beadstash reduction retreat

[firecat]

I spent Wednesday thru Saturday in exotic Pacifica, California. I went to visit the ocean and to make a dent in my bead stash.

I waded in the ocean but didn't go surfing or swimming—I wanted to, but I didn't have any body-heat-retaining water clothing, and the ocean was pretty cold. I spent a lot of time looking at the waves.

I made 19 pieces of jewelry and I'm pretty happy with them. I still have a lot of beads left though!

Photos below. More photos available on my Flickr page.




two-tone glass bracelet


trilobite and cat painted plastic earrings (elynne made these—I just put them on earwires)


"Three Critters" wooden bead and painted plastic necklace (cats and trilobyes by elynne)




labradorite, sunstone, and other stone bracelet (two views, with more shiny-labradorite photos on my flicket page)


jasper and hematine earrings


stone bead bracelet


natural touch resin bead and painted square necklace. the square was painted by Sharon Bearce, a Belmont, CA, artist


pressed glass bracelet




stone nugget and octoball necklace. Octoball is from Green Girl Studios




No. 1 Cat and bone bead necklace. The pendant is "No. 1, I Presume" by elisem


green stone and wire earrings


goldstone nugget, fetish bear, and other beads necklace


flying saucer glass earrings. I bought the beads at a craft fair.


fish and clear glass necklace


natural touch resin bead eyeglass chain


"Big & Small Fish" glass necklace


"Bear Fetish" necklace


art glass bracelet

Comments

[snippy]

Lovely work!

[firecat]

Thank you!

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

That there's some great stuff!

[firecat]

Thank you!

[eeyorerin]

oo!

[firecat]

Thanks for looking!

[dr-brat.livejournal.com]

ooooh! Cool stuff!

[firecat]

Thank you!

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

Nice work!

[firecat]

Thanks!

[chickenwitch.livejournal.com]

Your flying saucer glass earrings are out of this world, both beautiful and creative. You certainly accomplished a lot of beading in such a short time, but most of all you created a lot of lovely stuff. Were you going with the flow as you were creating the jewelery? Or had you planned out each project in advance? I like to know how people create their art.

[firecat]

Thanks! The way I was working was to put a pile of beads on the desk and then try to make order out of them. Usually it meant lining them up on the desk to see if they looked good in that order, and then stringing them.