MariLily Necklace

This is my newest beading project, named "MariLily" after Mariposa Lily - a flower with three petals.
The necklace was originally made last year to match the bracelet (Blue Bonnet) I designed as my Designer of the Year project for April-May 2013 issue of Beadwork magazine.

This was one of the projects I really enjoyed working on, because ideas for other designs kept popping in my mind while I was working on the first version... The other versions make a delicate necklace that can fit a young woman...And I think this necklace is perfect for the coming Spring, don't you?

In the instructions for this necklace I included directions for the other 3 design options and for beading matching earrings. The tutorial is available in both my Etsy and Artfire shops.

I want to take this opportunity to thank all of my loyal followers & customers who sent me wonderful messages and emails, telling me how they love my work and how happy they are that I'm being one of the Designer of the Year of Beadwork magazine. Your support and encouragement means a lot to me!, and it helps me keep sharing my jewelry designs with others, although there were so many times that I wanted to stop doing it and just bead for myself (I'll write about why in one of my next blogs).  And many thanks also to everyone who showed me their work made from my patterns.

Thank you, thank you all so much!!!

Back on Track

I want to thank each and everyone of you, who have sent me messages and e-mails during my internet absence. I apologize if I won't be able to reply to each one of you personally, but I want you to know that I really appreciate you writing to me and your concern!
I had some family stuff to deal with, which had badly overtook my mind and took all energy out of me... I'm glad I decided to take some time off, because I now feel much better and ready to go back on track...

I haven't picked a needle and thread during all that time and I miss creating something! I think that an EBW challenge entry would be a nice 'restart' for my creativity and I hope I will be able to finish it before the deadline in four days!...
My previous challenge entry was this Indian Summer necklace.

And, I would like to ask if anyone of you who use Blogspot knows how to block spam comments? One of my blog posts is under such an attack - it looks like a robot spamming, using a different username each time - and I have no idea of what to do other than deleting the comment every time... any suggestions?

My Lacy Bracelets in Beadwork Magazine

These two bracelets are published in the latest (Oct./Nov.) issue of Beadwork Magazine.
My inspiration for this design came from one of my favorite ethnic patterns - the Saraguro Hojas, which is basically done using modified brick stitch technique.

Check out Kerrie Slade's project on p.74 in this issue - a colorful, stunning Peacock necklace. You can also see many other of Kerrie's beautiful designs on her site.