Birthday Bead Porn

Woo hoo!  It's my birthday!  This begins the 1 year countdown til I reach the half-century mark - I CANNOT BELIEVE that I will be 50 next year.  I really need to plan something awesome to celebrate that number.  Maybe I'll finally make it to the Tucson bead shows, or Bead & Button...or Paris!  Something that will require a full year to plan LOL!

But in the meantime, for this year, I thought some bead porn was called for:

 

 

Strawberries 'n cream faceted rondelles...

 

 

 

...green Picasso teardrops...

 

 

 

 

...and pretty blue flowers from Arte Bella Surplus.

 

 

 

 

Purple Picasso Czech glass with sunburst designs...

 

 

...and pink Czech glass flowers from Aloha Bead.  They have great Czech glass, beautiful bracelet kits and some truly gorgeous lampwork as well...be sure to check them out!

 

 

 

Hammered copper teardrops with lavender patina...

 

 

 

...smaller teardrops with aqua patina...

 

 

 

...and, my very favorite, these gorgeous crescent moons with a verdigris patina.  These are all from Miss Fickle Media.

 

 

 

I found this unusual raku dragonfly and leaf oval focal and...

 

 

 

...raku starfish pendant at Spinning Star Studio.

 

 

 

These beads are also raku, but a whole different color spectrum with lovely coppers, golds and blues.  They match perfectly...

 

 

 

...with this starfish pendant.  Both are from Star Spirit Studio.

 

 

 

This beautiful ceramic floral toggle pendant is from Mary Harding.

 

 

 

Turquoise frit lampwork head pins from Havana Beads.

 

 

 

These pretty green glass headpins are from Gardanne Beads.  They look like lime lollipops!

 

 

 

Brilliant violet teardrop headpins...

 

 

 

...and a variety of leaf glass headpins from Nadin Art Glass.

 

 

 

Delicate floral lampwork bead pair...

 

 

 

...and this wonderful and unusual set of lampwork ovals and spacers are from Pinocean.

 

Thanks for visiting my birthday bead porn party.  Hope you enjoyed it!

 

KJ