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Monday, November 22, 2010
Bead Nirvana...
Friday, November 19, 2010
Shopping spree...
~Pamela
Monday, November 15, 2010
New items...
I've been a little busy lately, what with building the website for CYS Marine and helping get their offices up and running, working on the Coastal Bangles and Beads website and keeping up with the regular work around the boat. However, I've had tome to make a few new items. I rather like the sea turtle set and I love the new Thai Buddha!
The copper sea turtle necklace set features natural sea shell beads, copper floral motif spacer beads and a copper toggle clasp. The copper sea turtle set is priced at $25.00, please email if interested.
The Thai Buddha is silver plated. The necklace is strung with semi-precious black onyx beads, glass faux jade beads with Thai silver bead caps and small sterling silver bead spacers. The finishing chain is silver plated irregular shaped loops and there is a toggle clasp to finish it all off. Silver Thai Buddha is priced at $15.00, please email if you are interested.
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
~Pamela
The copper sea turtle necklace set features natural sea shell beads, copper floral motif spacer beads and a copper toggle clasp. The copper sea turtle set is priced at $25.00, please email if interested.
The Thai Buddha is silver plated. The necklace is strung with semi-precious black onyx beads, glass faux jade beads with Thai silver bead caps and small sterling silver bead spacers. The finishing chain is silver plated irregular shaped loops and there is a toggle clasp to finish it all off. Silver Thai Buddha is priced at $15.00, please email if you are interested.
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
~Pamela
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Shell Earrings - instructional video
I love these simple little earrings. After watching the video, I made myself several pairs~lol Thinking about making a necklace and bracelet set to match them:-)
Sunday, November 7, 2010
A School of Fish!
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| A School of Fish |
The bracelet is made of stainless steel, the fish are silver-finished stainless steel and the blue beads are all glass.
If you are interested in this set, please let me know. I am offering them for only $15.00...
~Pamela
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Fire Mountain Gems...
So Ive been doing a little price shopping for beads latel and I have to say that the best pricesI've found so far are at Fire Mountain Gems. Not only are their prices low, but they have an incredibly huge selection! The print catalog is just over 433 pages packed full of information and goods, but the on-line store has even mre available. I popped over to the store earlier and they are having a big $1.00 sale now, so make sure you check it out!
On their website, you'll also find instructions for several different jewelry pieces and videos in the how-to section:-)
On their website, you'll also find instructions for several different jewelry pieces and videos in the how-to section:-)
Friday, November 5, 2010
A trip to the bead store...
Today I went to a charming little bead store in Daytona called This and That. It was a wonderful sunny day for a drive (if a little chilly) and a lovely store, so it was well worth the effort to visit. Unfortunately, I was once again over-whelmed by the assortment of beads. However, I did go with a plan!
Last night, I stopped by Barnes and Noble and bought several bead magazines (see, I'm starting to think ahead now!) to get design ideas and see what's hot and what's not. I found the most BEAUTIFUL necklace and I really want tomake something similar. Unfortunately, after finding all the stones online and doing a little calculating, this particular necklace will end up costing me approx. $175.00 to use the same stones. Not in my price-range for one necklace! But I'm a simple girl and I really don't need the large Peruvian opal nuggets and really, how much of a difference is Thia silver going to make as compared to regular or silver plate, since this is for me anyway? For that matter, I actually like the way pewter looks:-)
I decided to search for similar, but more economical stones and pendants/beads to see what I could come up with. Well, it wasn't easy! First, there are SO many different semi-precious gemstones that are similar to Peruvian opals that it's hard to make a decision. Especially when the sales clerk is trying to explain the pros and cons of each one...at the same time! It was impossible to decide on the gems, so I'm going to have to do a search and order on-line...when I'm alone. That way there's no one standing over my shoulder saying "Are you certain you want to go that direction? It's not the same color." OK, really, is there ever going to be a "color" to match those opals exactly? No. I'll find something that I like; something that suits me and get on with life, thank you very much.
Now we're onto the Thai silver (or I should say the super expensive Thai silver that I'm not buying!). I decided that I really like the sea-creature charmes, but wanted to find them in a slightly smaller size and I really do like the pewter ones. Well, I'll have to order those on-line also, since the poor sales clerk almost suffered apopolexy at the thought of actually using pewter instead of silver on such a lovely necklace. I guess I'll be ordering the pendants and extra beads on-line also now~lol
I've decided that the best way to shop is to find the beads/stones I want on-line and write down the prices and where the best deals can be found. Then, armed with what I know I'll then head into the stores. I also plan on only carrying the photos and not the materials list since I obviously want to make my own decisions on the colors, shapes, sizes, etc. of the beads, stones and pendants. Besides, I don't really want a duplicate of someone else's necklace, I simply wanted a similar style.
Anyway, if you like the necklace above, you can get a copy of the directions at the below link. I believe that they cost around $3.75. But beware if you carry the material list to the store with you. Those sales clerks will try and talk you into the exact opals and silver beads!
http://www.kalmbachstore.com/bspdf040348.html
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| Seaworthy by Erica Morris |
Today I went to a charming little bead store in Daytona called This and That. It was a wonderful sunny day for a drive (if a little chilly) and a lovely store, so it was well worth the effort to visit. Unfortunately, I was once again over-whelmed by the assortment of beads. However, I did go with a plan!
Last night, I stopped by Barnes and Noble and bought several bead magazines (see, I'm starting to think ahead now!) to get design ideas and see what's hot and what's not. I found the most BEAUTIFUL necklace and I really want tomake something similar. Unfortunately, after finding all the stones online and doing a little calculating, this particular necklace will end up costing me approx. $175.00 to use the same stones. Not in my price-range for one necklace! But I'm a simple girl and I really don't need the large Peruvian opal nuggets and really, how much of a difference is Thia silver going to make as compared to regular or silver plate, since this is for me anyway? For that matter, I actually like the way pewter looks:-)
I decided to search for similar, but more economical stones and pendants/beads to see what I could come up with. Well, it wasn't easy! First, there are SO many different semi-precious gemstones that are similar to Peruvian opals that it's hard to make a decision. Especially when the sales clerk is trying to explain the pros and cons of each one...at the same time! It was impossible to decide on the gems, so I'm going to have to do a search and order on-line...when I'm alone. That way there's no one standing over my shoulder saying "Are you certain you want to go that direction? It's not the same color." OK, really, is there ever going to be a "color" to match those opals exactly? No. I'll find something that I like; something that suits me and get on with life, thank you very much.
Now we're onto the Thai silver (or I should say the super expensive Thai silver that I'm not buying!). I decided that I really like the sea-creature charmes, but wanted to find them in a slightly smaller size and I really do like the pewter ones. Well, I'll have to order those on-line also, since the poor sales clerk almost suffered apopolexy at the thought of actually using pewter instead of silver on such a lovely necklace. I guess I'll be ordering the pendants and extra beads on-line also now~lol
I've decided that the best way to shop is to find the beads/stones I want on-line and write down the prices and where the best deals can be found. Then, armed with what I know I'll then head into the stores. I also plan on only carrying the photos and not the materials list since I obviously want to make my own decisions on the colors, shapes, sizes, etc. of the beads, stones and pendants. Besides, I don't really want a duplicate of someone else's necklace, I simply wanted a similar style.
Anyway, if you like the necklace above, you can get a copy of the directions at the below link. I believe that they cost around $3.75. But beware if you carry the material list to the store with you. Those sales clerks will try and talk you into the exact opals and silver beads!
http://www.kalmbachstore.com/bspdf040348.html
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