Lorelei Eurto's Blog, page 45

Sad to say Good-Bye

This little honey is flying off to its new home in Poland today! I am a little sad to see it go! As you can see, yesterday was a really really good mail day: Jade Scott, and some Beautiful Czech glass beads from The Curious Bead Shop! I couldn't help myself but to put them to use asap.  I really love how this piece turned out! I love that Jade's watering can had the handle AND a hole on the spout to attach it as a connector instead of just a pendant!

Now if I can just convince Nancy of Round Rabbit to make more of these gorgeous porcelain flowers, and Jade to do more watering cans, we'll be in business!!

Feeling Pearly

As you probably know, I don't work with pearls all that often. But these beauties spoke to me today in Hobby Lobby. They have the most gorgeous color and I dont think the photos do them justice at all!

The first thing I thought was, Pearls and leather. Because I was also stocking up on this gorgeous deerskin leather - The combination is beautiful and earthy!


Things always happen in a weird succession  when I'm in the studio. I had nothing in my mind one what I was going to make until after I finished a riveted leather strap for the necklace.  Looking through the goodies afterwards, I found this beauty of a pendant by Nancy Schindler Adams of Round Rabbit Extra. The glaze on this is to die for. The beautiful layered flower, with the simple dark staining on the pristine white porcelain really stands out against the blues and browns of the glaze.

Here is where I got stumped. The pointy top of the pendant with the hole- Large jump ring? Wire wrap? I wanted to do something different so this is how I worked through the issue.


I used linen cording - 2 pieces, and attached them to the hole with larks heads knots.  One on the left, one on the right. Stringing the pearls on the tails seemed unique and different.  I knotted the pearls on with overhand knots.   Loosening up the linen cording on the back, I opened up a 15mm jump ring, and thread it down through the linen on the back side....

Like this!

And then attached the leather strap with jump rings and a lobster clasp.

This is an 18 inch necklace.  It's fine by itself. But then I could not help myself and I obsessively started wire wrapping the pearls on brass headpins. One after another. Until I had a good pile.

My next thought was, what should I do with these. I had some smaller width leather cording, cut a long strand and started tying the wire wrapped pearls on with overhand knots....

Like this!

It because longer and longer and finally I finished it off and called it, "the second coordinating necklace"

Back to work

These can all be found in my Etsy shop!

Jade Scott Update day

Don't miss this one! Jade Scott is listing pendants today at 2pm central time- at her Etsy Store! I'm really excited, the watering can was my suggestion!  I love the little tea cups, and that bird on a branch pendant! EEK! Adorbs!

Exciting News

You will now be able to find a small selection of my tin snippets at Stinky Dog Beads! I caved and created some one of a kind pieces for Kitty's great website and I'm really hoping that you all take advantage - the coolest part? Now, you can shop for other beads that coordinate with the tin! Fun Fun FUN!

Best of Anthropologie Design Boards

I thought about making a new design board post but here's the problem. Back in the day, Anthropologie used mannequins. Now every piece of clothing is shown on a model. That doesn't have the same effect ya know?

So here's the best of the best from the past few years. Enjoy!

Another postage HIKE!

Gah! Again!?
Sorry guys, but postage costs are going up again, as of January 26th. Here is a chart to show the increases per package type.


I'll be updating my postage in my online shops accordingly. Boo. :(

I heart Stinky Dog Beads

Today I want to share with you a fun bead company that I discovered online called Stinky Dog Beads. Funny name, but AMAZING beads. You like Czech glass? They've got a ton, and I'm only showing a small selection that Kitty sent to me.

She's also a huge supporter of handmade bead artisans, like Gaea, Woolywire.... and will also be carrying Chirimen cord and silk Shibori ribbons! She even asked me about possibly selling my tin components. Woah. That's big. (I'm still thinking about it)

 My favorite are those awesome Mykonos metal beads! Look at that gorgeous teal patina!
 The website is really really great. I love a good bead website and you know what I'm talking about. There are some really bad ones out there, but this one- SO GOOD. Organized with beautiful photographs of the beads, so you know what you're getting.  A great quality product, from a friendly online saleswoman like Kitty- what's not to love!

And how cute is that, the owner is Kitty and her business is Stinky DOG beads. Hilarious.
:)


Kitty is offering readers 15% off of their ENTIRE ORDER through Feb 10 with coupon code 15STINKYDOG

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You're welcome.
Happy Shopping!!!

Happy Camper

 
 

This knotted necklace technique was inspired by a recent necklace from my girl Erin Siegel in Jewelry Stringing magazine.  She did a pretty leather knotted necklace using large hole pearls and faceted silver beads. I switched up the design by using some polka dotted Golem Studios rounds and faceted brass beads and added a pendant to the necklace design.

This was a fun piece to put together, and believe it or not the addition of the "happy" connector came at the very end of the assembly by accident!

This is necklace and earrings set is for sale here.

thursday shots

Dismal and snowy afternoons make for dark and dreary pictures. It's a shame- if tomorrow is better I may re-shoot these new pieces.