For the knitters!

This weekend there is a knitting retreat out at Sauder Village in Archbold. I hear they are having a wonderful time, and liked the yarn bowl I donated for a door prize so well that we sent a few more over for sale.

While they're knitting some beautiful stuff in class:

I'm building the last finishers awards for the Fools 50k Trail Run. Once I finish those I'll get back to making more yarn bowls, among other things.

I have 2 yarn bowls left, one brown, one blue ($30ea):

I do make other colors, and will get more started probably this week.

Sweets For Your Sweetie

It's that time of year again!

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

You need something for your Sweetie,

What do you do?

Order some hand made jewelry!

All ceramic beads are hand rolled by me and individually brushed with 3 coats of glaze. After firing I match them the best I can and assemble them with the findings.

Necklaces have either a silver chain or black leather cord, sometimes a mix of the two. All necklaces have lobster claw clasps. For whatever reason, I'm having issues with lighting today, so I took the closer up pics so you can see the detail of the glaze a bit better. Since I hiked each one up so it would fit on my display neck, I'll include the chain/cord length and approximately where the beads hit. Each of the following are $60. One of each in stock.

Speckled Kiwi drop necklace with black leather cord. This is a really pretty fresh green with dark & medium blue and white speckles. The cord is 19'', so the bottom 2 beads flirt with the top of your cleavage.

Up close

Plum Jelly drop necklace with silver chain. This is a fruity plum/purple glaze with dark blue-y-purple and white speckles. The chain is 20'', so the beads nestle in your cleavage. WOOHOO!

Up close

Turquoise drop necklace with black leather cord. This is a lovely matte light turquoise with darker turquoise speckles. The speckles are somewhat shiny, and create a cool texture. (See the swatch below.) The cord is 22'', so the beads nestle right between the girls. While it is a light turquoise, the color is more intense than how it is showing here.

Up close

Turquoise drop necklace with silver chain. This one is a bit smaller, 3 beads instead of 5. The chain is 18 inches long. The bottom ofthe longest bead hits just above your cleavage. $45.

Up close

This is a color swatch of what the glaze looks like. It's a lot closer than my photos.

Antique Blue drop bracelet. Pretty blue color, which shows up better in the earrings shown below. 7-1/2 inches around. 1 bracelet in stock. $60.

Now for earrings. If you have metal issues I have sterling and nickel-free surgical steel fish hook ear wires I can swap out. Unless otherwise specified, I have 1 of each pair.

Cappuccino Mint drops. Pretty tan color with chocolate brown and an occasional green speckle; 14k ear fish hook wires. (2 pairs) $20 ea

Caramel drops on gold tone kidney ear wires. Caramel color bead with chocolate brown and green swirls. (3 pairs) $20 ea

Kiwi columns on silver fish hook ear wires. $20

Peacock green drops on silver fish hook ear wires. These are a lovely swirly green with occasional orange and/or blue bits. $20

Plum columns on silver fish hook ear wires. $20

Plum drops on silver fish hook ear wires. (2 pairs) $20 ea

Turquoise columns on silver fish hook ear wires. $20

Turquoise drops on silver fish hook ear wires. $20

Mottled Spice cubes on silver fish hook ear wires. $20

Olive disks on 14k ear wires. $20

Globe drops on silver fish hook ear wires. (6 pairs) $20 ea

Globe disks on silver fish hook ear wires. $20

Globe cubes on silver fish hook ear wires. $20

Large Globe cubes on silver kidney ear wires. $20

Oasis/Antique blue drops on silver kidney wires. $20

Antique blue cubes on silver fish hook ear wires. $20

Large Antique Blue cubes on silver kidney wires. $20

And now for some crochet'd and knit earrings. These are $30 each.
Pink and purple crochet'd drops on silver fish hook ear wires.

Pea green glass beads knit with silver wire on silver fish hook ear wires.

Orange glass beads knit with silver wire on silver fish hook ear wires.