Fabulous Focals

While I was at Bead Fest Philadelphia this past summer, I treated myself to a number of beautiful focal artist beads, something that I haven't done since I went to the first Bead Fest in 2003. For the next few days, I will be featuring each of the artists from whom I bought a focal bead with a little information about the artist and links to where you can buy your own miniature work of art.

Kristie Roeder of Artisan Clay creates beautiful, one of a kind hand-thrown ceramic beads, pendants and donuts. At Bead Fest, I bought two of her glass and stoneware cabochons and a smoke-fired donut.

Imagine my delight when I saw on the Artisan Clay Etsy shop that she had started creating ceramic donuts in one of my favorite colors - copper luster!

Kristie is now having a giveaway to help celebrate the 300th sale in her Etsy store. In addition to getting a free copper luster bead for every item you purchase from her store, she is also offering a chance to win a smoke, copper or sagger colored bead or donut from her current inventory. You can find all the details on the Artisan Clay blog.