Clinkscales Arts

I’ve discovered a new (to me) style of beadweaving that I just adore. It is so feminine and pretty; reminds me of India. I’ve been gathering components to create these, and I finally finished them last night. I set the vintage glass stones myself using silver plated settings. Ear wires are oxidized sterling silver.

is the title of this treasury I created. Yes, I know it has sexual undertones - did that on purpose trying to peak people’s interests and get them in to look at these beauties:

You can see I chose fellow members of EBW (Etsy BeadWeavers Street Team) and others I pulled from my favorites.  This list is active until Monday morning, June 23rd. Check it out.

The Etsy Admin finally recognized the talents of the Etsy BeadWeavers Street Team by choosing an all-EBW treasury to grace the front page on June 9, 2008. This gorgeous treasury was curated by none other than the treasury queen herself - Carol Dean of SandFibers. Thanks to Carol Dean for including my “She’s my cherry pie - Ball & Chain Necklace” in her treasury. It’s the top middle item.

This month I managed to get a piece finished in time to enter in the Etsy BeadWeavers June Challenge.  The theme was “Anything Goes” and I believe we interpreted it well!  By the way, my Modern Sterling Silver Bracelet is #8 if you’d like to vote for ME!

I found myself with an Etsy Treasury last night, so this is the group of items I chose to feature:

If you want to see it on Etsy, you have to get there quick! It will disappear at 4:09 a.m. Monday Morning, May 19th (EDT). Click the screen shot to be magically transformed to Beadwoven Heaven.

I knew it had been a couple of weeks since I posted to my blog, but I didn’t realize it had been a month! Like everyone, I’ve been busy, busy. I’ve been working on custom orders, but found the time last night to bead a new pair of earrings for my shop. The color looks purple, but they are more of a grayish purple. I call them Mocha Eggplant. They’re pretty and dainty and perfect for afternoon tea.

I noticed a beautiful beaded fringe bead made by Janie Warnick in a book I recently purchased. I contacted Janie to see if she would allow me to use her pattern to make a few beads for my shop. She graciously agreed, and here we have my first fringe bead: