Right after I posted last night I got to work on another necklace lanyard design I've been thinking about. I mentioned (and showed a picture) of the smoky quartz faceted barrel beads I bought, those form the core of my design.

I used the last of the smoky quartz square cushion beads left over from a necklace you can view here, smoky quartz round beads, 24k gold vermeil rope pattern spacers, 24k gold vermeil disks, and 10k & 14k gold filled beads. 32" long. My scale says it weighs 3.9 oz., so it's not as heavy as I thought it would be, but still a necklace with substance.

As with the previous piece, it's unfinished until I get new fasteners. For some reason I thought of V'ger in the first Star Trek movie, so this one is tentatively named "Silicon Mind" and the quote for it will probably be "Is this all that I am? Is there nothing more?" unless I find something better.

Shot with artificial lighting, the beads are a darker, smokier color than my computer is showing.

(click picture for larger view)

Did I Mention Flickr?

I have just about everything I've ever made posted up on Flickr - stuff that's not on Etsy or here can be viewed there.

So Much to Do, So Little Time Left!

Well, the big BayCon weekend is nearly upon me - I've got a lot to do to get organized still. I've completed about 16 or 18 beaded badge lanyard necklaces since last Friday.

I finally got some pictures taken, but have so many more to do. Since I'm losing daylight and one of my photography lamp bulbs burned out, I had to stop. I'll do more tomorrow.

I will also try to take shots on my cell phone at the convention and post them via the mobile blogging feature, so they'll go up without any text at first. I'll come back and add some commentary when I have time.

Wish me luck! Until next time, here are a few of the things I've made that I'll have on display at the convention:

Cobalt glass with a light blue feathered design


Gold iridescent glass bi-cones with smoky quartz beads


Hematite colored glass hexagonal and druk beads


Jade and freshwater pearls

Clasps Finally Arrived!

Clasps came today - this evening I finished off nine necklace lanyards, one of which was a new one I made this evening. Still no time for pictures - hope to get a number taken tomorrow and post. Watched NCIS season finale with my husband while I assembled a few of them. I'm really excited about two of my recent creations - the one with jade and pearls and another in very high quality smoky quartz with 14k gold filled donut spacers. (edited to add picture of smoky quartz necklace lanyard - the jade and pearl one is in the post above)

If they don't sell this weekend I may just keep them for myself, I like them so much.

Early meeting tomorrow, so heading to bed now.