Sun anyone?

In the fall I think of

Sunflowers!

I made this one and wore it last week.

What do you think?

It was a "made from scratch" idea that I just built

upon until I was satisfied....

But today I saw one that was even prettier.

Gretchen of  http://libeado.blogspot.com/ 

created this beautiful piece.

Now this is a sunflower of all sunflowers. 

Plus she already sold it! 

Look at all that work! 

Go over to her site and see the other beautiful pieces she creates....it will be worth your time!

Blessings to all,

Sharon

Alice in Beadland Introduction

I met a new beading buddy on Wednesday! 

Her name is Alice and she originally hails from

The Czech Republic. 

She emailed these photos. 

(I enjoy seeing what others create as they are so inspirational)

I asked her permission to show you this lovely jewelry. 

Each one is so very beautiful, filled with such love and

wonderful details. 

You know I adore bead embroidery

so I had to share these with you.

 She has a little girl but sneaks in beading whenever she can. 

(Like me, she usually looks up at the clock and it's 3:00AM...lol)

I love meeting every person who comes into the shop! 

Some people leave a lasting impression upon me.

  Alice is one of those. 

We both are struggling with the same problems....

how do we market our products?....

where does one go to advertise?.....

(Etsy has over one million jewelry ads listed.....)

I have things on ArtFire but have only had two viewers...

now what is that all about?.....

I believe it is an over abundance of talented artists that NEED/MUST get their beautiful pieces sold. 

(We have to sell our pieces so we can buy more beads so we can continue to create our passion.)  When I make a piece I put my heart and soul into making it the very best quality that I can.  When a piece finds a new home I have such mixed emotions.  I miss the piece like a child away from home but then I think about the person who wears the piece and how proud I am that I am giving someone a precious part of myself and a little pleasure to brighten their day.

Does anyone out there have any ideas for us? 

We are more than willing to listen to any suggestions....?????

Look at this one! 

Beautiful colors and lovely artwork.

Who wouldn't be proud to wear this on their wrist?

How can we get our work

"out there"

so that we can continue on? 

Any ideas?

I would LOVE to hear from you,

Blessings to all,

Sharon

Christmas is just around the corner?

Can you believe it is about that time already?? 

Where did April-September go? 

I have begun the first of my annual Christmas decorations.

Doing double duty, I am working on a class project too...

I have a couple of others going but this one is the most completed one, so far.  This one took me quite a while but writing the directions will take me hours!  (Writing directions/patterns is the hardest and most tedious part of my job.) 

How are YOU doing on your projects?

Here are some pieces I did last year.

(I can't find the others that I finished and gave away for gifts last year.)  They are not much inspiration for my upcoming projects.  So I am on the hunt for some clever...quick...easy and inexpensive beading gifts.  Any ideas for me?

I hope you all are having a beautiful and safe Labor Day!

I'm off now and on the hunt for inspiration...

Blessings all,

Sharon