More Photos... Coming Soon...

Photos for these past few posts coming soon!!

Still working on the photos.....!!

Sorry for the delay!!!!!

# 23

# 23

***Special Order Necklace***

This necklace is made of Peridot chip beads, with sterling silver beads and clasp. I'm including it here because it is a piece I "created," although I did not do much to "design" it. The customer wanted this (very) long strand of Peridot chips strung, for her granddaughter, in a fairly secure way. So, I used a very strong beading wire (nylon coated steel,) and fastened crimp beads about every two inches for the entire length of the chain (over 30 inches total.) That way, if the strand should break, the beads will not ALL fall off of the cord, just what is within the broken part could.

Enjoy!!

- Dawn :)

# 22

# 22

***Love these earrings!!***

Semi-precious stones (amazonite & smoky quartz,) are individually wire-wrap-looped with sterling silver, and connected to a hand-forged/hammered sterling silver triangular spiral dangle.

NOTE: These earrings go with # 21 (and these are NOT for me to wear!!)

Enjoy!!

- Dawn :)

# 21

***A bracelet for ME!!***

This bracelet contains several of my favorite stones & materials, in "chunky" form... Each bead is individually wire-wrap-looped with sterling silver, and connected to the next piece. Semi-precious stones (amazonite, smoky quartz, and bronzite,) are combined with quirky fresh water pearls... Mostly neutral earth-tones, with a touch of fresh, sweet blue.

I made the first one in this series for myself, because I wanted to experiment with the clasp. This handmade sterling silver wire spiral clasp (which I love in itself,) did not work with this bracelet the way I wanted it to... So I am still experimenting... (I just want to post it here to share my process of exploration...)

Enjoy... and stay tuned for more on THIS bracelet!!

- Dawn :)

#’s 17 18 19 20

***(More) Short & Sweet***
4 Pairs of Earrings with Short/Medium Dangles
Beads include Stones/Glass/Ceramic/Sterling Silver
All on Sterling Silver Wires

Included here are one of my FAVORITE's... I call them "Fiesta Donuts" (can you guess which ones they are?!?!)

Deadline Extension :) Project Continues...

A few days ago, I realized that, so far, I have posted 16 out of 100 items, which leaves 84 more items to post, and my 30 days was almost up!! *** Yikes!! ***

I have MADE several items that have not yet been posted, and there are several items in the works to finish and post.

So, I've decided to *** extend *** the 30 days a bit... Hmmm... I'm thinking of extending it until the end of this year. That sounds good to me right now. :) ...and the idea of extending it seems much nicer than the alternatives---crazily finish it quickly, or abandon the project---and I really don't want to do either of those.

I believe that progress is good when we are working on our "Creative Projects" :) Progress may go forward sometimes, and as a dear friend once told me, sometimes "sideways..." But we should always try to keep it going, if it is something that we want to do.

Creating the TIME to CREATE...

We talk about "finding" the time, but really, we have to MAKE the time!! In other words, we need to CREATE the time to CREATE our creative works. It's like other parts of our lives, and parts of our days, where we (ideally) manage things so that we can do the things that matter most to us... Like time to create... Whether we are doing it for work or for play or for relaxation (or for all of those things combined,) it's important to do our creative stuff. Sometimes it can be really challenging to coordinate it all, but it is sooooooo worth it... Like exercising and eating well and getting enough sleep... **Creating for Joy** can help make a very happy, healthy, vibrant person... mind, body & spirit!!

So, with that, I will get back to my "creating"... and I hope **YOU** will, too!!

Enjoy!!
- Dawn :)