least!!!!!

I am featured in a wonderful blog!!!!! Happy Mango Beads is one of my favorite places to purchase beads. They have a fantastic selection and tons of amazing beads that fit my style to a T! Thank you Happy Mango for your awesome selection, service and support of your customers, we appreciate you!

Kristi

DreamSome.Etsy

Beautiful Things

Life is good!!!!!!!! I just received my most recent order of beauties from Happy Mango Beads I LOVE EVERYTHING!!!


I got some gorgeous Large Bone Beads, I've gotten the brown ones before and made necklace I call Kenya, these are natural color and just as incredible. I've already have a design in mind (more than one actually) and this time the large bead will be dangling as a pendant and I've already played with stringing smaller bone beads, turquoise, lampwork, naga shell with an inlay of turquoise, red coral, PMC textured bead caps and some other smaller beads to fill in. I can't wait to put it all together. This is going to be neutral but a very bright neutral!

Here are a few pictures of my new stash, I thought about showing you my sketch but I think I'll leave it to the imagination for now.

Here is a group shot of the beauties!!! The Large Bone beads are gorgeous, there's some silver rings, faceted Mookait (YUM) medium Brown Bone Beads, Short Brown Bone Tube beads, Turquoise Heishi (which I use constantly).





And here are a couple of close ups! Mookaite






Turquoise and Brown Bone, so lucious together!!







And here is the finished project using the Large Bone Beads.






Kristi
DreamSome