Special Gift

This necklace will be shipped off to California to brighten the day of my Aunt Karen, who is undergoing Chemo treatment for breast cancer. I made this necklace at my mom's request for something lightweight and pretty to lift her spirits. Carey's beads always lift my spirits, so finished jewelry is sure to do that for her!

Fun filled weekend!

Carey, Ann Marie and I has so much fun this weekend! I was sad to see her go back to Maryland. It was a whirlwind two days as we grabbed Carey and Hailey off the plane and put them in the car and drove much of the state of CT! Carey brought beads with her, which was awesome and we played with them all for hours! :) We are all addicted to glass! We did not make as much jewelry as we had hoped to but spent hours upon hours talking and laughing, which was also a blast. Today we went to the bookstore, because that's what our children wanted to do. Then I took them to Elizabeth park for some pictures to update our blog. I hope you will check back soon as Carey and I have talked about a lot of different shapes and colors for beads, and new jewelry designs as well as some "projects" for our future. Hope you all had a great weekend! Carey and Hailey, it was a pleasure to have you here, come back soon!

Here we are!

Carey and Ann

Hailey just Chillin' out waiting for us to finish walking around.

Hailey made a really disgusting pumpkin! Perfect for Halloween!

Here's Meghan and Hailey at Elizabeth Park

Together!

Carey and I will be spending the weekend together here at my house in CT! Stay tuned for a recap of our crazy weekend! It will be so nice to finally meet in person! We're off to the airport now to pick her and Hailey up! Let the fun begin! :)

The "Spooktacular" Collection...

I would like to introduce to you my Halloween 2008 "Spooktacular" Collection!

I will be listing these over on Etsy shortly! Click the pictures to be brought right to the listings. Since we are close to Halloween, I am marking these pieces 10% off right now!

"I'll get you my pretty!"

(1 set available)
"Boo!"
(3 sets available)

"Trick or Treat"

(1 available)

I'm still working on the spiders and a multitude of other things, but this is what I have so far! Check back later on for more! Carey, you totally nailed it with these beads!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

They're HERE!!

UPDATE: Check back tomorrow, I'll have Spooktacular Jewelry posted in the am! These are the best Halloween beads ever! Thank you Carey!

Oh my gosh, Carey! They are more fabulous in person! Love them. I'll get to work and get some pics up as soon as possible for everyone else! Thank you!!

Can't Wait for the MAIL!!!!!!

ooooooooh, I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for today's mail... I hope these beads are in it!! As soon as I get them, I'll get to work! Please check back later... I'm going back to looking out the window for my trusty postal worker to grace my doorstep!

Spooktacular Collection

As requested......ghosts, witches hats, rings and disks! Here is a fun collection of Halloween beads, I hope you like them Kristen!

Autumn Splendor!

As promised, here is the bracelet that I made with Carey's gorgeous hollow beads! This was made with Bali bead caps, Swarovski Crystals in Copper and Olivine, pewter Panten Beads, leaves and pine cones and a gorgeous Bali Silver Toggle clasp. I have already told Carey that more hollows will need to be made as they are FABULOUS to design with!

I'm afraid that this particular piece has already been spoken for, however, this can be custom ordered in a similar style, with Carey's beads, and I have more leaves and crystals and different silver toggle clasps. If this is something that you may be interested in, please let us know and we can create one just for you!

Autumn Hollows

I just absolutely can't wait to see what my dear friend Kristen does with these!!! They are amber hollow beads with accents of browns and greens......PERFECT for the fall!