Another Treasury!

Checking out the EBW Forum at Etsy, I discovered (thanks to Enchanted Beads) that I had been featured in another treasury.

Some wonderful pieces of work have been included in this treasury! Enjoy.

Rings and things

Beaded Rings - large and glittery, I just love them. I now have a collection of rings to wear with different outfits and mostly don't worry about how well they match with my other jewellery. They can be much the same colour, but not necessarily the same style or beads etc.

Thought you might like to see a couple:
Although they look similar, they are completely different stitches. The gold one is brick stitch around a bead, and the green one is made in the peyote stitch style used with rivolis. The stone in the middle is from a broken necklace, but it looks like a small rivoli.

Etsy Treasury - I made another one!

Kerrie very kindly let me know that my Challenge bracelet has appeared in a Treasury! Very exciting news as they are so hard to compile. Whenever I view the Treasury list there are way more than 333 lists already and no opportunity for me to grab one.
I wonder if being in Australia has something to do with it? Maybe the lists all expire when I'm sound asleep?
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=53837&show_panel=true

Etsy DUST sale

Just finished adding a couple of items to my Etsy Dust Sale section. These items have been discounted by 15% for the month of July and the Dust Team are hard at work keeping our promotion running. There are lots of great items in the sale. Increasing Australian consumers awareness about Etsy has been a bit of a long haul over the past 12 months or so, but I can see from the increasing numbers of Australian sites that there are many more people talking about Etsy out there.

Keep up the good work.

My latest addition is this bracelet which features some polymer clay beads made by my daughter Catriona who is a very talented beader in her own right.

Etsy Beadweavers

Thanks to Kerrie and Marlaine for commenting on my post re Beads Etc magazine. I feel quite honoured to have their input.

Article in Beads Etc Magazine

Just spotted the new Beads Etc Magazine, Issue 18 at our local newsagency. My "Brilliant Blue Ring" project appears in this issue, so I was very excited to see it and have quick look at it.

EBW Challenge - Midsummer Night's Dream

Got all inspired last night and made a freeform peyote bracelet with the focal bead which I bought at Bead and Gem Show. The theme Midsummer Night's Dream made me think of moonlight on water, and I feel the bracelet depicts this quite well.

The focal bead is the moon's reflection, with the dark blue rippling sea coated with moonbeams.

Posted the bracelet on Etsy today. http://www.etsy.com/create_listing5.php?listing_id=13007694

You can vote for your favourite EBW Challenge piece from 9 July 2008 on the Etsy Beadweavers Blog site (see link).

If you are interested in lampwork beads, the focal bead featured here was made by Tom of Vitrospective and more of his work can be seen at www.Vitrospective.com. He and Jessica have been kind enough to admire my bracelet and asked whether they can include it on their blog.