Monday, September 27

This Week's Offerings..

Out of the Ordinary

Materials: CiM, Effetre, ASK104 & Double Helix Glasses


A bead set that is totally unique and out of the ordinary!


Using shades of CiM's Olive opaque, Pumpkin Unique, Effetre Cocoa,

Medium Amber, Olive transparent, beads were mixed with
silver ivory
stringer and silver glass.

With lots of unique shapes, colors and textures, these beads
will create a
one of a kind jewelry piece of your personal style!



Chalchiuhticue

Goddess Bead Series #52


"Aztec Nahuatl myth name of a goddess of water and rivers,

and wife of Tlaloc, meaning jade skirt"


Materials: Effetre & Double Helix Glasses


Shades of blues, greens and violets storm within these beads

named after an ancient Aztec goddess.


This set of nine goddess series beads were created on a unusual
base of
Effetre Lemongrass with layered dots of Effetre
Dark Ivory glasses.

Double Helix silver infused glasses, Olympic Rain and Triton swirl
in storms under each clear glass portal.


This set also includes 2 spacer beads of Effetre
Lemongrass glass.
Highlights of DH Triton silver glass create
the bling for this beautiful storm beads!




Rose Glow

InnerGlow Series #8


Materials: Effetre Glasses


This nine bead set of etched beads seem to glow from the inside out!


Starting with an inner core of Effetre Rose, these beads were encased with

Rose Quartz and dotted with Effetre Dark Gray.


Six etched Rose Quartz spacers complete this set.




Exuberance

InnerGlow Series #9


Materials: Effetre Glasses


This 10 bead set of etched beads seem to glow from the inside out!


Starting with an inner core of Effetre Light Orange, these beads
were encased with
Straw Yellow and dotted with Effetre Violet.

Six etched Violet spacers complete this set.




Natural

Silver Trails Series #30


Materials: Effetre & CiM Glasses and 99% Fine Silver


This beadful set of 20 Silvertrail beads combine the various hues of

earth and stone wrapped with 99% Fine Silver Wire.


Hues include CiM's Pumpkin Unique, Effetre Fossil, Mudslide,

Opal Yellow, Rhubarb, Lime Sweet and Lichen.


Each of the beads within this set were gently etched
for a stone-like finish in your jewelry designs.



Mixed Organix


Materials: CiM, Effetre and 99% Fine Silver


This mixed set of glossy and etched beads combine colors of
sea, sky and stone.
Lots of variety in the cubes and round beads
that highlight 99% fine silver
wire, silvered ivory stringers and silver glass.

Hues include Effetre's Light and Medium Amber, Light Aqua,
Green Olive,
Dark Ivory, Sandstone, Lime Sweet, Coral,
ASK 104 rare Silver Cinnamon
and CiM's Olive opaque.

This mixture of etched and glossy beads will provide an earthy

contrast in your jewelry designs.


Tuesday, September 21

Crazy Busy... Time to Catch Up!


Aegean Sea
Shard Series #7
This set is now SOLD

Materials: Effetre Glass & Double Helix Shards

On a base of Effetre Black, Double Helix silver infused
Electra shards were carefully placed.
The shards were gently reduced to bring the silver goodness to the
surface in shades of turquoise, silver and copper-golds.

Six light turquoise spacer beads and aqua faceted glass
crystals are including in this set.


Shades of Gray

Silver Trails Series #29

This set is now SOLD

Materials: Effetre Glasses and 99% Fine Silver

This beadful set of 20 Silvertrail beads combine the various hues of gray
wrapped with 99% Fine Silver Wire.
Hues include Effetre Light and
Medium Gray Transparent, Light and Medium Gray opaque.


The transparent beads were were gently etched for
contrast in your jewelry designs.



Luscious

Silver Trails Series #28

This set is Now SOLD

Materials: Effetre & CiM Glasses and 99% Fine Silver

This beadful set of 20 Silvertrail beads combine the various hues of

teals and violets wrapped with 99% Fine Silver Wire. Hues include
CiM's Mermaid, Effetre Teal, Violet and Light Purple.


The teal hueswere left glossy and violets were gently etched
for contrast in your jewelry designs.


Skuld

Goddess Bead Series #51
This set is now SOLD

"Norse myth name of a goddess (Norn) of destiny, meaning future"

Materials: Trautman Art Glass (TAG) Rare, Effetre & Double Helix Glasses


Shades of blues and indigo swirl within these storm portals of rare
(no longer produced) TAG silver infused glass named JD Mix.


This set of 11 goddess series beads were created on a base of Effetre
Cobalt blue
transparent with layered dots of Effetre Dark Ivory glasses.

This set also includes 6 spacer beads of Effetre Cobalt blue glass.

Highlights of DH Aurae silver glass create the bling for this beautiful storm beads!


Devi

Goddess Bead Series #50
This set is now SOLD

"Hindi name derived from Sanskrit devi meaning goddess."

