Some New Colors - but still Pennies!!!

My new enamel colors finally arrived - and in less than 24 hours I was back at the bench playing with color combinations.  I got some pink, some lavender and some off white which I combined in these:

The off white makes a nice base for other colors too...... like the red:

and the blue:

and the turquoise:

I did some other combinations:

orange and gold

gold, yellow and red

white, pink and red

These are currently available for purchase at Beads on the Kennebec AND she is having a contest (see rules and more information here ) based on pieces made using the enameled pennies. 

A Day in the Studio

Another day spent hammering pennies - did I tell you how much I love my job?  After creating the cute little copper and mixed gemstone bracelet yesterday, I did what I haven't done yet - I thought "line of jewelry".  Yup.  Shocked myself, I tell you - but still I thought it was a great idea.  All because of that copper plumbing thingy and the bracelet created from it.  Go figure.  I love the look of the copper wire wrapped loops and the slightly smaller rondelle beads in the bracelet, and I think it makes for a mix and match possibility you don't really get with chunkier bracelets.  Plus, when I wear bracelets I end up looking like a gypsy woman, I pile so many of them on. 

So, some pennies - flattened, drilled and buffed - ready for words, names or just random letters to be put on them (once I get in my order from Harbor Freight - oh I DO love tools!!!!)

some fabulous little 'red velvet crystals' from my fabu local bead shop (Beads on the Kennebec), wrapped in yards of 22 gauge copper wire, and closed with a cute little copper heart clasp. To wear alone or.........

with one created with a mix of gemstones (wonderful strand I got from Turquoise Magpie - hands down the BEST place to get your gemstones)..............or maybe

you're like me and you'll wear them all at once.  Why not?  Life is short - make it colorful and bright!

Shopping Spree

Went on a shopping spree yesterday - at the bead store, of course! Our Local Bead Store is fabulous.  Linda, the uber awesome owner of Beads on the Kennebec is an avid beader herself so she stocks all the latest and greatest, of course, as well as local artists' beads and findings.  It's really an awesome little bead store with an amazing assortment of goods and great classes, too!  Take a peak at my haul:

really sparkly, yummy huge crystal's in a rainbow of colors

these gorgeous saucer beads - here in blue

aqua

red

black

and green! (think I went overboard?????)

and some sweet little "Pandora" type beads I'm going to use for some bracelets for my young cousins.

All in all a great shopping day!!!