A new direction

I made this bracelet today for my best friends daughter, Lilly. Lilly is almost 6 and just got her ears pierced yesterday and called to tell me how brave she was. I was so excited and immediately decided I HAD to make earrings for her. I know I don't have anything in my Etsy shop suitable for little girls so I thought maybe this could be another direction to go in. I went through my beads looking for something petite and pretty and found these pastel mother of pearl discs and letter beads that I've had for years. I ended up making a bracelet for now since she has to leave the posts in her ears for 10 weeks before she can change them. I'll make earrings to match but won't give them to her yet.

I'm thinking summer already!

We had some really nice weather here in Rhode Island a couple of weeks ago. I think it was in the low 60's for one or two days. Well, that was enoungh for me! Even though we're back down in the 20's and 30's , I can't help but to pull out the bright colors, shell beads and thinking I'm going to be taking outdoor pictures in the very near future. Here's a few of my recent designs with some still in the works. If you see anything you like, they will be listed on my Etsy site by the end of the day(if they aren't already).

New spring designs!

It was so nice out here in Rhode Island on Wednesday that I was inspired to make these spring pieces. It was almost 60 degrees that day and you would have thought it was mid August by the people out in their yards, walking dogs and in line at the car wash up the street! It was just a tease though because today it's back down in the thirties and quite chilly. I managed to stay working in my office long enough to get these and a few more pieces made and I felt like I really accomplished something. I hope the design ideas keep coming!