Lines Drawn in Starlight

I'm just going to keep adding items into my Etsy shop whenever I make them. Why not? I take photos anyway (which usually just end up on my tumblr).


Chrysalides on Etsy.


Take a look if you like! I added a necklace made out of some of the beads from that mixed up bag I got that still makes me anxious to sort them.

Oh, and if you ever consider starting an Etsy shop, get a friend with an Etsy account to refer you. After I set up, I saw that I could have gotten free listings for both parties! Alas!

Wow! Sleeping in, reading, getting laundry done, cooking... and making jewelry. This is a "scrap" project. I find it entertaining to see what I can make out of whatever is loose/unfinished/failed in my bead bag. I managed to find two gold seed beads, barely enough matt green seed beads, and a gold fill fishhook clasp to bring together an assortment of red Czech beads (culled from the ongoing "red orange" necklace), some green wire links I made ages ago (abandoned project), and a badly designed bracelet (gift). Nymo thread is always in my bag. The jump rings were unexpected.

A couple of bits were put aside for matching earrings, but there weren't any earring findings in the bead bag, so I must track those down. Other than those, I had exactly as much beadness to get the choker length.

An especially rewarding project because this is my first act of beading since I came back from CA.

That's my neck making a rather unappealing background. You can see it on silk in the other Flickr photo.

I'm using http://www.flickr.com to post this. Oh, and yes -- this is the kind of thing that I make. And yes, they all have names.

Sadly, it's the only (nearly) pro photo that I have of anything.