Show Me Sunday

  One of my favorite spooky trends lately is the sugar skull image.  I love the mix of sweetness and creepiness, life and death imagery, with skulls and flowers in candy like colors.  This bead, part of a series of sugar skull lampwork beads by Linda Lawrence of Bella Bead Jewelry, is a great example of a colorful sugar skull bead.  Check out her Etsy shop to see more of her work.

  

Thank you to the commenters who left links so we could find these treasures to show off!

 

Show Me Harvest Beads! 

 

For November, we want to showcase beads, pendants, and components that remind us of the autumn harvest.  Let's see a cornucopia of fall colors, autumnal fruits and veggies and leaves, and a buffet of yummy visual treats to celebrate the change of season. Post your links in the comments here and I will select some of your ideas you leave on this post to highlight in another Show Me Sunday post. 

 

Here is what some of our beady friends have to show off this week: 

 

A Bead A Day
Halloween jewelry? Lisa's featuring a variety of great designs and designers leading up to Halloween. 

 

  About.com Jewelry Making
Tammy talks about making a fused glass color graph.

 

Art Bead Scene
Guest blogger Heidi Post shares a tutorial on building a fun and practical earring shadowbox display 

 

Beading Arts
Cyndi comes up with a quick and easy metal stamping project...with a surprise! 

 

Carmi's Art/Life World
Sometimes you just need to make yourself something with whimsy...hence my new Mickey and Minnie necklace! 

 

Resin Crafts!
This week Carmi turns some plastic rings into fabulous new beads! 

 

Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done!
Jean is preparing ahead for "Frankenstorm" in the East by reminding people to be ready for the Kalmbach Bead Soup Party! For the detail, see Jean's blog!  

Melanie Brooks is the ceramic beadmaker behind Earthenwood Studio, who blogs from her Metro Detroit, Michigan home.