some jewelry - barter for aid towards medical emergency - updated!!
ETA: I have made more jewelry -- I'm going to amend it to this post rather than make a separate post. That way y'all can bookmark it and come back. And send your friends. And your friends of friends. And ... You get the idea.
Keep the signal boosting, please! I've already had one set of complications (lovely lupus, how I adore thee) to these broken and abscessing teeth. I'm sure there will be more in the weeks to come. One big, honking medical emergency.
Can I have a refund on this life, you think? Naw, I like this one too much in spite, or maybe even because of it all. And especially because of ALL OF YOU GUYS.
<3 <3 <3 to you all. I mean that.
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This is all I have made up now, and it's not the fanciest of my work (it was originally for a yard sale, frankly), but it's ready to go.
This is for barter towards aid for my medical emergency. Read the previous entry regarding this.
Any of these you wish to "purchase," just leave a note & make sure you get a note BACK FROM ME before donating anything towards the cause. These are mostly one-of-a-kind, as I don't have replacement pieces on some of these. Others I can make more of, if I have the stock in hand.
I can photograph more of my existing stock beads, charms, etc. tomorrow if there's any interest, so you have an idea of what I have as fodder for more jewelry to barter.
The photos are biggish, as I want you all to see the detail in the pieces.
FEEL FREE TO BOOST THE SIGNAL & LINK TO THIS POST AND THE PREVIOUS ONE, DETAILING THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
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NEW STUFF AS OF 14 SEPTEMBER!!
I've been saving these borosilicate beads, hand-lamped by a very special glass-smith in Philadelphia by the name of Paul Spencer. I guess this is the special occasion I've been saving them for (wish I could keep them myself!). My photography doesn't do these justice -- the depth of blue and green set in the clear borosilicate glass is amazing. These earrings are set on a long sterling silver chain with matching peridot stones on the end dangles. Sterling silver French ear wires. These are deliberately very simple dangles, to show off the real works of art of Paul Spencer's hand-lamped glass.
ALAS, SOLD!!!! THESE WERE ONE-OF-A-KIND BORO GLASS, BUT I HAVE MORE PRETTY EARRINGS AND BRACELETS COMING SOON! (When I can get up some more energy -- this infection is sapping all my strength...) WATCH THIS SPACE...
Sterling silver earrings with light turquoise beach glass nuggets on hand-beaten sterling loops, with David Christensen cane glass furnace beads (my last two of my small stash of his!), topped with a turquoise glass sead.
ETA: SOLD!!! I'LL MAKE SOME MORE EARRINGS EVEN =MORE= INTERESTING SOON! WATCH THIS SPACE...
Call it my nod to the upcoming All Hallows/Samhain. Call it my nod to all my Goth friends. Whatever. It's a bracelet of 100% real honest-to-ghu bone shaped into little skulls, studded throughout with white fresh-water seed pearls. Because: BONE SKULLS + PEARLS = WIN! Elasticized (strong!), 7.5" circumference. You know you have to have this. Because it's weird. (Usual price: $19)
These are made with rare Czech Islamic beads, which are very, very hard to find now. I found a source with just a few of the green ones left. These earrings are made with gold-filled wire, hand-beaten to a fine end, decorated with a tiny AB gold crystal seed bead and a lovely golden bead from India. Hung on a gold-filled earring fitting. (Usual price $20)
These are made with another set of those very rare "trade beads, this time contrasted with hand-beaten sterling silver wire, a tiny AB crystal forest-green seed bead, and a grass-green glass bead from India. Hung on a sterling silver fitting. (Usual price: $20)
I was inspired by someone who asked for pink earrings. :) These are sterling silver hand-turned wire (spiral on the end) with a moonstone bead of indeterminate origin (I was gifted them ages ago by ginmar), antique (family Victorian heirloom) pink pearlescent square glass, and a tiny darker pink glass bead from India. (Usual price: $20)
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Blue-green blown glass with luminescent blue-green accent beads & tiny glass beads from India. Earrings on sterling silver fittings with sterling wire.
ETA: SOLD!! (Alas, I have no extra materials to make another set of these right now.)
Green borosilicate hand-made lampwork beads, accented with blue beach glass & pink glass beads from India. Earrings on sterling silver fittings with silver wire from Bali. (Usual price: $20)
Shades of blues & clear beach glass decorate this bracelet, linked with sterling silver, accented with antique Czech swirly glass beads (silver/white/blue/pink -- they GLOW). Adjustable on a linked sterling chain with a sterling lobster claw clasp, topped with a shiny blue leaf on the end. (Usual price: $25)
ETA: SOLD!! -- BUT!! I HAVE MATERIALS TO MAKE ANOTHER OF THESE in a slightly different style -- watch this space tomorrow for another photo!
Gold antique Czech swirling beads are set off by golden beach glass and gold-filled earring wires. Wire through the earrings is also gold-filled, hand-hammered by me to a fine, sturdy finial at the end. (Usual price: $18)
ETA: SOLD!! I AM MAKING MORE OF THESE, MATERIALS PERMITTING! WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE SOON.
