Charms for beach themed swap

My friend Darlene talked me into joining this swap…my first one in six years! I did three sets of five charms, and I’ll get a dozen back.

The Birth of Venus (Botticelli), The Great Wave at Kanagawa (Hokusai), A Mermaid (Waterhouse)

Artiscape 2008

PMC with Carol Kimball
These are the two fine silver (Precious Metal Clay) pieces I made in the class. The piece on the left is meant to be a vessel. I wil make some beaded ‘flowers’ to go in it.

Shell Bracelet for my Dear Sister

I found these shells on the beaches of Gulf Shores, AL. The reddish beads are Spiny Oyster – I happend to find them in a great bead shop (Blue Girl Beading Co.) in Gulf Shores. My sister, who is still back on Cape Cod, is a lover of the sea. I made her this bracelet [...]

This time last year, I went to Artiscape, an art retreat. I’m not going this year, but here are a few things I made last year.
The ‘mascot’ was a bee…and, you know, I always have dead bugs hanging around.
We had to decorate a craft box for auction…mine went for $75 – I couldn’t believe it!
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