That's a Wrap!

After spending most of Saturday cleaning out pots of old flowers

and vegetables. I took a couple of pictures of the changing of the

leaves for my sister Beverly. Sorry Bev, it was the wrong time of

day and they didn't turn out as good as I wanted them too. But

there's more on my Flickr.

So after working, I decided I could play and I spent the rest of the

weekend mastering the skill of wire wrapping. They say practice

makes perfect, and I needed a lot of practice. I think I have it

pretty "wrapped" around my brain now. I learned too, that like in

working with seed beads, its better not to scrimp on the thread

and have too much, than to have to little. It works the same

way with wire. I wasted more wire (and time) trying to save wire.

I have some of the best wire that I got from Jeanette Blix...its

from Vintaj and its just the perfect shade to go with the chains you

can get now.

At the top of the picture, using Blue Seraphim's

(Jeanette Jennings) disk beads, I tried the method out of

the July Bead Style issue.It was from Heather Boardman's

disk bracelet article. The lone little pink bead was from

Tammy Powley at About.com Jewelry Making. It was the

easiest and I really liked that one. Last was just wrapping

using headpins...lots of headpins! And in my honest opinion,

I prefer the look of brass and gunmetal to sterling silver.

Its a lot easier to keep clean and if you mess up the wire it

doesn't cost you an arm and a leg!

So that's a wrap and I am out of here!

Indian Summer

From Wikipedia:
Indian summer is a name given to a period of sunny, warm
weather in autumn, not long before winter. Usually occurring
after the first frost, Indian summer can be in September, October,
or early November in the northern hemisphere, and March,
April, or early May in the Southern hemisphere. It can persist
for a few days or extend to a week or more.

I hope I'm mistaken about it being our Indian Summer here! But we
did have a frost, and now its warming up again.
I made this necklace and entered it in the Art Bead Scene October
Challenge. The theme: Dark and Stormy Night. It's not too dark
looking, but it covers the cool autumn feeling and the shorter
days and darker nights.

Focal bead form Humblebeads,
disk bead from Blue Seraphim,
Vintaj Natural Brass filigree,
seed beads from Osiris Beads.
Some wood, amazonite, and green garnet squares.

Speaking of Humblebeads, I got a package in the mail with some
of her new beads. She put in a suprise for me. If you haven't looked
at her stuff lately I can tell you that you are missing out on some
great things! Her Gustav Klimt's Kiss beads are as great in person
as they look in her shop. I've lots of ideas rolling round my head
for these!