May the 4th Be With You!

Any of you who know me, know what a big nerd I am, and today is International Star Wars Day, so May the 4th be With You!  I'm not sure who the artist of this is, but if you know, please tell me!

I took an Enameling Class!

This past weekend was the Rocky Mountain Bead Bazaar, held annually by the Rocky Mountain Bead Society, and I had the opportunity to take two classes involving Enameling with Kieu Pham Grey.  I loved them both!  The first was entitled Silver Illuminations and, as you might imagine, it involved enameling over Sterling Silver metal.  The second was called Riveting Enamels, which was enameling over copper, and the use of traditional rivets, affixed with a center punch, and hammer.  I enjoyed both classes, and now my mind is swimming with ideas on how to incorporate these techniques into my work.

  

Metallic Blue Iris Cabs

I saw these, and immediately had to have them!  They are Preciosa brand Glass cabochons in jet black with a Metallic Blue Iris finish.  These are the 25x18mm size.  I would love to see what you do with them!

    

Evil Eye Cabs

I've always had a fascination with the symbol of the Evil Eye, so when I saw these hand-painted Preciosa Glass Cabs, I had to pick them up!  I liked these because they were a real oval shape, which is more rare than you'd think.  They are 18x13mm in size, and these two colors are a muted Hazel Green, and a bright Bermuda Blue.

I hope that you enjoy creating with them!

   

Tulip Beading Needles

    

I don't know about you, but I am in LOVE with Tulip Beading Needles!  They are sturdy enough to last through a long project without the needle looking like a pretzel in the end, the blunted tip on the longs keeps them from splitting threads, and the gold-colored eye makes threading a breeze.

I've added 3 colors to the shop, Size 10 Short, Size 10 Long, and Size 11 Long, but there are more sizes available in my Etsy Shop.

New Beginnings

My website, www.PeacockBeadShop.com, has long since been informational only, but I would love it to be more!  I've decided to upgrade it as a selling platform for my patterns and kits, as well as curated choices from my bead hoard to share with you!  Obviously I will still keep up my Etsy sites because that's just not something you mess with, but I do hope that you will check out my offerings on my regular website.

 Today I added the fourth and fifth items to the store, but this is only the beginning. I've decided to start out with my patterns and kits, and move on to the nifty beads, crystals, and findings that I come across to share with you. I hope you will love what I come up with, and I look forward to beading with you.

     

I have added a page that links to my Etsy Bead Shop, which currently houses 500 items for you to have a look at in the meantime.

Happy Beading,

Megan

New Beads and Findings

These beads and findings have recently been added to our Etsy Shop! Want to get to that exact item?  The picture is a clickable link!