Sue Beads

Waaaay back in May, I signed up for Rita Avila's (Toltec Jewels) annual Octoberfest Blog Hop!  And I had forgotten about it until she sent the reminder and list of participants!  So, I don't really decorate for Halloween anymore because my kids are older, and I haven't exactly been burning it up on the creativity front, so I thought I'd share some of my recent fall inspired beads today! Some of these are still available in my SueBeads etsy store.  And here's the list of participants for this year!  There are a lot but it would be great if you could visit some of these fine people and see what they are up to this autumn! Toltec Jewels                             Jewel School Friends  (hostess) Dini Bruinsma                            http://www.angazabychanges.blogspot.nl/ Marybeth Rich    ...

The amazingly talented and incredibly kind Rita of Toltec Jewels (for Jewel School Friends) is hosting a blog hop today using none other than my flower chicklet beads!  I am very excited to see what you all made with the beads!  Here are some things I have made with them, some are repeats from yesterday and some are not. I want to thank Rita for contacting me about this blog hop- she constantly surprises me with the variety and skill with which she makes jewelry, and her constant support and enthusiasm for bead artists and jewelry designers is amazing!  Please check out what everyone else made with their chicklet beads! Just so you know, I will be visiting each and every one of your blogs, but I have two other blog hops to visit as well, so please be patient with me!  I appreciate all of you! ARTISTS: Guest of Honor & Featured Artist:    Susan Kennedy Sue Kennedy's blogs:               ...

The beautiful Ms. Rita from Jewel School Friends blog is hosting a Summer Elements Blog Hop today!  I made three pairs of earrings for myself, in a summery theme, and thought I'd show you those! I got the beads from a bead show here in Pittsburgh over the winter, or maybe even in the fall, and just never got around to showing them on my blog!  These are faceted beads, have no idea the stone, but they are opaque, I'm thinking some kind of dyed agate. These are gorgeous faceted angelite beads!  They are just too pretty, I want to eat them!  And then these ones, I picked up from a table and the owners of the booth were probably pretty upset that they had to be at a bead show that day, from their attitude.  I have no idea what the "stone" is - they are not real stones, I hope they aren't asbestos or something like that.  But I did like the crackled effect and they are faceted as well!  I'm on a faceted kick right now! So here are some of my ...