These hand-painted beads come from an Elise package (bead of the month) that I stashed away for a rainy day. Green swirls on the main beads are complemented with luminous green glass from India, and hand-turned gold swirls on the bottom. Gold-filled earring wires & gold-filled wire throughout. (Usual price: $18)
ETA: SOLD! - ALAS, THESE ARE ONE OF A KIND, SO NO MORE WILL BE MADE, BUT OTHERS WILL TAKE ITS PLACE SOON! KEEP READING THE JOURNAL TO SEE MORE!
Red beach glass with antique (from my personal stash, family heirlooms) pink luminescent beads, and tiny glass beads from India. Earrings are set on sterling silver wires with sterling silver earring fittings. (Usual price: $20)
SOLD!!! I WILL MAKE MORE LIKE THIS SOON!
My photograph doesn't do these justice. I'd love to keep these for myself! The antique Czech glass beads are luminescent silver/white/blue/pink swirls that simply glow, set with tiny beach glass and Indian beads. Set on sterling silver fittings, with hand-beaten silver endings (beaten by me to a fine but sturdy finish). (Usual price: $18)
ETA: SOLD!! I'LL BE MAKING MORE OF THESE SOON! KEEP AN EYE ON THE JOURNAL!
Another piece I'd keep for myself if I could! And I don't even wear this color usually. This bracelet is made of un-uniformly shaped pieces of beach glass in a light golden color, with gold, yellow, white, and red beads between. All linked with sterling silver wire. Fully adjustable with a silver hanging chain; drop piece is tiny beach glass with a silver, hand-turned spiral on the end. (Usual price: $25)
ETA: SOLD!! I AM GETTING MORE OF THESE PIECES OF BEACH GLASS SOON -- THOSE WHO ASKED FOR IT AFTER I SOLD THE FIRST PIECE, KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR A NEW POSTING SOON
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Note that if you do barter with me for donation towards my medical emergency, I will be shipping by Priority Mail, which on average will cost me $5.00 US for a 1-lb. package, to US domestic addresses. If you are overseas or in Canada, please be considerate when making a bid towards donation. Thank you.
YOU ALL ARE THE BEST. Really you are. I'm humbled and appreciative and AWED by the awesomeness that is the crowd coming from various people's friends' lists. And my own friends' list.
Even if you're just boosting the signal by reposting this stuff -- YOU ARE AWESOME PERSONIFIED.
Okay, maybe I should wait till I take the next painkiller. I'm beginning to natter like Ten. :)
Keep the signal boosting, please! I've already had one set of complications (lovely lupus, how I adore thee) to these broken and abscessing teeth. I'm sure there will be more in the weeks to come. One big, honking medical emergency.
Can I have a refund on this life, you think? Naw, I like this one too much in spite, or maybe even because of it all. And especially because of ALL OF YOU GUYS.
<3 <3 <3 to you all. I mean that.
-------------------
This is all I have made up now, and it's not the fanciest of my work (it was originally for a yard sale, frankly), but it's ready to go.
This is for barter towards aid for my medical emergency. Read the previous entry regarding this.
Any of these you wish to "purchase," just leave a note & make sure you get a note BACK FROM ME before donating anything towards the cause. These are mostly one-of-a-kind, as I don't have replacement pieces on some of these. Others I can make more of, if I have the stock in hand.
I can photograph more of my existing stock beads, charms, etc. tomorrow if there's any interest, so you have an idea of what I have as fodder for more jewelry to barter.
The photos are biggish, as I want you all to see the detail in the pieces.
FEEL FREE TO BOOST THE SIGNAL & LINK TO THIS POST AND THE PREVIOUS ONE, DETAILING THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
-------------
NEW STUFF AS OF 14 SEPTEMBER!!
I've been saving these borosilicate beads, hand-lamped by a very special glass-smith in Philadelphia by the name of Paul Spencer. I guess this is the special occasion I've been saving them for (wish I could keep them myself!). My photography doesn't do these justice -- the depth of blue and green set in the clear borosilicate glass is amazing. These earrings are set on a long sterling silver chain with matching peridot stones on the end dangles. Sterling silver French ear wires. These are deliberately very simple dangles, to show off the real works of art of Paul Spencer's hand-lamped glass.
ALAS, SOLD!!!! THESE WERE ONE-OF-A-KIND BORO GLASS, BUT I HAVE MORE PRETTY EARRINGS AND BRACELETS COMING SOON! (When I can get up some more energy -- this infection is sapping all my strength...) WATCH THIS SPACE...
Sterling silver earrings with light turquoise beach glass nuggets on hand-beaten sterling loops, with David Christensen cane glass furnace beads (my last two of my small stash of his!), topped with a turquoise glass sead.
ETA: SOLD!!! I'LL MAKE SOME MORE EARRINGS EVEN =MORE= INTERESTING SOON! WATCH THIS SPACE...
