Hello all,

I have a couple bead auctions up on ebay right now, but my kiln has a problem and is being shipped off today to Mike in Oregon to be repaired... thank you sooooooooooooooo much, Mike! Until my kiln is repaired, returned and I'm back behind it, I am offering some of my jewelry for sale in the meantime. To start, the beads...

FIRE & TEAL ::: A collection of my FIRE & TEAL handmade lampwork glass beads... these colors of teal and pale blues with pale champagne and rich, honey will work year round... as I created these beads, I had a bracelet and matching earrings in mind.

There are 9 beads in this collection... to start is a lentil shaped focal/centerpiece bead that measures about 23mm x 25mm... also included are four smaller size lentil shaped beads that range in size from about 17mm to about 19mm... along with two matching pair of smaller round shaped beads that were created for matching earrings... both pair of these smaller round shaped beads measure about 8mm x 10mm... all of these beads are decorated on both sides and have been temporarily strung on cording... this strand of beads measures about 5¼ inches long.



MENAGERIE ::: Here I am presenting an eclectic gathering of handmade artisan lampwork glass beads that are collections that were started and not finished or new color combinations that I have been experimenting with... I call this collection MENAGERIE... it is filled with playful & colorful blues and greens with raised decorations to give a 3-D effect on some of these blue and green beads and also some of these beads were created in earthy shades in plum purples, rainbow blues and greens, sage greens and browns and one bead is etched purple/plum... these colors will all work year round... I can see five or six cool bracelets made from this collection.

There are 24 beads in this collection... there are lentil shapes and round shapes... there are 18 lentil shapes with 17 of them ranging in size from about 18mm to 19mm... there is one focal lentil shape that measures about 25mm x 26mm... there are 6 smaller round shape beads, 4 measure about 7mm x 9mm and one pair measures about 8mm x 11mm... 4 of these beads have been gently etched to a satin matte finish... all of these beads are decorated on both sides and have been temporarily strung on cording... this strand of beads measures about 14½ inches long.



And now for my jewelry... these are my personal pieces from my jewelry box that I have decided to let go... time to start a new and time for these pieces to be enjoyed by someone else, perhaps...

Four VINTAGE Turquoise, Coral & Silver Cuff Bracelets ::: This is a collection of 4 vintage inlaid turquoise, coral and silver bracelets that I purchased in the early 70's... it is time for me to start a new and a new life and part of this means to lighten my load, therefore, I am offering these beautiful and fun bracelets for sale... these vintage bracelets will be GREAT for the Summertime that is right ahead of us.

The measurement of these bracelets inside from side to side is 2-1/4 inches... I have worker-bee, meaning not dainty, sized hands and I can wear these bracelets very comfortably... my wrists are about 6 to 6-1/4 inches and they fit my wrists just fine.



QUARTET (4) of Silver BANGLE Bracelets ::: A quartet (4) silver bangle bracelets, all with a different fun and playful design... I have had these bracelets in my jewelry box for some time now, but have not worn them... I spent about six months (in a different lifetime) living on a sailboat in Baja and bought some goodies down there from the local vendors... I do believe I bought all four of these silver bracelets in Baja during that adventure. They look great worn all together and make an awesome tinkling noise when they bump into each other as you move throughout the day/night... it's a very cool thing!

These bracelet's inside dimensions range from about 2½ to about 2¾. I have rather large (worker-bee) sized hands and I can wear them just fine... only one of these bracelets has the 925/Mexico marking inside of being sterling silver... not sure about the rest.




CELTIC TRINITY KNOT, Wire-Wrapped & Lampwork Pendant ::: A lovely handmade pendant with one of my handmade lampwork glass beads in purple, Swarovski crystals and a gold Celtic trinity knot pendant that I have wire-wrapped with gold-filled wire... it is all ready to be hung on a chain or cording... the pendant has a marking on the bottom, but it is so tiny, I cannot read it and it's been a long time since I purchased this, but I do believe I remember it being 14k gold, just can't be positive.




And that's it for now... until I get my kiln back, which shouldn't be too long, I will not have any beads available, unfortunately. Without my kiln, as a bead maker, needless to say, I can't make beads. But thank goodness for Mike, who built the kiln, and that he is willing to fix my kiln... there truly is sunlight on the horizon!

Hope the rest of your week and your weekend are lovely.

Take good care, Gracie, and thanks for stopping by.

Hello,

It's been a while since I have visited to update my blog... I have a lot of strangeness (for lack of a better word) going on in my life right now... life is like that, though, and it is what it is... but... thank goodness it keeps changing... thank goodness it does not stay the same! There is light at the end of that tunnel, there's gotta be! And as they say, when one door closes a better one opens... amen!

I ran across some very cool thoughts I had saved on my hard-drive that a dear friend told me a long, long while back and when I read these earlier tonight, they made me feel at peace, which is a Heavenly gift... so I wanted to share them with you...

- LOVE the people who treat you right. FORGET about the ones who don't!

- Life is too short to wake up with regrets.

- Believe everything happens for a reason.

- If you get a SECOND chance, GRAB it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it!

If you, too, are having strangeness in your life, hang in there and I hope what I added above brought some peacefulness to you, as it did to me.

Take good care and hoping you are doing okay.

