Just have to say...

I am loving me some dollar stores and Big Lots. I went shopping last night and came home with a bunch of bargains. (I will try and post some pics later) This particular dollar store has been having numerous types of beads on sale.  They also sell some jewelry that I take apart and use the beads. It's kind of weird cause they package the bracelets in bags of threes. It's like getting three for the price of one dollar!! So after leaving there with numerous glass beads, seed beeds and jewelry, I headed over to Big Lots and I got around thirteen swartzki crystal charms for $5 and six Blue Moon Earring loops for $2. WOW!! I love discounts. Now to mix them with some more expensive beads from the bead store and some lovely creations will appear... I SO LOVE A BARGAIN!!

OH and one last thing Winter you can continue to stay to the south of us.. I am not ready yet!!

A shout out, new designs and a blog hoppin' lady

WOW~ is all I can say when I visited this designer who participated in the recent Bead Soup Party. Check out Daisychain designs necklace made with a sea urchin pendant.

(click on the link below)

Sea Urchin Necklace --- AMAZING -- a must see 

I have been so inspired by all the lovely designs from such a talented "bowl" of ladies soup.

I have been blog hopping and still haven't reached 100 yet. There are over 300 blogs/sites to visit and I plan to visit them all. Sadly my computer will not let me visit some and knocks me off. This saddens me but I keep sampling and the soup I have tasted is delicious!! 

There are so many different styles, some I have never seen and some are way beyond my realm of vision. I have always been real streamlined in my designs and tend to be matchy-matchy. My matchy matchiness came out when I took a class on

 making bracelets with old buttons. (ok I made up a few words here but dont know how else to describe me)

 Why I tried to match all my buttons Phew... tough job!! I say this to say I am challenged with seeing all the asymmetrical designs I have viewed. Designs that are not matchy-matchy or do not have mirrored images on each side of the necklace. Could I do that? Can I step out of my "set designing eyes"? I hope so... Perhaps some day.. Anyone else struggle in this area??

~Now some djdeb designs~

My local bead store owner said these were painted shells.



I was hoping to get a closer picture of their pretty color. I don't tend to string beads as much but wire wrapping these lovely beads--I couldn't do it. Wanted to see them in all their glory!!



I am so not Gothic, but I love these Gothic crosses. I am particular when it comes to crosses and don't like real flashy ones. Perhaps because the cross means more to me than piece of jewelry... I was pleased to see how these turned out and they are inspirational when I wear them.



When I promised a piece of jewelry to a lady from church, I was not overjoyed when she said RED was her color of choice.. Seriously... Well it turned out better than this picture did. and I hope she liked it. I really liked wire wrapping with the thicker wire--especially the way it looks..


So until next time, happy beading!!

DJDEB