Increase Your Happiness with Bead Porn

I sure wish all the spam in my e-mail inbox said THAT instead of what it actually wants me to do to "increes ur hapinez." Why can't there be bead spam? Why?

Okay, this is for all of us who can't make it to Bead Fest in Philly:

Double-drilled pieces of sea glass. And yeah, I'm gonna be selfish on this one and not share the source just yet - it took me a LOT of research and time to find it so I'm keeping the beady goodness to myself for a bit ;-)

Try not to hate me too much.

This lovely lace pattern of enameling on a metal ring is from Barbara Lewis at Painting With Fire.

"Shabby Chic" style painted brass components from Paloma Antigua.

I got this lime green brass medallion from her as well. I'm thinking I might try to do something with resin in the center of it...could be interesting...

Aqua painted filigree - destined to make gorgeous earrings.

Another filigree piece - this time in lavender. I really liked the shape on this one.

I know Lori Anderson just posted a bunch of finished jewelry on her blog yesterday featuring these great new components (What else can I say, but "great minds think alike" LOL!) from "Floridity", but I bought mine over a month ago and I'm not done hoarding them yet.

How cute and beachy are these? And, I just bought some new accent beads to go with them AND some super-secret-new stuff that she's making just for ME! Wheeeeee!

Crackled aqua deliciousness from Maccarroll.

Earthy blue squares from the same place. These have some amazing colors in them - they are yummy!

Gaea Cannaday had a sale - and I gots me some of her "mermaid" beads. Those colors are to die for! My favorite palette to work with!

I loved this bright and cheery pendant from Yolanda's Clay. I know we're heading towards fall, but I'm obviously still stuck in summer mode!

This stunning lampwork lentil focal is by Sue Kennedy of Sue Beads. I love the twisted aqua stringer running through it like rivers. In addition to her lampwork, Sue's gotten into the enameling craze and has some great enameled beads in her store - go check it out!

Gorgeously delicious lampwork beads from Beeboo. If you look closely, you can see tiny dots of purple floating throughout these beads which makes them extra specially pretty. If you like these, I think she still has one more, very similar, set in her shop. Scurry quick like bunny rabbit.

I think I hit the "Buy" button on these before the listing had finished completely loading on my screen. So pretty and unique - I love the silvered ivory on the edges of the rings! These are from Outwest.

I'm not normally a pure "black and white" kinda girl - I love color too much for that. But, this set, also by Outwest, grabbed me at first sight with its amazing enameled dusting on lampwork. And wait til you see next week the pendant I got to go with this set - get those drool rags ready!

Hope you all enjoyed this week's round up of beady goodness. Have a great weekend!

KJ