We have been doing a 1-2 festivals a month. Finger lakes wine festival a few weeks ago in Watkin's Glen and Syracuse art show last weekend.
My necklace that I had just beaded that morning got a lot of complements and one woman even identified Linda Lawrence, Bella Beads as the maker of the Hannah's Heart. Done up with crystals, white pearls and real red coral the colors are so fun and summery. I like the dimension to the finishing coral beads the asymmetry really picks up light as you wear it.
I also finished a hamsa- evil eye pendant this last week. I have had the bead for over 3 years waiting for my inspiration to come. I am just starting to work with wire wrapping (thanks to my sister Lucy of Lucile Ellen Designs) that worked with me on my first wrapped piece a copper tree of life when we were visiting the parents in Palm Springs. I opted to go with a simple copper (well simple for me, I tend to like big and bigger) chain so as to not distract from my wrapped piece. Weaving the bail was fun and a tip picked up from a beading magazine, I especially like the seed beads wrapped around the outside to mimic the red edges of the evil eye bead.
With Becca off to college at USNA she was paring down a lot of her clothes and jewelry as she will be basically in uniform for most of the next 9 years. She left behind this very large rustic (steel looking) Jewish star, it was really huge jokingly referred to by me as her "gangsta star". I do like big as noted above and I love all things Jewish. So I wore it with a big multi-strand blue necklace it was okay but nothing special. So now that I have a new skill wire wrapping watch out.......
a new tree of life is born, with two of my favorite colors this summer turquoise and orange together.
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