How I store my beads - part 2!

I posted a while back on how I was storing my beads. It involved Darice bead boxes and file boxes to store them. Here was a picture:



Behind those boxes is a bookcase and a closet! Needless to say I couldn't get to the bookcase easily and I could really only get to one side of the closet. Earlier this year I saw some bookcases for sale on Craig's list for a good price and they had a nice interesting design so I bought them and hauled them back home. Thank goodness for my SUV! They slid right in and a bungee kept the hatch down. Here they are after sanding and prep and before painting.



It took many coats of paint and some help from hubby to get them upstairs to my beadroom - but here they are in place and full!



I'm still reorganizing some things on the shelves and need to finish tiling glass mosaics into the insets on the doors (I have 2 insets done on the bookcase on the right - if you look REAL close!). But they sure have cleared the floor space in my bead room and the bookcase on the right has a pull down "desk" which gives me a place to package things when my desk is full - or 2 beading places when my mom comes over and wants to make something.

Ok - back to beading. I'm doing a show on April 24th (Encinitas Street Fair) so I need to build up inventory! If you'll be at the Encinitas Street Fair that Saturday be sure to look me up. I'll be near G Street.

Got Wine?

Another fun beaded item I make are wine glass charms that hang on a beaded bottle decoration. It's a convenient way to store the glass charms so they are easy to find for your next party and you have a beautifully decorated wine bottle. Here are 2 glass charm/bottle decorations that are up for sale ...

Is it Easter yet?

I have some neat lampwork easter eggs and am finally going to make some into jewelry. Here's a necklace using the easter eggs.

And here are some cute bunny earrings!

Max is in the house!

So I'm a sucker for a rescue dog and for Westies! And I talked my husband into getting Max - the 1 year old rescue Westie from Westie Rescue of Orange County You can see Max on the adoptable westie pages - unless you're reading this in the future - in which case he should be on the 2010 adopted page. Here is a picture I took of him sleeping with his blanket in my bead room and another of Max and Gino out playing in the yard

He is a little hellion - talks a lot, is a bit too nippy during play, loves to destroy toys, ... Needless to say he's going to need a lot of work to turn him into a better behaved little dog! The nipping part will be the toughest since he mainly does that when he plays with Gino - and they're usually moving too fast for me to time the correction properly. And Gino is just too nice and gentle a dog to correct him unless he gets REALLY nippy or annoying.

Fire Diva Challenge Winner!

I'm so excited - my Blue Moon bracelet was the winner in the Fire Diva Designer Challenge. I was out of town for the voting and didn't realize it happened until they told me I won! Here's my winning bracelet ...
There were a lot of beautiful designs entered and I'm honored to be the winner!