Cliantha Necklace

In this necklace I wanted to incorporate beaded beads with a mandala and decided sections of silver chain and wire wrapping would be the perfect way to connect everything.  This was also an exercise with color and bead finishes to unite the piece. The AB finish on the blue drop beads helps to do this.  Margie Deeb's books are excellent references on how to use color in your designs.  She also offer's online classes at CraftEdu.

New project and listing

Well, I guess the first thing I should say since I live in south Mississippi is "Go Saints"!!  We are making chicken wings using the famous Frank's sauce (YUM!!!!!) and getting ready to cheer for our team.

And on the creative front, I just listed a very pretty and lacy, soft pink bracelet to Etsy.  It's a design for which I hope to soon be able to offer a tutorial, so be on the look out  for it in the near future! 

Here's a sneak peek at the next Theia Necklace.  It's completely black to show off the texture of the true-cut seed beads and Czech glass beads.

 UPDATE:  The Saints WON Superbowl 44!!!  Who Dat??!!

Teasers!

Here are mystery photos for some items I listed on Etsy last evening.  For a full view you’ll have to check out my shop : ) !

P.S. Went to the gym this morning (5:30 AM!!) for a good weight lifting workout to start the day.  Highly reccomend it: Coastal Fitness--Les Mills Body Pump.

Beadwork and Non-Beadwork

I’ve been busily adding things to my Etsy shop and here is a photo of the latest. I love the brilliant blue of the Swarovski crystal in the center; reminds me of a clear summer sky.

I also wanted to share a non-beading project that I’ve been working on at my job at the Grand Bay NERR as a fish ecologist. I’ve learned to digitally illustrate tiny fish for identification descriptions and I love it! These spiny little fish are all less than a 1 cm in length and are very young greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili). I’ve also been working on a group of fish called Fundulus or killifish, which I will share when I get a few more completed.

VERY Belated Update

I have been very delinquent about posting to say the least!!!!! : ) Many things have happened in the last 2 years. The first and foremost is that my husband finished his graduate degree. Yipee! That pretty much took up the majority of our lives for 2008. I became the chief cook and bottle washer in addition to everything else while he basically lived at his laboratory. I still continued to work on bead projects whenever I had a spare moment. Everything finally fell into place and he graduated in December of 2008.  Happy Days!!

Paul doing what he likes best
 

In 2009 we managed to get our feet back on the ground and finally got to pursue our lives for the first time without one of us being in school. I started doing more beadwork and experimented more extensively with different types of techniques and materials. I got my work into a small Ocean Springs gallery called Theresa’s Gallery. The other major projects I undertook were to make wedding  jewelery  for my friend Sarah (photos to come in a later post) and a french beaded flower wedding bouquet for my friend Jessica. It took me months of work to make the bouquet, but turned out fabulously! It has coral/orange lilies, blue delphinium and white crocosmia. Her wedding was in September of 2009.

 

  

  

  

Jessica and Tim

 

 Jessica and Allison

 

Now the biggest news that I have is that I’ve started an Etsy shop: Silver Perch Designs! I just got it going this week and am extremely excited to try this venue as an outlet for my creations.  I hope to be more diligent about posting and am going to try very hard to do at least one new one every week!

Pine Lily

I recently finished a new design called a Pine Lily. Real, wild pine lilies grow in wet pine savannas in the southeastern United States. This flower is made using French beaded flower techniques and is created from glass beads, crystals, artistic wire, and floral tape. It stands about 24 in tall and the flower is 8 in wide.

Beaded Pine Lily


Real Pine Lily in a savanna

Wedding Necklace

Paul and I finally tied the knot on August 11, 2007 in Franklin, WV where I grew up. This is the necklace I wore. It wasn't meant to be my wedding necklace, but it ended up being quite perfect!


Clasp Detail


Paul and I at the church just after we were married.

3 Circles Necklace

The 3 Circles Necklace is made entirely from glass beads, crystals, and nylon floss with sterling silver finishings. It sits at the collar bone and the length of the 3 beaded graduated circles is 3.5 inches. This necklace looks fabulous with "V" or plunging necklines!

Mandala Necklaces

These are some necklaces I made for a new gallery called Fort Bayou Pottery & Gifts that has opened here in Ocean Springs, MS. It's owned by Kelly Nitz.