Showing posts with label friday finds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label friday finds. Show all posts

Friday, October 1, 2010

Friday Finds with Lorelei

Happy October!  I have compiled a fun grouping of Halloween themed beads for this Friday Finds. Hope you all have a bat-tastic month!

1. Porcelain Bat shard: Round Rabbit Extra 2. Skeleton Face Wool beads: Dream Trappings  3. Skull Beads: Smiling Blue Dog  4. Flower Skull bead: Joan Miller Porcelain  5. and .6 Jangles Ceramic mixes: Jangles  7. Pumpkin lampwork set: Angel Bead Supply  8. Silver Spider charm: Hint Jewelry
9. Halloween Bat: Marsha Neal Studio  10.  Bat Pendant: Star Spirit Studio 11.  Ceramic skull pendant: Spirited Earth 12. Boney Links: Earthenwood Studio

Friday, August 20, 2010

READY: Friday Finds with Lorelei Eurto- My FAVORITES!

Click the image above to take you to the Treasury. I put together a small smattering of some of my recent favorites on Etsy- all perfect for the Summer season, or Spring too! I love color lately and these selections celebrate the use of color in many ways.  Happy Shopping!

Friday, July 30, 2010

Friday Finds with Lorelei: Crescents

Have you noticed this new funky shape popping up on the bead scene? I have! and I love it! It's new and everybody's doin' it. Whether you call it a crescent, a smile, a moon on it's side, it's still fresh and new! These are a few that I found when scouring the web. Click the links below to shop for your own!

Happy Shopping!

Friday, July 16, 2010

Friday Finds with Lorelei: Calder Inspired

Click the above Etsy Treasury to start shopping!

I have pulled together some items for you this week that will help you prepare for this month's Art Bead Scene challenge! The Alexander Calder mobile, that is the inspiration this month, is full of inspiration with its geometric lines, and shapes. There are 3 main colors in this piece, Black, Orange, and deep Blue. I am looking forward to seeing what everyone can come up with this month for the challenge. Check out the blog to find out how to enter your own design!

Friday, June 25, 2010

Friday Finds with Lorelei: Toulouse Lautrec


This week I thought I'd give you a little help with this month's ABS challenge, which may have some of you stumped for ideas. Although all the colors of the painting aren't here, I did find some interesting beads that remind me of tulle or lace that would be under the main dancer's dress. Like those lampwork glass beads from Sarah Hornick- look at the detailing, don't they look like waves of tulle!?  I tried thinking outside the box for you!! I hope you enjoy this week's Friday Finds.  Click the above picture and it will take you to the treasury at Etsy.

Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in "ChilpĂ©ric," 1895–96.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901).
Oil on canvas. 145 x 149 cm (57 1/8 x 59 in.).
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney, 1990.127.1.
© National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Friday, June 11, 2010

Friday Finds with Lorelei: Lampwork Favorites

I am going through a Lampwork glass phase right now! There are so many fabulous lampworkers on Etsy, I can't help but showcase a few of my favorites.  I have bought from most of these sellers but not all of them. Hopefully you'all don't get to them before I am able to buy my favorites!! You know how that it!! Anyway, happy shopping! Click the pic or the link to take you to the treasury!

Friday, May 21, 2010

Friday Finds with Lorelei: Bezels

Click the image above to take you to the Etsy Treasury!

With all of the hype going on right now making resin components, I wanted to compile some
amazing Bezels that I found on Etsy. I created a nice little Treasury to showcase them
all! Have fun shopping! And be sure to show us what you make if you use any of them!

Friday, May 7, 2010

Friday Finds with Lorelei: The Juggler

You could say that I am Smitten with this month's Art Bead Scene challenge painting, The Juggler by Marc Chagall. It's a magical painting, and has a lot going on! Color! Intrigue! Playfulness! Whimsy!

Today, I scoured the internet, searching for some really cool components and art beads that you can use in your designs for this month's challenge. I hope you like the goods I found for you!


a. Bourbon Street Polymer bead set- ArtyBecca
b. Jewels on Wood bead set- StillPointWorks
c. Vintage Music paper beads- 42 things
d. Beautiful Bllue- MA Carroll
e. Leaping Pony- Green Girl Studios at BeadLady
f. Antique Chinese Circus Equestrians Cylinder Focal Bead- SCDiva
g. Golden Lampworked glass rings- Beads of Passion 
h. Time Wheel Toggle clasp- Earthenwood
i.  Clown Pants Lampwork discs- HMB Studios
j.  Ceramic Head pins- Claybuttons
k. Winged Blues- ExpeditionD
L. Carnival Wool rounds- StemellinaSupplies
m. Heart Song charms- MissFickleMedia

Friday, April 30, 2010

Friday Finds with Lorelei: Soften it up!

This week I have pulled together a nice selection of beautiful textile options for your current jewelry designs.  A little bit of ribbon or lace, will help soften up your designs and romanticize your overall look! I chose a little bit of everything and even threw in some leather, felted wool and linen cording too. HAPPY SHOPPING!


1. Mixed Mini doilies: FreshVintageCrafts
2. Frayed Rosettes: FreshVintageCrafts
3. Yellow Cotton Crochet lace: HennyTJ
4. Balance Handspun Yarn- SimplyTwisted
5. Abalone Hand Dyed silk cord- TandZSupplies
6. Carnival Swirl Felt balls- TaraTaraTara
7. Fiber Beads- EBrown2503
8. Lace Trims- SimplyCardsbyChan
9. Pom Pom Trim in Pink- Junqueart
10.  Aqua Seam Binding- Junqueart
11. French Stamped Seam binding- ALittleScrappy
12. Sage Green Leather lace- LilysOffering
13. Chocolate Brown Leather cording- PetiteSpoon
14. Natural Torsion Lace- UniqueShiny
15. Waxed Linen Cording- RiverBendBranchStudio
16. Ten Silk Ribbon Knot Bundle- MarshaNealStudio

Friday, April 23, 2010

Friday Finds with Lorelei: BUTTONS




Click the image above to take you to the Button Treasury on Etsy, there you'll be able to click the links and enjoy some shopping Therapy!
I chose buttons this week, because a few days ago, I did a Button tutorial, and thought it would be fun to tie this into that, so that if you wanted to make your own button clasps, you can actually find really cool ART BEAD BUTTONS on Etsy!

Did you know you can now create Treasuries on Etsy using Treasury East? Before, Treasuries were hard to come by, you had to sit and wait for one to become available and who has time for that? I guess LOTS of people because at any one given time there could be as many as 400 treasuries to see. BUT NOW! Anyone can create a treasury, and it's really easy to make one,  to show off some of your favorite Etsy goods!

Steps:

1. Go to the Treasury East page here.

2. Click +New Treasury in the upper right hand corner of the screen.

3. Name your Treasury. You'll see blank squares for pictures and below each, a spot to copy and paste in your URL address for you favorite Etsy goodies.  Tip: I went and favorited all the things I wanted to add to my Button treasury within Etsy so that the items were easily found.  Click on each listing and copy the URL address.

4. PASTE the URL into the space below each photo, and CLICK ENTER. After creating the whole thing the first time, I didn't click enter and just thought I was all set, created the treasury, only to find out there was nothing in it! Once you click enter after copying and pasting, you'll see the image pop up into the square.

5. Fill them all up and click SAVE THIS LIST.

6. As a courtesy, I sent everyone a convo telling them that I used their item in my treasury. I think this is a nice gesture so that if they notice extra traffic in their store, they'll know why!

Read some information in this Forum about the new Beta Treasury East

Have fun making your treasuries!