Simply Seablime Jewelry

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Received My Soup Today

I received my Bead Soup today! So excited to get started. This is my fourth Bead Soup Bead Party participation. You get teamed with a partner anywhere in the world and you exchange a "Bead Soup which you have to use the Focal and the Clasp. Most bead partners send coordinating beads to go with those two items. I normally send two soups but my partner didn't want lots of beads to be sent because she is new to jewelry making. So I will be giving a Bead Soup away after the reveal. The winner will be selected randomly from people who make comments on my reveal. More on the contest later.

Back to my Bead Soup, Marti Conrad my partner went all out on her cute packaging!

So cute little tied up packages in blue denim! I immediately thought of my friend Jeanie who makes just lovely quilts.

Then on to whats in the packaging. These beautiful candy colored beads go so well with the greens in the gemstones. Kinda way out of my comfort zone using gemstones but I love these colors. So Spring! She also included these really cute vintage looking connectors on the left. Not really connectors but I am blanking on what there called right now.

Finally look at this beautiful clasp that Marti made herself, out of clay. Just beautiful. The clasp is handmade by Jean Wells.

Stay tuned for my reveal on May 3rd to see what I did with these beads.

Friday, March 14, 2014

Bead Soup Blog Party

I received my partner for the Bead Soup Blog Party and her name is Marti Conrad and if you click on her name you will be taken to her blog. I mailed her soup today so when we both receive I will post the pictures of the Bead Soup I sent her. She makes wonderful clay pieces that I am sure you will enjoy, Check out her ETSY shop.
Looking forward to getting my soup. Always a fun time for me waiting in anticipation, designing a piece. I usually end up changing my mind and re-doing several times! I always wonder what color I will be working in and what the focal will look like. I usually end up donating all my pieces when I am done to different charitable groups where I live.
Well stay tuned!

Sunday, February 9, 2014

The Color Orange

A few days ago I told you how I don't like the color orange. Well the very next day a friend of mine posted this on Facebook:

Orange is a power color. It is one of the healing colors. It is said to increase the craving for food. It also stimulates enthusiasm and creativity. Orange means vitality with endurance. People who like orange are usually thoughtful and sincere. Lady luck's color is orange. I have been told that if a change of any kind is needed in life, just burn an orange candle for 7 nights.

Orange Energy:

While red is associated with fiery heat, orange is associated with the benign warmth of the sun. A dynamic color to be sure, orange offers a more thoughtful control than explosive red. Curiosity is a driving characteristic of orange, and with it comes exploration of new things.

Put some orange in your life when you want:
to spice things up when you feel time is dragging
to become more involved in something
to increase creativity
relief from things becoming too serious.

Who knew....I guess I will be working on that orange curiosity!
Marianne

Friday, February 7, 2014

New Blog Hop

I am participating in a new Blog Hop sponsored by Pine Ridge Treasures. This one is a little different than the Bead Soup Blog Hop because you actually buy a kit and get sent a Bead Soup that you create a wearable art piece. This one is called the "The Ocean Blog Hop". So I requested my kit and it arrived and I thought Oh No, not orange....This is probably my least favorite color, ha ha! However the focal is just great and the beads are unbelievable! Actually the color is growing on me. I guess I just never thought that orange goes with the ocean and I was waiting for my wonderful blues and greens to show up, but duh coral.... This is why I love doing these blog hops because you get out of your comfort zone and restart your creativity in a totally new way. So here is my "Soup".

So here it is and as you can see there is some beautiful pieces of faux beach glass, these wonderful white barrel beads that have some unusual texture to them, kind of a sandy feel to them some great clear clear crystal daggers, some creamy flat beads and an incredible array of other items.

This focal isn't it just adorable? The fish has some gorgeous colors of Turquoise and pink and golden brownish tones.
I will be posting some of my progress as I work through a design for the finished piece. My reveal date is May 31st so don't miss it.
Marianne

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Creative New Year

I can't believe I haven't posted since May. I unfortunately had loads of health issues last year including my New Year's eve broken arm 2012. I still have limited feeling in my fingers but I hope within next few months that will clear up. I am starting on a complete renewal of my creativity, my business and my life. We will be selling our home this year and I will be quitting my day job! I will be concentrating on my jewelry business full time as well as enjoying my husband and my life more.
Here is a beautiful sunset last week where we live.

I know it will be hard to leave this beautiful view but it is time to start anew.

I have been working on some new designs in my abstract painted designs. These will be on my website in the next few weeks but here is a preview of two of them.

I really enjoy painting on glass. How do you think they turned out? What kind of necklace would you design for these. I usually sell them with a chain necklace but I am thinking of embellishing a few of these and maybe wire wrapping some. I have all different colors and I am experimenting with combined colors and dichroic glass. I also am attempting to use some copper components I purchased from Wild Hare Design to combine with my glass. I wasn't able to do much due to my arm so mostly I just burned up a piece while experimenting haha!
Stay tuned for some exciting new work and look for my involvement with Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Blog party later in the Spring.

Monday, May 20, 2013

I recently participated in an earring blog hop with Whimsical Monkey

My Partner was Cheryl Dunham: www.renaissance-jewelry.blogspot.com Cheryl lives in Main and really likes autumn colors. I made these earrings for Cheryl :

First pair in coppers and orange with handmade lampwork beads with Swarovski crystals.

These are not exactly the pair because I changed the earrings in the end to blue that have the same top part as these but with a straight lined bottom. So sorry I didn't have a picture of the final ones that I made but these are close and the same color and still my fused glass.