posted August 22, 2007 11:13 PM         

1940's bracelet

posted August 22, 2007 11:17 PM         

I guess I'm not much of a purist -- the Sleeping Beauty stuff is a gorgeous blue, but I like turquoise with more matrix.

Do you like the green turquoise from the Orient??

posted August 22, 2007 11:26 PM         

re: earth tone pendant, I love that! And the Unicorn does look like Scrimshaw--I thought that's what it was.

I resized the Bowling alley

posted August 23, 2007 06:28 AM         

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Do you upload to a host for each image like I do? Or do you get a usable IMG from a tool bar? I'm finding shortcuts all the time, wondering.

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posted August 23, 2007 11:09 AM         

Earth and Sky Cylinder Beads ~
I started making these long, long Earth and Sky Beads in early 1999, several months after I had taken my first class from Andrea Guarino at the Puget Sound Bead Show in July of 1998. The gradation in color is what originally fascinated me about these landscape beads. The Moretti glass comes in many different shades, but the gradation from one color to another is not a smooth one. Consequently, most of the glass for these beads was hand mixed from other colors, drawn out into rods, cooled, then used, in the order of their saturation. The evolution of my technical skill was a continual challenge, as the whole bead needed be kept hot as additional glass was applied to the mandrel. These were made on a Minor Bench Burner, an oxygen/propane torch.

These Sky beads were made in several different landscape styles: Forest, Water, Lakes, Ocean, and Desert, and in different lengths, too. (The ones in this image are about 4 1/2 inches long.) You can see the evolution of my fascination with light, and earth, and sky continuing in my Evening Star Aromatherapy Vials even yet today.

Andrea Guarino has long been a fave!! I love her Universe/Galaxy and Underwater bead-series….. http://andreaguarino.com/beads.html

posted August 23, 2007 11:09 AM         

This is a *fabulous* necklace with the stick pearls and blister pearl along with her lampwork beads…..

posted August 23, 2007 11:18 AM         

I have some of the Peruvian Blue (and Pink) Opal, like in this necklace, but I don't like the faceting, prefer it natural.....

posted August 23, 2007 11:35 AM         

I have an old old coral necklace of my mother's that needs restringing -- thought I might use hand-carved ivory beads as spacers.....

posted August 23, 2007 11:41 AM         

Meanwhile I remembered Dale Chihuly = his huge art glass hangs over the canals in Venice. And you know I'm all about Venice

posted August 23, 2007 11:47 AM         

Leaving you with a neat planet paperweight

posted August 23, 2007 01:13 PM         

Citrine - Lore
Keywords: Success, Abundance

Citrine is known as the "success stone" because it promotes success, prosperity, and abundance. It particularly promotes success in business, earning it another nickname, "merchant's stone", and is said to bring business if put in the cashbox of a shop or carried. Citrine is a stone of good fortune, although it brings good fortune in sometimes unexpected ways. It is a stone of manifestation, helping manifest abundance in many ways. Along with prosperity and good fortune, citrine imparts generosity, to share the wealth, so to speak.

Citrine dissipates negative energies of all kinds. It also does not absorb any negative energies from its surroundings, and thus never needs energentic clearing. Citrine can be used to clear unwanted energies from the environment. Family issues caused by negative energies can also be resolved and cleared with citrine. Since citrine eliminates negative energies, it helps generate stability in all areas, and is good for general protection.

In the mental area, citrine enhances mental clarity, confidence, and will power. It also increases creativity and promotes honesty.

Emotionally, citrine relieves depression, self-doubt, anger, and irrational mood swings. Citrine is a stone that brings happiness and cheer to one who carries or wears it. Citrine also reduces self-destructive tendencies. Citrine helps eliminate fears caused by others' ideas and suggestions. It can help one overcome emotional traumas and grief. Sensuality and sexuality can also be heightened by citrine.

In the psychic and spiritual realms, citrine is good for general psychic awareness and spiritual development. Citrine clears the aura of negative energies and influences. It is also very useful for meditation. Citrine is a stone of protection, removing or deflecting negative energies of all kinds. It is also excellent for dream recall and dream work.

Physically, citrine is beneficial for the digestion, stomach, eliminating nightmares and other sleep disturbances, thyroid, general health, heart, kidney, liver, muscles, strength, endocrine system, circulatory system, tissue regeneration, urinary system, immune system, fibromyalgia. Citrine is also good for removing toxins, and overcoming addictions.

Citrine is associated with the solar plexus chakra.

Amber

Amber gives a soothing, light energy that is both calming and energizing at the same time. It can help manifest desires and heighten intellectual abilities, clarity of thought, and wisdom. It is said to cleanse its environment by drawing out negativity, and is said to relieve physical pain the same way. It brings the energies of patience, protection, psychic shielding, romantic love, sensuality, purification, balance, healing and calmness to those who wear or carry it. It is considered a good luck charm for marriage. Amber is excellent for inner child work and past life work. Amber is associated with the solar plexus chakra and sometimes the sacral chakra. Mystical lore says that amber is beneficial for purifying the body, headaches, bone problems, heart problems, circulation, ears, hearing problems, endocrine system, fibromyalgia, intestinal/digestive disorders, kidney, bladder, lungs, and general healing purposes.

posted August 23, 2007 07:33 PM         

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I share the blue/green affinity but it has to be certain shades..ex. that Asian turquoise? not fond of it, or malachite for that matter. The heavy green Jadeite is not a fav either.

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And the Malachite:

What about the Yellow Turquoise??

Or the African Turquoise with its odd olive/teal blend of color??

posted August 23, 2007 07:37 PM         

Ah-Hah!! Et Voila ;-))

posted August 23, 2007 07:40 PM         

the two amber/copal/resin necklaces:
-- the chunky one on the left has small carnelian spacers with "vegetable amber" (tree resin) and copal pieces (the dark orange) from Tibet
-- the small one in a "3" shape is genuine Baltic amber -- I have quite a bit of the cognac-color; it's a pleasure to work with it and feel it in your hands and on your body

posted August 23, 2007 08:41 PM         

Stunning Pics!!!!

THANKS!!!!