Spring!!

Spring makes me sing! The sun, the warmth, all the colors and flowers popping everywhere! Throwing open the windows in my studio and letting all that glorious light in! I may be taking a chance here but the heater has been turned off, the grass mowed about the outside of the studio door and all the the stinky, creative work I have been aching to do over the winter,  has commenced beginning with today.

The shop hours are 11 -5:30 everyday except Tuesday. You can also give me a call during those hours to make an appointment to see our trunk show upstairs or the warehouse just outside of town.  I am even entertaining the idea of a regular open studio day. Oh, but the possibilities on an endless spring day just seem endless!

ABALONE!

Then, there are abalone beads. Straight from the Philippines making me think of surf and sand and the crinkly hairdo I get from salt water spray at the ocean. Shell jewelry is perfect for your spring accessory. Mother Nature's own miniature paintings in shell form. Stop in and make up some abalone earrings or a bracelet today.

Lapis. What can I say about this gorgeous deep blue? It reminds me of the deepest seas. The bluest eyes. The sweet smell of spring rain. It is a must have bead for me. We have beads, jewelry and specimens in this beautiful stone in the lobby case.

Hoping to see you soon about the shop or downtown. Let's  go have an ice cream and talk spring and beads and dreams and of the future.

It is a wet and windy spring day. Cold enough to turn on the heater! I have spent the morning in the studio making earrings and contemplating the warmer days so I can get to my other metal and glass studio and do some new work. It has been way too long since I have been out there. I need to do some rearranging and put up some shelves too. Summer will bring on new studio adventures!

I love this picture of Kathy. She is officially retired but we keep drawing her in to both the bead shop and the yarn store. She has become quite an accomplished knitter, by the way. Last Sunday she crimped off and priced the new collection of daggers into the shop. These are the new Laser Tattoo daggers with awesome patterns on each little spike. The surface is like velvet in your fingers and how the tiny patterns are placed on the daggers must be magic! We have some that have flowers and leaves on them and some that look like peacock feathers and best of all, some that are lined as if they were an insect's wings! Those are my personal favorite. Anyhow, I think this picture of Kath in her red shirt with the long length of daggers against her, is very artistic.

And then, there are these beads. part of the Picasso finished seed bead collection we have in from the Czech republic. This color palette is a favorite. They can be incorporated into your bead work or strung on elastic to make an armload of stretchy bracelets. Perfect for the shorter sleeve weather coming up!

Just a reminder, we are keeping our new BEAD SHOP ANNEX room open by appointment, or you can ask to see it if there are two of us in the shop. The Annex is in the classroom upstairs from the bead shop and features a trunk show of gems, jewelry, artwork, sculpture, scarves and found objects and treasures. All at discounted prices. The room will be open for first Saturday Gallery Walks too from 5:30 to 8:00 ish. Like my ad says, " You have to see the selection to believe it. "
xo, Lois