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What I'm working on.
My mom's visit was nice, but I have my workspace back! I spent the afternoon today getting set back up and laying out a few projects.
( What I'm working on )
( What I'm working on )
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State of the shiny
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:
( More shiny under the cut )
But in the meantime, here's some snapshots of what I'm working on tonight:
The state of the bead board:
( More shiny under the cut )
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What I've been doing on summer vacation
Not much. Lazing about, writing, a bit of vacationing. Buying way too many beads. But I did just recently do this:
Pink Lemonade: Large pink crackle glass rounds, yellow and pink lampwork squares, sterling silver square spacers on heavy jewelry wire. Silver-plate hook and eye clasp.
Pink Lemonade detail view.
I also finished up the bulk of The Dryad is In. Just need to get a big gold heavy gauge jump ring to hang the pendant. It looks pretty different from my original envisioning (I ended up not using the bark-like pearls, and I did end up adding some green shell beads), but I quite like the final version. Pictures to come when I get it completed.
And, I finally got a handle on the stash, which was taking over half the living room floor. After I bought a pink travel case (to the left in the first picture) for storage, and still had crap spread all over the floor, D said, "We should get you a cabinet." An excellent idea.
The shiny stash in its new home. Box and bin on top for miscellaneous/extraneous bits, and everything else tucked neatly inside.
Closeup of the cabinet: Top shelf has bead boards, second shelf has books, box of pendants, box of finished pieces, and stringing supplies. Shelf three has all my beads.
My nicely organized and labeled boxes.
Man, does this set up make a huge difference in working. I'm able to pull out enough that I can work easily, the labeling makes it simple to find what I need, and it takes just a few minutes to pack it all away when I'm done - having the shelf on top for the bead boards makes me feel so much more secure about leaving half-finished projects about. Before the board just sat on top of the rolling file box I was using, covered by a bead cloth, and I just hoped the cat wouldn't decide to investigate too closely.
Pink Lemonade: Large pink crackle glass rounds, yellow and pink lampwork squares, sterling silver square spacers on heavy jewelry wire. Silver-plate hook and eye clasp.
Pink Lemonade detail view.
I also finished up the bulk of The Dryad is In. Just need to get a big gold heavy gauge jump ring to hang the pendant. It looks pretty different from my original envisioning (I ended up not using the bark-like pearls, and I did end up adding some green shell beads), but I quite like the final version. Pictures to come when I get it completed.
And, I finally got a handle on the stash, which was taking over half the living room floor. After I bought a pink travel case (to the left in the first picture) for storage, and still had crap spread all over the floor, D said, "We should get you a cabinet." An excellent idea.
The shiny stash in its new home. Box and bin on top for miscellaneous/extraneous bits, and everything else tucked neatly inside.
Closeup of the cabinet: Top shelf has bead boards, second shelf has books, box of pendants, box of finished pieces, and stringing supplies. Shelf three has all my beads.
My nicely organized and labeled boxes.
Man, does this set up make a huge difference in working. I'm able to pull out enough that I can work easily, the labeling makes it simple to find what I need, and it takes just a few minutes to pack it all away when I'm done - having the shelf on top for the bead boards makes me feel so much more secure about leaving half-finished projects about. Before the board just sat on top of the rolling file box I was using, covered by a bead cloth, and I just hoped the cat wouldn't decide to investigate too closely.
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In progress: Copper and Blue
The blue pearls are part of the stash I picked up as Penguicon. The copper is from a bag of mixed copper pieces I ordered recently. The pendant is glass.
larger image here
larger image here
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In Progress: The Dryad Is In
I saw the vaguely rectangular brown/black freshwater pearls in the clearance section and thought, "Hey, those look like tree bark..." Also, antique gold finish french earwires, antique gold finish metal leaf charms, green iridescent seed beeds, 5mm green glass triangle Toho beads, and a large asymmetric moss agate.
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full size image here
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In Progress: Silver Lining set
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I'm really happy how the bracelet turned out here. The necklace, however, needs work. I threw it together with the bracelet leftovers, just to see an idea of it. The tigertail is the wrong choice - I'll need to wait until my Acculon wire comes in from Fire Mountain, or do something with chain and sterling wire. And it needs a better focal piece, something more in the same style as the silver spacers.