Newest Corsetted Pretties

Bridal Bling

Champagne and Pearls

Coral Shimmer

Pink Conch

Jumbled Gemstones
(mix of jasper and agate gemstones)

Platinum Pearls

Rock N Roll

Summer Shimmer

Oh, SO HOT!

(Solar flare photo courtesy of NASA/courtesy of nasaimages.org)

It is definitely hot around here. You don't want to leave your house at all! We're having temperatures in the 90s with heat indexes around 100! The heat and humidity is literally killer. So, if you're in NE Ohio or in the Northeast at all, please be careful and stay in the shade, drink lots of water and don't over exert! There are excessive heat warnings all over the area and heat exhaustion/heat stroke are serious, so stay safe and cool! 

And PLEASE, please pray for the firefighters and families out west battling the wildfires.

More Reasons Why I've Been Absent Online

My potential set up for Art in the Park

Triangle bead earrings and cuffs

Sparkle and shimmer corset-style cuffs

Photo inspired cuffs

New diamond cuffs

This Is Why I Haven't Been Online

Cherry Blossoms Cuff
peyote stitch, single-drop, 25 colors

 

Lightning Strikes Again
peyote stitch, single-drop, 20 colors

Little Orange Mums Cuff
peyote stitch, single drop, 18 colors

Aqua Cuff

Right Angle Weave cuffs in Lilac and Aqua

Right Angle Weave Cuffs in Topaz and
Flame Red

And there are four others I have yet to take photos of! I'm working on a fifth! So, busy, now I have to get photos taken and submit my application for the Kent Art in the Park before the 1st of July or all this crazy hard work will be for nought!

Time Most Definitely Flies

Oh my goodness! I can't believe it's been two months since I last posted. Well, OK, I can believe it because I have absolutely no idea where time has gone this year! I don't remember April at all and here we are almost at the end of May. What is happening? Please tell me I'm not the only one who turns around and a week or a month has gone by in a blink!

I have been working and beading and though I have several new cuffs, I haven't taken any photos as of yet. I have another lightning cuff and I'm finishing up one that is off cherry blossoms. There are 25 different colors of Delicas in this one, which ended up giving it an abstract sort of look. I'm going to try a variation with fewer colors to see if that makes the blossoms more distinct.

After five months, the oldest daughter is coming home for the long weekend and I have many things to do before she gets here tonight. So, I will be off, but I will try to be better about blogging...no guarantees, though! :)

New Corset Cuffs

Jacqueline's Cuff

Deep Plum Wine Cuff

The Sea

Splash

Seashells by the seashore

Rising tide

Now Showing

I've now listed all the completed cuffs in my shop (http://arosebyname.etsy.com) I love how they've turned out and truly hope they spark some interest (and buyers!). I am incredibly nervous about Kent's Art in the Park Show next year, but excited, too. 

I am currently working on a piece with an "ocean view" based on this photo from one of our trips to Florida. This one is from 1999!

Listed

I decided to list my newest cuffs. I would like to stockpile them, but the money from them could buy more beads. I'm always needing more beads!

I have also decided to make more of these corset style cuffs in different colors for the show. I think these will go over well with the college and twenty-somethings from the university.

My biggest problem right now is having too many patterns I want to bead. That's what I get for playing with my photos for days on end! Now I want to create the patterns all over again because I've gotten more bead colors and I think they could be even more detailed.
Such a wonderful dilemma...

Finally An Update

Galaxy Cuff
24 beads across, 14 colors, single-drop

Goose Creek Cuff

24 beads across, 15 colors, single-drop

Lightning Strikes Cuff
26 beads across, 20 colors, single-drop

Paua Shell Cuff
28 beads across, 20 colors, single-drop

Rosette Torregrosa Cuff
22 beads across, 18 colors, single-drop

I'm thinking about how I will set up my shop and the display at Art in the Park next year. I think I will have sections...Deep Space...Of the Earth...In the Garden...At the Museum. I have obviously done pieces for the Deep Space and Of the Earth sections, but I've yet to get going on the floral patterns and patterns based on pieces found in museums. I think, too, I will list my finished pieces, even though I was trying to stockpile for the show next year.