Bundle of Beads

This is my first photo posting a piece of jewelry that was made using my ruffle beads. Patricia Young is the wonderful designer of this piece. I was pleased to see that I was wrong when I said these ruffles didn't look good next to the wood.

Things have changed over the past two years since my last post. I'm now in Driftwood, TX with the studio next to my RV. Ranches surrounding the RV and studio are amazing. So many animals and wildlife around. The sunsets are amazing and I get a daily show from my studio nearly every evening.

I have been playing with images of sea creatures creating beads from those images. For instance I have been looking at sea urchins for about a month. I thought I was so clever with my designs until I saw some other beads based on sea urchins. I should know by now nothing is new but I was happy to see other creative ideas.

The picture to the left is a recent pull of beads for earring pairs. I haven't cleaned them up but when I do I think I'll have an earring making marathon. Anyone is welcome in the studio to join the mayhem as long as we keep the number to two extra people. More folks can join in if we make it outside the studio. I have a table outside where we could play with the beads all day.