Sue Beads

I provided the scarab beads for the Component of the Month Challenge over at Art Elements for July! And as usual, didn't take a photo of my own bead before I started working with it.  But here is the one I used - unfortunately, you can't see the lustrous oil slick colors of this black metallic glass because once again we have cloudy days here in Pittsburgh. I made a choker length necklace using spiral stitch and these awesome seed beads that go so well with this black metallic glass! I used hematite swarovski crystals to divide the bead stitching and the scarab focal bead; I actually ordered a pile of pairs of various black swarovski colors and decided that these match the best! I finished off the necklace with the ball socket clasp - it's a nice way to finish a spiral stitch - the size is just right and it's fairly easy to sew into the design. Please check out what our guests and team members made with their scarabs! And thanks to everyone who took par...

I just wanted to let you in on the new beads I have been making - crusty rustic boho cut flower beads!  You can find them in my SueBeads etsy store and some are on my SueBeads FaceBook Business page!

August just flew by, didn't it?  In addition to moving my daughter into a new apartment for college and painting it and generally trying to make it not a slum anymore lol, I took an intensive class at the Glass Center with JC Herrell, took a trip to Scotland with my family, moved Jason's kids into their dorms at IUP and had a Facebook trunk show on Glass Melters Open Market!   AND it's time for the August Component of the Month with Diana Ptaszynski.  As usual, I didn't take a photo of the component when I got it, but it was this awesome stoneware coin pendant.  My idea didn't some to fruition (I think I say that a lot); I was going to use one of the bails pictured below, that I found at  Lima Beads.  While they are lovely, the color just didn't go with the focal or my idea.  Fast forward panic - what to do?  I really hate gluing bails on pieces of art, but decided in this case if I wanted to get anything done, I would need to go with ...

Hi Everyone! Sorry I've been absent of late - I've been working the real job again and it's really hard to even think about other things after I get home and have to do all the house stuff!  But, just to let you know, I'm not vending at Bead Fest this year.  Yes, disappointing, but it just doesn't make financial sense right now.  So, I am having a huge inventory sale on my Facebook Business page, SueBeads .  Here are some examples and links to the albums - all the details are in the album header!  Thanks for looking!  Inventory - Baker's Dozen Orphan Strands   Inventory - Cameo Beads   Inventory - Focals   Inventory - Miscellaneous Bead Sets  Inventory - Pairs  Inventory - Sets of 5   Inventory - Shimmer Beads  Inventory - Sparkle Mini Beads Inventory Sugar Beads Please feel free to share as I could really use the sales right now and you will get some great prices on my bead...

I've also been really enjoying making these new large hole beads - the ammonites in particular.  But I am also having a lot of fun picking out colors of the 10 billion pieces of murrini I have and putting them on large hole beads too!  You can find these in my etsy store too !

I got a new toy, and made tons of new pretty flower headpins!  You can find them in my SueBeads etsy store right now! Here's some photos!