State of the shiny

[shiny_omg]

Even though I've been quiet here, I've been beading like mad the last couple of months. No pictures of most of it yet, because 1. I have about 12 mostly finished pieces (strung, just need finishing) and 2. I was waiting for a "fake neck" style display I ordered. That came in the wrong color, and I just got the replacement last week. So soon I'll have a whole bunch of stuff to spam you with.

But in the meantime, here's some snapshots of what I'm working on tonight:


The state of the bead board:




Picked up these silver and gold swirl polymer clay beads tonight. Currently strung with metallic silver Miyuki cubes, gold matte faceted Czech glass and silver plate squares:



Picked up these pink swirl polymer clay beads tonight. Currently paired with dark and light pink mixed glass and silver plate 3mm rounds:



Labradorite choker. Been playing with this for a while. 3mm labradorite rounds with sterling spacers. Hill Tribe silver tube focus with five labradorite charms (hung on sterling head pins). Will end up with a sterling S clasp:




My new display finally showed up in the right color! Just playing around with photographing using it:




Reorganized the stash again. To free up space on the shelves, I put hooks inside the doors to hang all my cord and chain. There's also some hooks on he outside side of the cabinet for more cord:

Comments

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

Cool! Love the display.

[shiny-omg.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[annienau08.livejournal.com]

Very cool! I especially love the silver and gold swirl beads.

[shiny-omg.livejournal.com]

Those are so fun. And cheap, too. Just 3.75 for s string of eight. They had a whole bunch of colors, so I'm going to have to go back and get more.

[audrich.livejournal.com]

That labradorite choker is absolutely beautiful!
I never seen anything like the Hill Tribe silver tube focus with the head pin holes in the UK.

I take my hat off to your organised stash.

I'm looking for red shinys.. but i can't get the *right* red, do you know what I mean?

[shiny-omg.livejournal.com]

The tube foci with the loops to hang things seem to be recently gaining popularity.

And yes, I so know what you mean. I just took apart and put away two projects because I couldn't find the right complement colors (mine was red too!) I've started carrying a few of the beads around with me so that if I pop into a craft or bead store I can see if they have anything that works.

[audrich.livejournal.com]

When you get a moment - and only when you get a moment, if you purchased the tube focus from an online store, I would very much appreciate the link.

Thank you x

[shiny-omg.livejournal.com]

There's a number of styles like the focus I used mixed in here:

http://www.firemountaingems.com/shopping.asp?SKW=KWMBHILLTRIBECOMP&ItemPerPage=100

That's the online store I usually use.

[shiny-omg.livejournal.com]

Oh, here try this. I did a search for tube with loops, and this should make it easier:

http://www.firemountaingems.com/search.asp?skw=tube+with+loops

Apparently they don't have them in any metal other than sterling, so they're pricey.

[audrich.livejournal.com]

You're an absolute star - thank you.

A shiny star by golly!