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The jewelry I love to wear is always rather simple… made to show off a fantastic bead…or three! The focal bead is made by ceramic artist Tari Sasser. When I started making the Rio Party beads, I finally knew what I was going to do with Tari’s fantastic bead! As luck would have it, my friend Heidi Bond – makes gorgeous hand dyed ribbons – had the perfect ribbon to string it and 2 Rio donut glass beads on. Simple and WOW all in one! $42.00 The ribbon is about 25″ and the focal is 2.5″ long.
Another set of Rio Party color beads. A color reaction between a rare, no-longer-made glass and two more common highly reactive glasses. There is no predicting how the colors will develop but a riot is pretty much guaranteed! You will find baby blue, purple, lavender, burnt orange, golden yellow and teal in these. The five bead set is a smidge under 3″ long. The smaller pair are about 3/8″ and the larger three are around a 1/2″. $27.50 |
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This is such a subtle beauty. It may not look like much at first glance but, look again and you’ll see all these dark, mysterious sky colors. Rich blues in navy and steel, a flash of green or purple, and lots of silver glass shimmer! The key is 2 3/4″ long and the bead was built on the shank of the key in the flame. The key has been polished with a sealing wax to prevent rust and protect your clothing.
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Named for the opitical illusion created by encasing parts of the bead in clear glass. The silver-rich glass used for the purple dots shimmers and gives off a mother of pearl effect in the light. The green dots add to the overall olive tint created by this rich ivory glass. Bead is 3 3/8″ long x “just over” 3/8″ wide. $30.00
I was testing some frits with this set. Orange, blue, green and brown over while Small floralsm mostly melted in on the tab. The tab is 1″ hole to hole and the rounds are 1/2″ $9.99
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An End of Day bead in a bicone shape, swirls of vitrograph handpulled cane over ivory. There are a myriad of colors in this bead from a yellow / olive to copper green and teal blues… a lovely mix. Measures 1.5″ long x .5″ at the center of the bicone. See size reference photo below$14.00
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Opal Yellow slim focal glass bead wrapped with a dragon’s tail style cane. The cane was made with lots of rich silver glasses and sparkles as it moves!
Measures 34 mm hole to hole (vertically) x 10 mm around. 1 Bead $11.99
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The inside of this abstract heart shaped bead is created by multiple layers of glass… I was going for orangy pink… but I didn’t like the shape. As often happens with my beads…sometimes they just “want” to be hearts! I started messing with the shape and some of the silvered glass worked its way to the surface. In the end, I think it’s much more spectacular than I envisioned. Swirls of metallic glass with glorious pink peeking through… She’s a beauty!
Measures: 28 mm x 24 mm wide. – $15
Whimsical butterfly bead in baby blue with sparkling blue aventurine details! The decoration is on BOTH sides of the bead. 23 mm hole to hole (vertically) x 26 mm wide. $12.00
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I’ve been teasing the folks on my NEW fan page for a few days with this guy! It was unintentional…The website needed some back end coding and updating and I’m ALMOST done with that. But on to the bead:
Another high silver focal. This one is dark and mysterious…hence the name. Rich dark purples that could be brown in the right light. Smatterings of green, blue and black. Mystery is two beads in one… a split personality. One side has silver rich Murrini, the other has lost of swirls and waves. This bead is a true lentil shape and SO shiny… sure not to disappoint! 34 mm hole to hole (1.3″) x 37 mm x 16 mm thick. A little smaller than some of my more recent focals.
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