Friday, July 31, 2009

Friday Bead Porn

At least I don't have to feel guilty about posting these beads. I bought them back in May or June and they only just arrived recently (they were made to order):




They are from SortaFlowerDesigns on Etsy.




I liked the "organic" shape and thought they'd be fund to design with.






They're very teeny - not much bigger than a size 6 seed bead!




Bought these when I was working on that copper/green necklace. I guess I just had earthtones on my mind. They are from Blue Seraphim on Etsy. I can't say enough good stuff about her beads and fast shipping? Oh my gosh - they arrive practically before I've hit the "buy" button. AND she gives free stuff!


Actual beach stones drilled and ready to bead with.

How can anyone resist THAT? And by the way, where are the beaches where you're allowed to pick stuff up and keep it? 'Cuz where I live? You practically get drawn and quartered for even touching something in a tide pool. And yeah, I believe in conservation and all that, but I can't help feeling that a little of that "magic of childhood" is missing when a kid can't collect shells or stones in his bucket and take 'em home. Doing stuff like that as a kid is kinda what made me interested in the ocean and committed to preserving it - how can we expect the same feeling from future generations if we limit their tactile connection to nature?

Just something I wonder about sometimes...

Okay, back to the beads:




Because you can never have too many cool, drilled ACTUAL BEACH STONES!



And these stones have TWO HOLES! Y'know, like for linking and stuff. Two holes! How do people come up with these way out ideas?

Okay, that'll have to hold you until I come back from the show. If my brain doesn't explode from lack of bead buying before then.

(insert evil giggle here)

KJ

9 comments:

TesoriTrovati said...

You really do need a 12 step program KJ! I have some of Stone Studios drilled stones...the colors are amazing. Love the special order beads as well!
Enjoy the day!
Erin

Kristen said...

AH, those SFD beads look familiar! :) They are beautiful, I bought those same strands of colors and made some beautiful bracelets with them. They are really fun to play with! :)

Sarah Sullivan said...

Delicious..I can't decide whether I love those first few or the pebble ones!! Giggle..I seem to hve this problem with not only beads, but fabric..heeellllp.Sarah

Anonymous said...

beautiful! i especially love the purple and pink ones and the beach stones too

lunedreams said...

Can't wait to see what you do with the beach stones!

Silver Parrot said...

Erin - I know. I suspect it wouldn't work, though.

Silver Parrot said...

Kristen - I can't wait to play with mine. The colors are delicious, aren't they?

Silver Parrot said...

Sarah - I can't help myself, much less others LOL! I'm afraid we're all in this addiction together.

Kaos Siberians said...

I know beaches where the kid can pick stuff up and fill up buckets of sand and not be nailed by the Beach Police! But they're not in the OC ;-)