G'nite, Gracie

P.S. Hope to have some more Specials up soon in the bead department.

G'morning,

I have a few new auctions up on ebay... please click on the bead collections' titles (yup, they're links) and be taken directly to their auctions in ebay... hoping all is well in your worlds!

PLUM GORGEOUS ::: A collection of my handmade artisan lampwork glass beads in my PLUM GORGEOUS design in gorgeous shades of plum and champagne... the beads with the champagne colored scrolling have a background of rainbow colors and these colors will be great for any time of the year... these beads can be dressed up or dressed down, depending on your mood... wear them out on the town or while you are relaxing and being casual... whatever your mood, these will work. :)

There are 11 beads in this collection... there are 7 lentil shaped beads that range in size from about 18¾mm to 19½mm... also there are two matching pair of smaller rounds that were created with earrings and/or 'danglies' in mind that measure about 6mm x 10mm... the champagne colored beads have been gently etched to a satin matte finish, along with the small round plum colored round polka dotted earring beads... the three transparent plum beads are intricately decorated with scrolling and dots and have not been etched, so they will sparkle in the sunlight and will add some stunning charm and to this collection... these beads are all decorated on both sides and have been temporarily strung on satin ribbon... this strand of beads measures just shy of 5¾ inches long... these beads were created with a sweet bracelet and matching earrings and/or 'danglies' in mind.




MAJESTIC REDWOODS ::: A collection of my handmade artisan lampwork glass beads in my MAJESTIC REDWOODS design... soothing and majestic hues of Mother Nature in Redwood Tree bark brown designs against an earthy sage greens and browns backdrop... these colors will work in Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. :)

There are 15 beads in this collection... to start this collection is a lentil shaped focal/centerpiece bead that measures about 22¾mm x 25¼mm... also included are 5 matching pair of smaller sized lentil shaped beads (total of 10 smaller lentil shapes) that range in size from about 18mm to 20mm... and... 2 pair of small round shaped beads (both pair measuring about 7mm-8mm x 10mm-11mm) that were created with earrings and/or 'danglies' at your clasp (or elsewhere within your creation) in mind... all of these beads are decorated on both sides and have been ever so gently etched to a satin matte finished... they have been temporarily strung on satin ribbon and this strand of beads measures about 9¼ inches long... these colors truly are soothing to the Soul and will work year round!




SUMMERTIME RAINBOW RAKU ::: A collection of my handmade artisan lampwork glass beads in my SUMMERTIME RAINBOW RAKU design in playful and fun colors for Summertime in teal blues, greens and rich and warm honey shades paired with ebony black to make these rainbow colors POP!

There are 13 beads in this collection... there are 7 lentil shaped beads that range in size from about 18mm to 19mm... also there are three matching pair of smaller rounds that were created with earrings and/or 'danglies' in mind that measure about 8mm-9mm x 10mm-11mm... all of these beads are decorated on both sides and have been temporarily strung on cording... this strand of beads measures about 7¼ inches long... these beads were created with a cool and playful Summertime bracelet and matching earrings and 'danglies' in mind.




Hope you have a lovely and restful weekend filled with ALL good things and thanks so much for stopping by!

G'nite, Gracie

G'morning!

I have three auctions up on ebay right now that I wanted to add here... please click on the bead collections' titles below and be taken directly to their auctions in ebay...

TEAL & RAKU ::: Being attracted to teal colors lately, I am offering a focal lentil shaped bead here that measures about 22¾mm x 24¼mm and to accompany it is another lentil shape that measures about 19mm with a matching pair of smaller rounds that were created with earrings and/or 'danglies' in mind that measure about 9mm x 12mm... these beads had a pendant style necklace with matching earrings in mind as they were being created. :) These colors will work all year round, but especially nice for summertime.




HOT Summertime FUN ::: I LOVE working in reds and oranges behind the torch and these colors are soooooooooo perfect for the upcoming Summertime months that are just around the corner... here is a playful collection of my handmade lampwork artisan glass beads in these favorite colors of mine... I call this collection HOT! HOT! HOT! and these colors and playful beads will bring lots of Summertime fun and big smiles!

There are 9 beads in this collection... 7 intricately decorated lentil shaped beads that are all about 20mm in size with a matching pair of small round polka dotted beads for matching earrings and/or 'danglies'... these colors are awesome... bright and HOT reds and oranges... all of these beads have been decorated all the way around and have been temporarily strung on satin ribbon... this strand of beads measures about 5¾ inches long and were created with a Summertime bracelet and matching earrings in mind!




MORE REDWOODS ::: Recently, I have been receiving quite a few requests for smaller collections of my handmade artisan lampwork glass beads in my REDWOODS design... here is a smaller collection of these beads that were created with a bracelet in mind... this are one of my favorite bead designs to make and I think it's the Soul soothing feeling that these colors create.

There are 6 beads in this collection... these are 6 lentil shaped beads that range in size from about 18mm to 19mm... all of these beads are decorated on both sides and have been gently etched to a satin matte finish... they have been temporarily strung on satin ribbon and this strand of beads measures just shy of 4¼ inches long... these beads were created with a bracelet in mind... these colors of Redwood bark brown designs against the earthy sage greens & browns background make these beads work all year round.




Take good care and hoping all is well in your worlds!

Bye for now, Gracie