Materials: ASK104 Rare, Effetre & Double Helix Glasses

Shades of creams, golds and ambers abound within these storm portals of
rare (no longer produced) ASK104 silver infused glass named Silver Cinnamon.
This set of 8 goddess series beads were created on a base of Effetre Dark Amber
with layered dots of Effetre Dark Ivory glasses.

This set also includes 6 spacer beads of Effetre Amber glass.
BONUS: Amber faceted beads are included in this set

Highlights of DH Aurae silver glass create the bling for this beautiful storm beads!

Brilliance
InnerGlow Series #5

This set is now SOLD
Materials: CiM & Effetre Glasses


This nine bead set of etched beads seem to glow from the inside out!

Starting with an inner core of Effetre White, these beads were encased with
Pale Aquamarine and dotted with CiM Lapis Blue.

Eight etched Light Aquamarine spacers complete this set.


Afterglow

InnerGlow Series #6
This set is now SOLD
Materials: CiM & Effetre Glasses

This nine bead set of etched beads seem to glow from the inside out!
Starting with an inner core of Effetre White, these beads were encased
with
Light Amber and dotted with CiM Lapis Blue.

Eight etched Light Amber spacers complete this set.


Rose Quartz

Silverdrops Series #1

This set is now SOLD

Materials: Effetre Glasses and 99% Fine Silver


This glimmering set of nine beads combine encased fine silver
droplets
within the palest Rose Quartz Effetre glass . Each bead
was hand-faceted to create the nugget shapes and
create
additional surfaces for the silver droplets to catch the light.

These would be perfect for any lover of palest pink or
gorgeous for a
unique piece of bridal jewelry!

Now available at Artfire

Light Purple

Silverdrops Series


Materials: Effetre Glasses & 99% Fine Silver


This glimmering set of five beads combine encased fine silver droplets
within the light purple Effetre glass .
Each bead's silver droplets to
catch the light from within. Two light purple spacers are included in this set.




Midnight Magic

Silver Shard series

Materials: CiM & Double Helix Glasses


This is a limited edition set of beads similar to a Pendragonfyre Bead
set published in March 2010 issue of Bead Trends magazine.

The golden glitter of this set of 5 round shard & dotted beads is dazzling.

On a base of CiM's, rare transparent dark gray named Charcoal, the
glass was gently fumed when the Double Helix Aurae was reduced to
bring the shimmering metallic glow to the surface.




Purple Passion

Inner Glow Series #7

Materials: CiM & Effetre Glasses


This eight bead set of dotted beads seem to glow from the inside out!

Starting with an inner core of CiM Heffalump, a pale purple, these
beads were encased with Effetre
Light Purple and dotted with Effetre White.
Six Light Purple spacers complete this set.




Silver Trails Trios
Materials: CiM & Effetre Glasses and 99% Fine Silver


Four new trio sets of CiM & Effetre glasses wrapped with 99% Fine Silver Wire.

These would be great for earrings!


This selection of the beads include hues of CiM Pumpkin Unique(Burnt Sienna),
Effetre Kiwi and Opal Yellow.




This selection of the beads include hues of Effetre Pearl Gray, Light Steel
Grey opaques and Dark Gray transparent.




This selection of the beads include hues of CiM Pumpkin Unique(Burnt Sienna),
Effetre Fossil and Vetrofond Moon Rock.



This selection of the beads include hues of CiM Pumpkin Unique(Burnt Sienna),
Effetre Mudslide and Dark Chocolate.


Angel Wings
This set is now SOLD
Shard Series #6

Materials: Effetre Glass & Silvered Ivory Shards

On a base of Effetre Ink Blue transparent, Silvered Ivory shards
were
carefully placed. The fine silver appears as fine droplet patterns
on the
thin gossamer-like ivory shards.

This 21 bead set is heavenly!


Nappa Valley

This set is now SOLD
Silver Trails Series #27


Materials: Effetre & CiM Glasses and 99% Fine Silver


This beadful set of 22 Silvertrail beads combine the colours of
an
evening in the vineyard wrapped with 99% Fine Silver Wire.

Hues include Effetre's Kiwi, Opal Yellow, Straw Yellow, Light Amber,

Olive, Med Amethyst and CIM's Grape Ape.

Leto
This set is now SOLD
Goddess Bead Series #49


Greek myth name of the mother of Apollo and Artemis, meaning "the hidden one."

Materials: CiM, Effetre & Double Helix Glasses


Shades of creams, ambers, pinks and purple swirl within these storm
portals of
Trautman Art Glass, Golden Emerald silver infused glass.
This set of 11 goddess
series beads were created on a base of Effetre
Intense Blue with layered
dots of Effetre Dark Ivory glasses. To truly
bring out the richness of the silver infused glass and create a
purple
background portal for each storm, a dot of rare glass,
CiM Black
Currant Unique
, was captured under each storm portal.


