The pectoral necklace is about 8"x5". The body is mostly needlewoven cotton, but also includes some surface embroidery. The stones are woven into the work on the warp threads. Stones are agates, amber, smoke quartz, flower jasper. There are also copper beads and some bronze-green seeds woven into the work. The fringe is more of the bronze seeds and copper spirals and heishi. The neckpiece is three strands: copper spiral chain and findings, needleweaving and macrame' with silk twist and stones. The leaves are copper and stones. I did all the metal work by hand.

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Kayson sent me these pendants that she made out of 400 year old brick that she found in the river. The largest one has a shrink plastic disk set into it and a peyote wrap around the top. The long skinny one is wrapped in copper wire with mother of pearl chips. The short squat triangle is inset with blue cloth that has been embellished with green, pink, and blue seed beads, embroidery thread, and peridot chips. The taller triangle has a triangle of square stitched Delicas set into it embellished with malachite ? (I'm guessing here) chips and a handmade copper spiral finding. Are they cool or what? Very unique. (15k)

Besides this gorgeous barrette, you will also get to peek at Theresa's 3D chili necklace that was featured in Jewelry Crafts magazine and an applique rosette necklace from one of her teaching kits. (77k)

To continue the cat theme (started with the Tigers) this is my first attempt at designing a Leopard bag. I'm not quite happy with it yet, and just started over, using the Stitch Painter beading software that I purchased at Embellishment. It sure is a lot more fun than Corel Draw! Everyone seems to like the back at least as much as the front. I hope to start beading the "new and improved" version soon. (31k)

These two sculptural peyote bracelets were made following the suggestions and directions in Jeannette Cook's "A Sculptural Peyote Projects Primer". The African Helix matte gold and silver necklace was made using the instructions given in Carol Wilcox Wells' book "Creative Bead Weaving". The "Village Purse" was made in brick stitch following Barbara Elbe's pattern in "Back to Beadin'". My parents recently relocated to a small town in the Mt Shasta area of California and I made this for my mother in honor of her new home. The Lemon Bag was a "Limited Edition Kit" from Suzanne Cooper. It was constructed in peyote stitch using her wonderful lemons as fringe and in the earrings. (60k)

The lamp bead in this necklace was made by Barbara Edgecomb of Persona beads. I saw it on her web page last fall and I thought: now I know what to do with those red Czech flowers I've been saving. I strung the lamp bead on a piece of satin cord and did spiral brick stitch all the way along the cord with 11/0 seed beads to look like a twining vine on a grey background. I them added the small red flowers and small glass leaves on the ends of kinky fringe stems. I love lamp beads, but they are so heavy that often it is difficult to incorporate them into seed bead pieces. Stringing on the satin cord and covering it with beads solved this problem. (15k)

The Kitty Cab come from Beadragon. The strap is a conservative free form peyote and I beaded around the cab plus blanket stiched it. Most of the beads are a carnival glass like seed bead with different accent beads. (35k)