Call it my nod to the upcoming All Hallows/Samhain. Call it my nod to all my Goth friends. Whatever. It's a bracelet of 100% real honest-to-ghu bone shaped into little skulls, studded throughout with white fresh-water seed pearls. Because: BONE SKULLS + PEARLS = WIN! Elasticized (strong!), 7.5" circumference. You know you have to have this. Because it's weird. (Usual price: $19)
These are made with rare Czech Islamic beads, which are very, very hard to find now. I found a source with just a few of the green ones left. These earrings are made with gold-filled wire, hand-beaten to a fine end, decorated with a tiny AB gold crystal seed bead and a lovely golden bead from India. Hung on a gold-filled earring fitting. (Usual price $20)
These are made with another set of those very rare "trade beads, this time contrasted with hand-beaten sterling silver wire, a tiny AB crystal forest-green seed bead, and a grass-green glass bead from India. Hung on a sterling silver fitting. (Usual price: $20)
I was inspired by someone who asked for pink earrings. :) These are sterling silver hand-turned wire (spiral on the end) with a moonstone bead of indeterminate origin (I was gifted them ages ago by ginmar), antique (family Victorian heirloom) pink pearlescent square glass, and a tiny darker pink glass bead from India. (Usual price: $20)
---------------
Blue-green blown glass with luminescent blue-green accent beads & tiny glass beads from India. Earrings on sterling silver fittings with sterling wire.
ETA: SOLD!! (Alas, I have no extra materials to make another set of these right now.)
Green borosilicate hand-made lampwork beads, accented with blue beach glass & pink glass beads from India. Earrings on sterling silver fittings with silver wire from Bali. (Usual price: $20)
Shades of blues & clear beach glass decorate this bracelet, linked with sterling silver, accented with antique Czech swirly glass beads (silver/white/blue/pink -- they GLOW). Adjustable on a linked sterling chain with a sterling lobster claw clasp, topped with a shiny blue leaf on the end. (Usual price: $25)
ETA: SOLD!! -- BUT!! I HAVE MATERIALS TO MAKE ANOTHER OF THESE in a slightly different style -- watch this space tomorrow for another photo!
Gold antique Czech swirling beads are set off by golden beach glass and gold-filled earring wires. Wire through the earrings is also gold-filled, hand-hammered by me to a fine, sturdy finial at the end. (Usual price: $18)
ETA: SOLD!! I AM MAKING MORE OF THESE, MATERIALS PERMITTING! WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE SOON.
These hand-painted beads come from an Elise package (bead of the month) that I stashed away for a rainy day. Green swirls on the main beads are complemented with luminous green glass from India, and hand-turned gold swirls on the bottom. Gold-filled earring wires & gold-filled wire throughout. (Usual price: $18)
ETA: SOLD! - ALAS, THESE ARE ONE OF A KIND, SO NO MORE WILL BE MADE, BUT OTHERS WILL TAKE ITS PLACE SOON! KEEP READING THE JOURNAL TO SEE MORE!
Red beach glass with antique (from my personal stash, family heirlooms) pink luminescent beads, and tiny glass beads from India. Earrings are set on sterling silver wires with sterling silver earring fittings. (Usual price: $20)
SOLD!!! I WILL MAKE MORE LIKE THIS SOON!
My photograph doesn't do these justice. I'd love to keep these for myself! The antique Czech glass beads are luminescent silver/white/blue/pink swirls that simply glow, set with tiny beach glass and Indian beads. Set on sterling silver fittings, with hand-beaten silver endings (beaten by me to a fine but sturdy finish). (Usual price: $18)
ETA: SOLD!! I'LL BE MAKING MORE OF THESE SOON! KEEP AN EYE ON THE JOURNAL!
Another piece I'd keep for myself if I could! And I don't even wear this color usually. This bracelet is made of un-uniformly shaped pieces of beach glass in a light golden color, with gold, yellow, white, and red beads between. All linked with sterling silver wire. Fully adjustable with a silver hanging chain; drop piece is tiny beach glass with a silver, hand-turned spiral on the end. (Usual price: $25)
ETA: SOLD!! I AM GETTING MORE OF THESE PIECES OF BEACH GLASS SOON -- THOSE WHO ASKED FOR IT AFTER I SOLD THE FIRST PIECE, KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR A NEW POSTING SOON
---------------
Note that if you do barter with me for donation towards my medical emergency, I will be shipping by Priority Mail, which on average will cost me $5.00 US for a 1-lb. package, to US domestic addresses. If you are overseas or in Canada, please be considerate when making a bid towards donation. Thank you.
YOU ALL ARE THE BEST. Really you are. I'm humbled and appreciative and AWED by the awesomeness that is the crowd coming from various people's friends' lists. And my own friends' list.
Even if you're just boosting the signal by reposting this stuff -- YOU ARE AWESOME PERSONIFIED.
Okay, maybe I should wait till I take the next painkiller. I'm beginning to natter like Ten. :)