Ready for Some Color?

Spring has sprung. At least the calendar says it's spring. I'm not so sure about the weather yet. It's still cold. I think we're even supposed to get more snow today. Blech.

Apparently I have a case of Spring Fever that's affecting my choice of bead colors. I've noticed that I keep reaching for the brightly colored beads in my stash. That's a good thing, though, as I normally tend to reach for the darker colors and have to force myself to move away from them.

You might want to put on some sunglasses to look at these pieces...

Maelstrom in the Orange Grove

Think that's bright? Well, yes it is. But this one's even brighter!

Leaves of Summer

This last one's not as colorful, but it's pretty bright and cheery. I thought I'd do something nice a simple, using a little silver-toned daisy button I found.

Fresh as a Daisy

Time to get out the beads and see which colors jump into my hands today...
:-)

I'm not really a flower person, but I'm so happy with this little beaded choker! It began life as an experiment. I had an idea for creating a choker that would use the pendant/cabachon as the closure, but I didn't have a button or anything "worthy" of fulfilling the task.

I decided to mess around with making something myself, and I wound up with this little freeform flower. It's not really a rose, but it kind of resembles one. It's really lightweight and could probably even be worn sitting to the side. Just imagine how nice this would look sitting on top of a black turtleneck!

Check it out in my Etsy shop.

Heart-shaped glass magnets. I've been having fun making magnets, and I was so excited when I found these little hearts. They're about 1" tall and wide and almost 1/2" thick. My first bunch was made with flowers as the images, and they're way neater than any of the photos look. They're listed on Etsy, 3 of them for $3.50!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5221312