So where have I been?

You know where I have been? I did a bead show! It was exhausting and fun. I actually was just helping my friend Donna (Dancing Light Jewelry) with her booth. She makes wonderful fused dicro pendants and cabs. I have had no experience with shows and she was showing me the ropes. I have no idea what happened next. The next thing I knew I was committing to do the Dallas Bead Show in September. I need inventory, I need displays, I need....... You know the list is long, lol. It has been another "growth" experience for me.

I still have some silk cords left guys! Not lots and I am out of a couple of colors. I will be making more soon so check back to my site Sacred Art Beads

Pandora Beads! I will be making Pandora or Troll style beads soon. Well I actually make the unlined beads now. I am working on coring these with sterling silver. Ooooh shiny! Are you looking for something special or maybe a certain color? Email me. Do you want to make your own lampwork Pandora beads. Check my site for 5/32" mandrels. They are perfect for making unlined beads for your bracelet.

Happy Beading!

Patricia

New colors of hand dyed silk cords on my website!

They are finally up and they turned out beatifully! Bright, vibrant colors! See them in the sun?

Here they are Hand Dyed Silk Cords

Silk Cords Are Up!

OK the first batch went up on Etsy and on my website. Do you lnow what happens when you dye the whole spool of cord? You get twenty two yards of beautifully dyed purple silk cord. I hope purple is a popular color, lol. This is rolled silk cord that is about 1/8" wide. I have hand dyed these and cut them to into 36" lengths. There are various hues of purple and some blue highlights thrown in. I think they are beautiful and shiny. At $3.00 each I think they are a bargain too. These are what I use to hang my lampwork pendants on. I use sterling cones and fine silver wire to finish the ends. Just email me if you need some ideas on finishing the ends.

Mmmmm purpley. Satin cords on Sacred Art Beads Website.

Patricia

Valentine's Day Challenge

I belong to a wonderful group called the Grapevine Beadmakers and we get together once a month. Part of the fun of the group is our monthly challenge! We decide on a theme and then we all go home and make some beads. It's amazing how talented everyone is and how diverse in how we interpret the theme. Anyway, once the beads are ooohed and ahhhed over at the the next meeting, we put the whole batch up for sale to benefit the group. We have been on Ebay but thought we'd try Etsy this time. The problem was that there are nine artists participating this time and Etsy maxes out at 5 pictures. So what I have done is split it into two separate listings. I think someone is going to get an amazing deal this time. Our theme was Valentine's Day and there are some really great beads we are selling! You may recognize some of the work or some of the artists. I tell you we are one talented bunch, lol. So is a link to my Etsy store. Check out the group's amazing beads when you get a chance.

Sacred Art Beads on Etsy!

Oh and look for some new things soon! I am hand dying my own silk cord now and plan on getting them up on the site soon. So many colors and so little time......

Patricia

Was it really last year?

Wow. I just came by to post a little and saw it was December 8th when I last posted. I'm still busy with my craft so be sure to stop by the webite and my Ebay sales once in a while. I almost always have beads up on the bay. I have a new finished piece I'm pretty proud of. It's an etched off mandrel heart with sterling heart charm on a hand dyed silk cord all finished with sterling findings. I love it and I'm having a hard time parting with it. I hope to have a few more hearts up by next week.

For you lampworkers out there, new on my site and Ebay, I now have 5/32" stainless steel mandrels. Great for making beads that are silver cored for Pandora or Troll style bracelets!

I've had lots of requests for this size.

Also if you have any finished pieces made with my beads I would love to post them on my site along with any links for your website or other store sites.

And soon to come! I love the look of the hand dyed silk cords I have been using. Unfortunately the girl who made these no longer makes them. I am now dying my own cords and will have them up on my site soon. I may also be including matching silk cords with each focal I sell.

Happy beading!

Patricia

Focal Clearance on Ebay!

Lots of lampwork beads on Ebay! Some starting at 99 cents!

Sacred Art Beads on Ebay

Thanks guys!Patricia

Hi!

Just a note to let you guys know what's going on in my little bead world. I have a couple of really nice sets on Ebay right. One is a hot little set of chili peppers, really cute. The other is a beautiful olive green set. I hope to post new pictures before it ends. I got a new photo set up and I think the detail will show better. Some more focals up on my site.

Something new for me. An online friend has requested that I make some beads for pendants from her late brother's ashes. Weird? I don't think so. It's a beautiful way to remember your loved one. I have heard of doing this before with family's or pet's ashes but this will be my first time. I hope to do the beads justice and I'll try to post pics.

Christmas is just around the corner (OMG! I am NOT ready!) and a few of you are making beads for jewelry as gifts. I hope you got your butt in gear before I did. I'll have another size of mandrels up next week, 5/32". I have a lot of requests for this size because they fit troll bead bracelets. I'll also have more of the large hole mandrels back in stock, 3/8" and 1/2".

Happy Beading!

Patricia