Color of Dreams Blog Hop hosted by Toltec Jewels

You can see Toltec Jewel's blog post here about the hop... CLICK! And here's Toltec Jewel's second post about the blog hop... CLICK!

"If we can dream it, we can achieve it!"

I've always dreamed of being an artist... and I'll say I've succeeded at that one, BUT! I want to be able to support myself financially with my art. That's my next goal or DREAM. :)

I used cultured black sea glass rounds that I galaxy wrapped in copper wire, beautiful amazonite that matches the Color of Dreams bead perfectly, garnet in two different sizes of rounds and rainbow calsilica which I thought complimented the Color of Dreams bead beautifully. :)

And just for fun, here's one of my bird pictures that I drew! He's dreaming of SPRING!!!

And here's the list of participants:

Honorary Artist: Patricia Handschuh
Patricia's blog:            The Color of Dreams        
Patricias Etsy:             The Color of Dreams
Hostess: TJ                Jewel School Friends
Kay Thomerson           KayzKreationz
Audrey Belanger          Toki No Hourousha
Alicia Marinache          All the Pretty Things
Terry Carter                TappingFlamingo
Lori Schneider             Bead Addict
Jenny Kyrlach             Wonder and Whimsy
Asri Wahyuingsih         Asri's Beadwork
Dini Bruinsma              Angaza by Changes
Karla Morgan              Texas Pepper Jams
Debbie Rasmussen        A Little of This, A Little of That
Veralynne Malone          Designed by Vera
Kathy Stemke               Vintage Memories Jewelry Design
Mowse Doyle               Mowse Made This
Heather Richter             Desert Jewelry Designs
Lori Poppe                   Adventures in Creativity with LorilliJean
Jayne Capps                Mama's Got To Doodle
YOU ARE HERE: Andrea Glick                Zenith Jade Creations
Kathleen Breeding         99 Bottles of Beads on the Wall
Becky Pancake             Becky Pancake Bead Designs
Karin Martinez              Fairies Market
Miranda Ackerley          Mirandack
Penny Houghton           Smelly Nelly
Carolyn Lawson           Carolyn's Creations
Chris Eisenberg            Wanderware
Christie Murrow          Charis Designs Jewelry
Monique Urquhart        A Half-Baked Notion
Eve Shelby                  Raindrop Creations Jewelry by Evelyn
Cryss Thain                 Here Bead Dragons
Jasvanti Patel               Jewelry By Jasvanti
Nan Smith                   NanMade Handmade Jewelry
Sue Kennedy               SueBeads
Jean Yates                   Snap Out of It, Jean! There's Beading to be Done!
Debbie Rogers             Debbies Treasures
Marybeth Rich             A Few Words From Within the Pines
Shirley Moore              Beads and Bread
Shaia Williams             Shaiha's Ramblings
Kathy Lindemer           Bay Moon Design
Linda Anderson           From the Bead Board
Judy Turner               Silver Rains
Gloria Allen                Gloria Allen Designs
Regina Wood              Ginas-Design
Robin Reed                Artistry HCBD
Mary Goovars            MLH Jewelry Designs
Marlene Cupo             Amazing Designs
CJ Bauschka              4 His Glory Creations
Robin Showstack        The Crazy Bead Hoarder
Cynthia O'Toole          Sparkles and Sweets
Jael Thorp                 Jael's Art Jewels
Renetha Stanziano      Lamplight Crafts

Happiest of New Year Wishes! :)

I had a pretty awesome creative-filled year! Here are some of my (MANY!) favorites... (PS- lots and lots and lots of pictures!)

Waterfall pendant necklaces:

Made for a Bead Swap USA auction!

I made this one for fun!

Made for my friend, Kerri. :)

Summer Elements Blog Hop- my color was ORANGE!

Made for the Bead Soup Blog Hop Challenge - Andrea Frank sent me the sea glass beads. I added everything else! This was the first one I made, EVER. :)

 Kitties out of polymer clay:

Made for Rita /// Toltec Jewels!

Made in honor of my late kitty, Crab Apple.

Hello Kitties out of polymer clay! MY version!

 Unusual color combinations:

My first attempt at combining coral & olive... Also my first attempt at wire wrapping with five strands of wire!

Dark coral red & sky blue. Bead is by Marcia Seever of Shazazz Glass. :)

Lots of purple this past year:

Lampwork and Clay Blog Hop, hosted by a Grateful Artist

My blue & purple charms made for the Art Charm Exchange- our theme was "Love"

The only pendant I made by putting a rose accent on a focal- given to my friend, Kerri (yes, again!).

