Warm, Fall Inspired Necklace

Even though autumn is over where I live, many of you are still enjoying the changing leaves. This necklace features those colors.

I've combined a diamond shaped citrine, a large faceted bead of smoky quartz and a teardrop briolette of whiskey quartz.

They have been wrapped with sterling silver wire and hang from a sterling silver chain.

This necklace is for sale in my etsy shop.

Wilma Flintstone Strikes Again!

As many of you know, I love freshwater pearls. I've been hoarding these large lovelies -- don't they remind you of Wilma Flintstone's necklace? -- and using them ever so slowly, for fear of running out. I know, it's crazy, but I hear it's not an uncommon behavior among beaders.

These are large, white and quite irregularly shaped. Here, I've suspended them from earwires I forged from 20 ga sterling silver wire.

They are for sale in my etsy shop.

Artisan Beaders Giveaway!

The Artisan Beaders Street Team I'm on is doing a series of weekly giveaways! Starting this week, and every Monday for the next few weeks, one of our members is giving away a fabulous item. This week, it's a pair of gorgeous earrings from Broken Teepee Designs. Visit Patty's shop on etsy to view all of her lovely jewelry.


Aren't they beautiful? And they could be YOURS! For more information on how to enter to win, visit our blog. Winner will be picked and announced this Friday.

My Blog Has a New Look!

Ok, so maybe it's a little subtle, but my blog now has 3 columns! Thanks to my good friend Jael, my blog can now incorporate more "stuff" in the sidebars.

Jael is in awesome polymer clay artist. Check out her etsy shop: Jael's Jewels, and her informative blog .

Here's a sampling of her polymer clay pendants:

Owyhee Blue Opal

Discovered in 2003 in the opal rich area of eastern Oregon near the sacred Indian springs of Owyhee, Oregon, this stone is stunning! While most opals have a characteristic "opal fire", this stone's beauty is found more in depth of color and subtle opalescence. It has a pale blue coloring that is almost milky in appearance.

I've featured this stone in a new pair of earrings. I have put them on handmade headpins and allow them to dangle from a circle of fused fine silver. The earwires are sterling. All of the silver has been oxidized and tumbled for that sleek gray finish I love.

These unique earrings are for sale in my etsy shop.

I've Been Tagged!

Tag is a blogger's game similar to the game of the same name that we all played as kids. I've been tagged by Nicole, aka Beadwright.

Here's how the cyber-version of tag works;
1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by including links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs.

Seven facts about Vicki:
1. I lived on a sailboat for 7 years.
2. I have a degree in Industrial Engineering -- yes, really.
3. I'm a pretty good cook and an excellent baker.
4. My collection of vintage jewelry is slowly crushing my house.
5. I kinda like the bookkeeping aspect of owning a small business.
6. I have a passion for paper and paper arts.
7. Rick cuts my hair whenever it needs cutting.


I'm tagging these 7 bloggers. Be sure to check them out.

1. http://signature-sterling.blogspot.com/
2. http://studiomarcy.blogspot.com/
3. http://ainse.wordpress.com/
4. http://ctbydonna.blogspot.com/
5. http://dianesmixedart.blogspot.com/
6. http://theartfulmama.blogspot.com/
7. http://cthings-cthings.blogspot.com/

Happy reading!