Beadwork Blues detail: my lampworked bead focal, aquamarine, sterling silver, swarovski crystal and abalone shell, with pearl and sterling silver bead necklace. $225. Earrings (see below) $20 (sterling silver and swarovski crystla) and $35 (sterling silver, pearl swarovski crystal and aquamarine)
Finished this today. Monday Blues….but these blues rock! Thought I'd share.
Feeling a bit overwhelmed and in a fog and think I'll ease back instead of forging forward and see what happens (that's the other side of the blues…I don't have a necklace for this yet).
Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy this latest work.
thought for the day: Oddly enough, it can be difficult to identify stressful thoughts even when we are stuck and unhappy….If for any reason you draw a blank when it comes to finding a stressful thought, answering these questions and completing the sentence stems should [help]. Think of your answers as a bucketful of wriggly earthworms just begging to [dig in your dirt.]:
How could your life be better than it is now? What do you wish were different? What is in your way? Who do you envy? Who do you resent? What do you fear? What would make things easier? Molly Gordon, The Way of the Accidental Entrepreneur: The practical path to building a business that fits "just right"
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**love**
Now, after that effusion I had to go back and look at it again, and as I gazed at the lampwork bead I saw a face in it. In your photo it is upside down. The two black strips across the bottom are eyes, a nose is formed by the silver vertical and the mouth is in the pale horizontal stripe. It looks like a very serene face, as epitomizes blue to me. Quietness and peace rather than depression. I love to lie in the tall grass in the fall and watch the gold heads wave against a cloudless blue sky. I can imagine myself sinking deep into the limitless spaces of the universe, and that is what this necklace brings back to me as I look at it.
Ohhh, deep breath. That is a happy dancing sort of sky/sea blue with iridescence and sparkles. I really like this necklace. I am now reminding myself of the fact that I have scads of necklaces that I do not wear hanging on display in my room. Nonetheless, this is a beautiful piece of art.
very pretty – opposite color scheme as the one below. you have found balance?
OH!
Tammy, The blues are gorgeous. This is like an ocean-treasure, the different blues are incredible! The aquamarines are the thing that makes it perfect…