A Bead Swap USA Halloween bracelet swap

More purple & pink! An Artist Bead Necklace for the Bead Hoarder's Blog Hop!

Another Bead Swap USA Halloween bracelet swap

A Custom Hello Kitty Order:

A set of stretchy Hello Kitty bracelets.

A stretchy Hello Kitty necklace! Made to slip right over a little girl's head! :)

Plus a little red:

Made for the Bead Swap USA auction... Valentine's day theme....

Made for the Bead Swap USA auction, also Valentine's Day themed....

My very first attempt at making polymer clay roses!

More hearts.... this one is for sale in my Etsy shop...

 Something special I made for my Grandma, (she loves frogs!):

Acrylic flowers, freshwater pearls, sterling silver & enamel frog.

More Halloween Goodness:

I turned a couple of these into earrings as a gift.

My first try at Jack 'o Lanterns....

A BUNCH of skullies I made for a custom order. TONS OF SKULLIES.

An extra gift to a swap partner. Silver tone bats, sterling silver earwires and howlite skulls.

Some wire wrapping:

A White Opal Tree of Life sold at one of my online Trunk Shows!

Also made during the Bead Soup Blog Party! I got these sea glass spears from Andrea Trank. :)

Cultured sea glass from ZNet Shows.

More cultured sea glass from ZNet Shows.

"Teal Goddess," a Bead Soup Cafe challenge/contest. Lampwork focal by Michelle Mahre.

UBER POLYMER CLAY YEAR:

Another contest entry for a Bead Soup Cafe challenge.

Pretty in Earth Tones. Made for Earth Day!

Made for a magazine.

Made for Andrea Trank, my swap partner in the Bead Soup Blog Hop.

Another pretty focal.

More pretties.

My first steampunk heart!

 And something I made for ME:

Pressed Czech glass two hole beads, a cherry quartz flower, cherry quartz beads, tila beads in soft ivory, and copper findings. :)

Here's a link to my two shops on the 'net:

http://zenithjade.etsy.com/

& 

http://zenithjade.artfire.com/

and other places I'm at:

http://about.me/ZenithJade

*mad love* Thank you for following my progress throughout the year!!!

400(+) Fantastic Fans Giveaway!

I promised a FABULOUS and FANTASTIC giveaway once I reached 400 fans on facebook! Not only have you guys given me THAT, we've gone OVER! :)

All entries are worth 4 tickets each! You can (potentially!) tweet EVERY DAY for 4 tickets. Or just tweet once! Whatever floats your boat! ;)

Prizes are To Be Announced.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Southern Gals Design - A Giveaway!

Southern Gals Designs on Facebook (click here)

From Tiffany's facebook page: "Ok guys in order to help boost likes on my page. I am having a give away. All you have to do is share this with your friends and you get 1 entry. If you blog about this give away you get a second entry. Post on this message individually how you shared. I will draw one name out next Sunday 7/21. You will win one of my handmade lampwork sets. Easy Peasy" (permalink to post, click here)... (and BOLD my emphasis).

Of course, now I have to tease you with pictures of Tiffany's AWESOME beads!

I have no idea which bead set Tiffany is choosing to give away either... I love surprises! :)

PS, each of these bead sets & beads are available on Tiffany's facebook page... some of them might already be sold, I just picked out my favorite pictures to share! Aren't they COOL?! :)

Angel's Beaded Poetry & Contests!

So, I've been entering a lot of contests lately, (actually, I can't seem to resist them!). And oddly enough, I've been winning some really cool stuff! I guess it's true that you can't win if you don't enter. :) Don't be afraid to enter contests!!! They're a ton of fun and you get to meet new people through them, which in my humble opinion is the best part! :)

So far on the list is a digital subscription to Bead Style Magazine from All Pretty Things & Zinio, a lovely ring from O'Sebastian, (see this post), a bead raffle from http://beadswap-usa.com/, some cool gifts from Diana (she threw in names from Bead Swap USA and I was one of the chosen), and this LOVELY NECKLACE from Angel's Beaded Poetry, (and here's a link to her Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/AngelsBeadedPoetry):

 This is me wearing my lovely new necklace!

You can find Angelique's jewelry here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/AngelsBeadedPoetry

and her facebook page here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/AngelsBeadedPoetry

and a blog to be announced! :)

Her wire-working skills are just AMAZING. Just look at this necklace:

Viewable here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/119899997/my-heart-swirls-for-you-pendant? !!!

Like I said, A M A Z I N G . :)

Please, check out her shop and give her some facebook love! *MAD LOVE*