I can't believe there are only 10 days left in October, my favorite month of all. It's getting cold, the leaves are turning, and in a couple more weeks I bet we'll have frost. It's time to turn my thinking toward the holiday shows I'll be doing with my partner in crime, Sheila Davis of Stone Designs (most of you know... she's my cool aunt!)...So here's a picture of the first of many holiday designs to come. Enjoy the rest of Autumn, everyone!!!

Hi Friends! For any of you that live locally, and want to visit Fanceethat and Stone Designs at our summer shows, Here's our schedule: Lacey Community Market at Huntamer Park~July 10th, August 14th, and September 11th, Allyn Days at Waterfront Park~July 17th, Grapeview Water and Arts Festival at Fair Harbor Marina~July 31st. There may be more to come, we'll see...These pictures were taken last year at the Lacey Community Market.  We had both just bought the same top, so that was our uniform for the day!  So much fun, as always!

Bead Star Contest

Good Saturday evening, fellow bloggers!  I am very excited to be a finalist in the Bead Star 2010 contest in three categories!   Check it out at http://www.beadstar.com/ and vote for your faves!  My crystal starfish earrings are #15 in the crystal category, Polymer bracelet is #13 in the plastics category, and Green Opal bracelet is #18 in the stones category.  Good luck to all the finalists!

Happy Monday

Well, it's the beginning of the week, and I hope every one had a wonderful Mother's Day.  I sure did, I got to spend it with my husband, our two daughters, and lots of other loved ones.  We had a day-long picnic at the Ballard Locks on the Puget Sound, and it was a beautiful day.  These are pictures of my family taken yesterday... My husband Pat with our little one, Erin, and our oldest daughter Sarah in front of the wave sculpture.  That's me in the black and white top.  I thought instead of blogging about jewelry today, I'd introduce my family.  I hope everyone got to have some nice family time this weekend, and that your week gets off to a great start.  Happy Monday!

Lampwork Beads by Stone Designs

 

I made this bracelet for myself with the beautiful beads my Auntie Sheila made me for Christmas. She does wonderful lampwork and designs gorgeous jewelry as well. Check out her shop...http://www.StoneDesignsBySheila.etsy.com.

New Starfish

Today I am so excited to be doing something new with my clay!  I must first say a BIG thank you to Tina Holden for selling me the starfish molds, and for so generously sharing a great tutorial on how to use them!  

I love it when artists are so kind and happy to share talent and knowledge with one another.

These adorable starfish were really fun to make, and I have a ton of ideas for using them in jewelry!  Of course new starfish jewelry will be appearing soon in my Etsy shop...fanceethat.etsy.com so keep looking!  If anyone would like to take a look at Tina's items, you can find her at http://beadcomber.artfire.com and http://beadcomber.etsy.com.

Happy April!

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Happy April everyone!  As typical here in Washington State this time of year, we've had everything from hail, rain and wind to bright blue sky and sunshine today!
This is a new pair of earrings I made this morning...I'm giving a free pair of them away with purchases in April in my Etsy shop.  Now it's time (unfortunately) to walk away from the beads and go clean up the kitchen, ugh!