Woodland Bracelets

This bracelet design was featured in Stringing earlier this year, I thought I'd whip up a bunch of them for the show.  I love working with the eggs lately, they are just so cute and whimsical.  They remind me of Cabinets of Curiosities, little scientific specimens plucked from nature.  I loved this story from NPR about a man and his helpers who collected 8000 bird eggs and categorized them in cabinets.  They were tucked away in a library cabinet for over 80 years before being donated to a university.

Revisiting another woodland design with Squirrels and Hedgies.  This squirrel is paired up with a ceramic bead from Earthenwood studios, a few stones and wood.   I used links of chain to end this bracelet so that it could be given as a gift.  I have to admit, it never occurred to me to do that until this year.  So it's true, old dogs can learn new beady tricks.

And here is the same design with a Hedgie and a disk bead from me.  I met someone at Bead & Button last year who had a hedgehog named Fern - seems like the perfect name for a cute little hedgie.

LOVING these big chunky brass leaves from Ornamentea.  They come all bright and shiny, but just a quick dip in liver of sulphur and they take on this wonderful earthy, organic quality.  I added in one of my branch lentils and disks along with a few glass beads.

Woodland Beads

Branch Beads

Giveaway Winner:

Shannon C. from For My Sweet Daughter is the winner of the Modern Forest Toggle!  Thanks for playing along everyone.