I seem to be in a cheerful mood. Everything I have made this week is bright and colorful.
Very unusual for me. There must be some way to get out of this and slide back toward the dark and brooding side of my personality.
Check these out they are enough to make you run for insulin.

I have started enameling jewelry items again. I love enameling but I do prefer the torch firing to kiln firing. I am hoping to get used to it because the results are more consistent with the kiln.
I did the two below and I just love the horse.
The second one is a necklace focal. I love that it looks like and abstract painting
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Christmas Coupon Codes

Use coupon code CHRISTMAS2015 to get 15% of any item in my ETSY shop.
Use the link to the left or find my shop by name on ETSY.
Look for silververtexdesign on Etsy.
Get 20% off your second purchase the code will appear when you pay for the first item.
It is a wonderful life........

Discovering Old Treasures

Well I have been back on ETSY for a month and on Ebay for a week and I forgot how hard it was to create, photograph, list then create, photograph and list over and over again.
If I could just do the creating and skip the last two steps I would be a happy camper.

But pulling out some of the stuff I made just before I had to go back to work in the real world has got me itching to get out in the studio and rifle through my printed tin stash.

The last two or three weeks I have been listing and creating, listing and creating and creating and listing.......
I have started back on ETSY and also on EBAY.
It is very hard to find the time to get the listings done since I am still working full time but I am really enjoying the challenge. The creating is not so hard. I have such an incredible stash of beads I have collected over the years and also findings and metal that I can make a million different combinations with the choices I have and still find more options to work with.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/254902687/boho-earrings-dangle-drop-style-green?ref=shop_home_active_1

 

 These are my ETSY listings.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/254766235/earrings-flirty-reclaimed-tin-red-and?ref=shop_home_active_2

https://www.etsy.com/listing/254869790/earrings-dangle-drop-type-with-and?ref=listing-shop-header-2

Having Fun with My New Bead Stash

I am having so much fun with all the new beads and finding I got from the Houston Gem and Jewelry show last weekend.

The stone beads are the most fun but I also like the glass pearls and shaped glass beads I picked up.
I wish I had got more floral beads but there are always regrets when you get home.

Houston Gem and Jewelry Show 2015 ...My Haul

We just got back from the Houston Gem and Jewelry show and I got quite the haul. The photos are not too good since I used my phone but you can see I got quite a lot.
There are stone beads for the designs I have been working on and I also found some unique beads that when I saw them designs for jewelry just popped in my head.
I already made some earrings with the golden orange stick beads in the top right of the first photo.
All day tomorrow I am going to work on jewelry so I will post the results.