This set also includes 6 spacer beads of Intense Blue glass.
BONUS: Metal Spacer beads are included in this set

Highlights of DH Aurae silver glass create the bling for this beautiful storm beads!


Blues & Greens

This set is now SOLD
Silver Trails Series #26


Materials: Effetre & CiM Glasses and 99% Fine Silver


This beadful set of 19 Silvertrail beads combine the various hues of
blues and greens wrapped with 99% Fine Silver Wire.

Hues include Effetre's Pale Aqua, Sage Green, CiM's Peacock Green,

Great Bluedini and Leaky Pen.


Pink & Gray

This set is now SOLD
Opposites Attract Series #25


Materials: Effetre Glasses

Another study of opposites attract in this set of 16 simple dotted beads.
Eight beads in Effetre pink opaque with Effetre Dark Gray dots and
the
other eight with the opposing combination.
BONUS: 4 Pink and 4 Gray spacers are included in this set.


Feste

This set is now SOLD
Royal Jewels Series #2


O Mistress mine, where are you roaming?
O, stay and hear! Your truelove's coming..

Song of Feste, the Jester - William Shakespeare

Materials: Effetre and Double Helix Glasses

This cheerful and colorful set of Royal Jewel inspired beads were
created on a
base of Effetre Light Ivory on which Effetre Sage Green,
Light Amber
and Purple Blue transparent glass patterns were created.

This 12 bead set also includes 13 spacer beads for a total of 25 beads!


Highlights of DH Aurae silver glasses create the bling for this beautiful beads!

Sunday, September 12

Bead Trends Blog Photographer's Favorite for September!

I just found out that another of my earring designs that was published in the Bead Trends September issue was chosen as one of the photographer's favorites for this month.

Check out the Bead Trends blog by
clicking here.

Have a great week!,


Smiles,

Darlene

Tuesday, September 7

Here are the new set offerings for this week!
Enjoy,
D.

The Jester
This Set is now SOLD
Royal Jewels Series #1 - Renaissance

Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun, it shines everywhere.
—William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Materials: CiM, Effetre, Trautman Art Glass & Double Helix Glasses

This cheerful and colorful set of Royal Jewel inspired beads
were created on a base of Effetre Light Ivory on which multi-colored
transparent glass patterns were created.

This set also includes 6 spacer beads of light ivory base glass.
BONUS: Teal 4mm glass facetted beads and metal spacers
are included in this set

Highlights of DH Triton and Aurae silver glasses create the bling
for this beautiful beads!


September Sunset
This Set is now SOLD

Silver Trails Series #25

Materials: Effetre & CiM Glasses and 99% Fine Silver

This beadful set of 26 Silvertrail beads combine the colours of
a September evening sunset wrapped with 99% Fine Silver Wire.

Hues include Effetre Light Chestnut, Chrome Yellow, Medium Amber,
Dark Red, Orange, CiM Mink, Pumpkin, Phoenix, Clockwork and
Pumpkin Unique (Burnt Sienna).


Selene
This Set is now SOLD

Goddess Bead Series #48

"Greek myth name of a moon goddess, meaning "moon.""

Materials: CiM, Effetre, Trautman Art Glass & Double Helix Glasses

Shades of creams, ambers, pinks and purple swirl within these
storm portals of Trautman Art Glass, Golden Emerald silver infused glass.
This set of 11 goddess series beads were created on a base of
Effetre Dark Gray with layered dots of Effetre Dark Ivory glasses.

To truly bring out the richness of the silver infused glass and create a
purple background portal for each storm, a dot of rare glass,
CiM Black Currant Unique, was captured under each storm portal.

This set also includes 6 spacer beads of dark gray base glass.
BONUS: Pale Amber Rose 4mm glass facetted beads are included in this set

Highlights of DH Triton silver glass create the bling for
these beautiful storm beads!


Boo Beadies
This Set is now SOLD

Materials: Effetre & CiM Glasses

This set of 9 Boo beadies are on a base of Effetre Orange with simple dots
of darkest black glass named CiM Hades.

To coordinate, 2 black spacers of Hades glass are included in this set.


Moss Raku
This Set is now SOLD

Shard Series #5

Materials: CiM Glass & Handmade Raku Shards

With autumn around the corner, this is a great set to begin on
your autumn jewelry collection!
On a base of CiM Olive green, handmade Pendragonfyre Raku
shards were carefully placed and gently reduced to bring out
the shades of browns, purples, creams & light metallic sheens
to contrast with the autumn hues of the base glass.


Summer's End - 170 Beads!
This Set is now SOLD

Materials: CiM, Effetre, Trautman Art Glass & Double Helix Glasses

This set of orphans are the various color and bead trials
over the past month.
Lots created with silver glass, shards and 99% fine silver wire!
Lots of shapes and sizes.With 170 beads, there is lots of opportunity for many
jewelry and art ideas.
Note: Photos show both full shot first and then close ups of the beads for a better look.