First Show!

Thank you to all my new friends from this last weekend who made my first bead show such a wonderful success! I really appreciate the wonderful feedback on my work and can't tell you all how much that meant to me. I enjoyed meeting and talking beads and jewelry with all of you. Now with my first show behind me I will have time to post more new work on my site for sale. Thanks too to my friend Donna Johnson (www.dancinglightjewelry.com) for her wonderful encouragement and persistance in getting me to try my first show. Please come by to visit us again in November at the Fort Worth Bead Show. Thanks to my new friend, and fantastic bead artist, Ginny Hampton (www.ginnovations.com) for her kind words and encouragement. Also, a BIG thank you to my daughter Ryan for helping me through the pre show jitters and helping out at the show.

Just a reminder!

The Dallas/ Fort Worth Bead Show is this weekend! Come by and visit our booth. I'll be working 2-6 on Friday the 16th. Come by and say hi!

Patricia

Grapevine Renaissance Bead Festival

Number one, geez, I can't believe it's been over a month since I blogged (is that a word?). I am trying to get ready for my first show! It's months away but since I usually sell everything I make I have NO inventory. Well now I do. I have tons of hand dyed silk cords. I have made some of those into adjustable necklaces for focals. I have a bunch of bead sets and a few focals. Also, some Pandora beads! So if you have missed me on Ebay, that's what I have been doing.

Number two! The Dallas/ Fort Worth Bead Renaissance Show is coming up in Grapevine Texas on May 16th-18th and the Grapevine Beadmakers’ will have a booth there all weekend. Our members are from the Dallas/ Forth Worth Metroplex and we would love to meet other lampworkers from the area. Come by and visit to find out a little more about us and get information about upcoming meetings. We will be having a little informal gathering at the restaurant located inside Stacy’s Furniture in Grapevine after the show on Saturday the 17th at 6:30. Here are the links for more information and directions to the restaurant.

The Dallas/ Fort Worth Bead Renaissance Show

Stacy's Furniture - Grapevine

Email me if you have any questions. Come by and say hi. We would love to meet you!

Patricia

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