A new twist

Several months ago I bought all these wonderful seed and bugle beads from a gal who had listed them on Craig's List. She bought them from a formal wear boutique that had gone out of business. I have had many pleasurable hours sorting and then working with those beads. Included were these beautiful midnight blue bugles. I wanted to use them in a special way but struggled to come up with something. Finally, I went back to my tried and true cabochons. I had one that was deep enough that I could weave the bugles into the bezel; it made sort of a crown effect which I really like. Then for the chain - spiral, I thought, using the bugles in the spiral. Again, I really liked the results. I think the whole finished piece turned out quite nice and I still have tons of those gorgeous dark blue bugles to play with! I used to be afraid of working with bugles because they always cut my thread, but since I've discovered fireline, I get much better results.

Wow, Two!!

I'm so excited! Discovered this morning that I'm in two Etsy treasuries. It's so fun (and also a little bit mind boggling) to think that my creations are conceivablely being viewed by people from all over the world! Not bad for this ol' county girl from Podunk, Kansas. I have always loved what I do and I have made some very lovely things over the years but the ones that fulfill me the most are the ones that I come up with like "Come Play in the Moonlight". It's extremely satisfying to me that finally, I'm able to apply techniques and stitches learned from others' work to pieces I can call my own. That's what I like so much about cabochons. They always have a way of creating themselves into something truely one of a kind.