Featured ETSY artist #37 of 90 - Entyqua (aka Becki's Designs)

Becki spreads her creativity over several different areas. She designs jewelry, jewerly boxes, cards and other paper related things and next on her list of things to design is clothing! Becki's etsy store is where she shows and sells her jewelry. Not surprisingly the first piece that caught my eye is this sparkler with Swarovski crystals in purple and sterling silver - Clarity. Isn't it pretty? And the double strands give you twice as much sparkle! Besides purple I also like turquoise so the next piece that pulled me in was Cleansing Sea. This is a beautiful design with turquoise, aquamarine and mother of pearl. I love the soft hues and different textures. Want to see more of Becki's designs? Then be sure to visit her Etsy store. If you want to know more about what she's up to and what her next designs will be then be sure to read her blog.

I finished my part of the charity collaboration!

I showed the beads that Jan (afibrejourney on Etsy) made for me to design with and here's the design I created with the pretties! I also took a picture of the beautiful fused glass pendant that Jan sent "just because". Isn't it beautiful! She got some tools so she can put holes through her fused glass and once she learns to use them I'm hoping she can make some fused glass "beads" I can use for bracelets. She creates such wonderful color combinations!

A collaboration has begun!

I'm a member of the etsyBEAD street team and we've teamed up with the Creative Glass Guild of Etsy (CGGE) street team to create designs that will be sold by the Helping Others Street Team (HOST). I was teamed up with Janet Thompson (afiberjourney is her name/store on Etsy) and received these pretty lampwork beads from her last week. She showed me LOTS of beads - she does both fused glass and lampwork so there were lots to choose from - I picked some of my favorites from the choices and she picked the final set to send out. Aren't they beautiful! Oh - she sent me a gorgeous fused glass pendant too! That was so nice and once I get a picture taken I'll share that too!

Today I'm going to start designing with these beads to see what I come up with. Once I finish the design I'll post it for everyone to see and will ship it off to the HOST team so they can sell it in their store. If you want to know more keep an eye on the charity blog. You can see pictures of all the beads and designs too.