BTW - Bead Table Wednesday

Yeah for me! Finally I am able to get a BTW

posting done. This is what's on my table for this

week. It's getting close to Valentine's Day and I have

the "hearts" for it...plus a couple other goodies I love.

A couple of bead sets from Gaea, a very chic, shabby

heart from Menagerie Studios, Jade Scott heart, a

couple of pendants from Spirited Earth, and a couple

of other great pendants and beads. So now that I've

shown my work I 'd better get busy so I can do a

Show and Tell Friday....

Bead Table Wednesday

Heather at HumbleBeads has a little flickr

group going: Bead Table Wednesday

Just so we can take pictures of what's on our

bead table for the week. A little inspiration for us,

a nudge to keep our creative juices flowing, an

incentive to use all those good art beads and

other goodies we've just been staring at lately.

Well, maybe not for you, but this is gonna get me

motivated. Something fun for the New Year.

Grab that camera and post your projects.

I'm having a sale!

There's a sale going on in my Etsy shop. 20% off on

everything. I think its time to put in something a little

more seasonal, don't you? Summer's gone and Christmas

is right around the corner. For goodness sake! Where does

the time go?

Happy Birthday to Me

Oh lucky me, I have made it through another year!

Not that I thought for one minute that I wouldn't,

but sometimes you never know. Anyway, on Wednesday

I will be the great age of 55. Who would of thunk?

I remember (yes, my memory is still partially there) back

in elementary school thinking about the year 2000 and

what age I would be then. I couldn't comprehend being

that "old"...yet here I am. For turning 55 I can get a

tall cup of coffee at the Coffee Beanery for only $1.00.

Woohoo! So in celebration of my birthday I bought

myself a piece of jewelry from Ingrid Dijkers.

Ingrid is a multi-talented artist, not only in her

jewelry making skills, but she is a journalist and a

doll artist too.

She also has been doing the Michigan Ren Fest for a few years.

I was hoping to get there this year and visit her in her shop.

But it's looking like it won't be happening, time is running out

and there is so much to do around here. Next year for sure.

Ingrid has a nice blog, and a beautiful website.

I have so much more to write about, this week

was busy and I did so much. I'm going to get

back on the blogging, I've been missing that.

And here is Rubee Dew looking bashful. It's been one

week since we brought her home and we just adore her.

She is so different from Bailey, but that's what we love

about her. She is such a smart girl. God sent me another

Angel that's for sure.

2ndhandrose

Thanks to Heather, last night we got my Etsy shop up and

running. A new banner and avatar was created and its they

are fine looking if I do say so myself. For the rest of this

month I am offering free shipping with each purchase.

Please go and check it out, I am excited to see it happen!

2ndhandrose Designs by Rosanne Garvison

Thanks again Heather for your generous time and help.

Making the Commitment

Right here, right now...

Opening after the 4th of July

Watch for my Grand Opening...

you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Little Pretties

It hasn't been a very productive week so far for me, but
I did put together a couple of bracelets and I really liked
the way they turned out....

A Humblebead focal with Vintaj bead caps and a beautiful
robin's egg raku lampwork bead from Sue Beads
(who I hear is going to Portugal, you lucky girl you, and is
giving you free shipping if you buy her beads by Saturday).
Along with some lava beads from Rings & Things and
faux beach glass from my local bead store. Let me tell you,
it looks great on a tanned arm...being that my arms and the
tops of my feet are the only things getting brown.
Who turned the oven on, cause I am cookin' this week!

Another bracelet I really like. Its a rather weighty piece.
Another Humblebead, this time her owls (so cute!).
A few of Heather's disk beads and lots of Czech glass, a
couple lampworked beads from my personal stash
(meaning I've had them for so long I can't remember
where I got them)and some beads from Quest Beads.

I wire wrapped the owl and made the clasp from wire
purchased from Bello Modo. I really like Heather's
whimsical creatures, they just make things fun.

Have a Heart

Seems like everyone is gearing up for Valentines Day.
Everywhere I look I see hearts and more hearts and
lots of seasonal colors...red, pink, white.
I gathered a few of my favorites. Believe me there's
more than I have time to list! Check out their blogs,
and websites and then go to their shops, nobody
knows better than you what you like! Sorry Geary!

Lynn Davis

Nancy Schindler

Jennifer Jangles

Beth Hemmila, Hint Jewelry

Mellisa at Chinook Designs

Red poppies from Heather at Humblebeads I love these!

Mary Harding has new hearts...I got one today!

Lorelei one of my favorite jewelry designers.

And another one from Nancy...she opened a new shop today
Round Rabbit Extra. I got one of these too!Lucky me....

Humblebeads is having a sale!

If you've ever bought her beads or read her blog, now is the chance

to purchase a piece of jewelry made by her own little hands.

Humblebeads is having a jewelry sale. I've already picked my

favorite, but there's still some left for everybody else.

Some of the pieces are things she's shown on her blog,

like her collaboration pieces .

She's taken 30% off her asking price too. And she's getting to be more

famous all the time...she's a Bead Star winner and is gonna be in the

Bead Star magazine coming out next week.

Did you know she is my niece?

I'm just a little asteroid floating around in her universe....

I'm so proud of her!

And Beverly Herman is getting a dove too! I'll hold it till she comes

home next week. I can hardly wait!

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, The Next New.....

Bead Star Winner Could Be....!!!!

OK people, listen up! The people at Beadingdailey.com
have been doing this contest for the cover of the next

new Bead Star magazine. They have all the finalist picked

and now its our turn to vote for the winners. It just so

happens that I know the person who has not ONE but TWO

necklaces in the finals.......TA DA....

Heather at Humblebeads!

Key to My Heart

Sea Urchin

Now I'm not partial to her just cause I'm her

Aunt, but I sure do love her beads and jewelry.

So if you like the look of her pieces, why don't you

vote for her?

Dort Designs

My Beading Buddy has finally got her own

website. Dort Designs is now open for your

viewing and shopping pleasure. Dort has

been designing and selling her jewelry for about

6 years now. Lots of fun pieces, incorporating

natural stone, seedbeads, and glass. Her designs

are simple, yet eloquent. Dort has a great eye

for color and texture combinations.

And I even have a piece named after me!

(She knows I have a thing for pearls.)

Classic Black and White

This is a special set I made for my niece Kayla. She's a tough
one to get anything for. Being a teenager is one reason, the
other is that her and my tastes run totally opposite of each other.
Maybe it's our age differences? or am I too eccentric and just not
cool? I remember I was cool at one time....
But with these fine beads from Earthenwood Studios, I knew I
couldn't go wrong! I just added a simple cord to the necklace,
used some black horn that I've had for ages, the leaves were
perfect. For the bracelet, I add crystals, some silver beads and
Melanie's accent beads and I had another winner.
I was thinking the other day while I was shopping, that I could
tell by the color (mostly black) that it was getting close to winter.
I always wear a lot of black in the winter time. Probably cause its
too freaking hot to wear in the summer? Ya think?

Copper Moon

Finally after three days and I don't know how
many pictures, I managed to get one that looked
halfway decent. I'm thinking that its the metallic
beads that make it hard to get a good picture of.
Most of the time it was blurry...
Anyway, this is a bracelet I have done for my sister
Susan. The focal face is a raku bead from RAMA
(Emerald's Beads). A couple of rose montes and
czech stars sewn in with lots of coppery seed beads.
The background is adhered to a copper ultra suede.
A nice warm autumn look.