Monday Muse and Beady Link Party

My muse is torn between wanting to hold one to those last few weeks of summer and looking ahead to the fall season.

So somewhere in those long, hot days of August I'm reminded of teenage summers at the local pond watching dragonflies skim across the surface of the water and those murky blues, purples, woodland greens and browns rushing together. Here are some dragonfly picks to inspire you too.

First up is the silver dragonfly cuff by Cathy Dailey, pictured above.

Perfect dragonfly pairs in ceramic by Scorched Earth.

A ceramic dragonfly bead by Cynthia Cranes Pottery

Love seeing Earthenwood Studio's shop filled with work like her classic Dragonfly Pendant.

 Polymer clay charms that would make perfect earrings from Ornamental Objects.

 I love these organic silver dragonfly charms from Pam Springall via VDIJewelryFindings. 

And from me, over at my Humblebeads Etsy shop is this fun and colorful set of coin beads featuring a dragonfly focal.

I'm always asked at shows when I'm selling jewelry if I have dragonfly items, so they seem to inspire many others too! Dragonflies symbolize wisdom, transformation, change and adaptability in life - so no wonder they appeal to so many. 

Beady Link Party

We invite our readers to share their blog post links with us each week. As long as they feature jewelry or beads, share your favorite post from last week with us. We hope this will inspire you to blog a little more often and bring our community closer together.

1. Please only post blog new links each week. *

2. Visit at least two other blog links and leave a comment. We want to grow our blogging community and encourage you connect with each other.

3. You have until Wednesday each week to share your blog post.

We want to connect more with our readers! Join the party and share you latest beady blog link.

Haven't blogged in a while? It's the perfect time to share what you have been up to, what you find inspiring, your creative process, interview a favorite beadmaker, review a beady book - get creative and get blogging!

The beady link party is open to jewelry designers, beadmakers and group bead blogs.

Share you link using the "Add a Link" Inlinkz button below.

*We ask for fresh links, if you have a post that you haven't shared with us yet but it's a few weeks old, that's cool.   

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