National Craft Month

Did you know that it is National Craft Month? 

What fun to get in there and create something fabulous for yourself, a friend, a sister or your mom! 

 I encourage you to get in there and get crafty! 

This is a necklace that I made recently, using some recycled fabric to create a beautiful flower that is the focal for the necklace then I added in the gemstones, Swarovski Elements crystals and Vintage Brass Chain. 

Cool, fun and love the upcycled flower!

The little assistants LOVE to create their own jewelry (they do like their sparkles, LOL!)

 as well as some fun baubles for their friends as well as creating door hangers,

beautiful & colorful drawings and more!

They even have their own craft box full of  chenille stems, pom pom, foam cut outs, construction paper, scissors, crayons, markers, sticky gems and much more

 (yes, lots of sparkly things are in their box in case you were wondering....) 

What a great way to have encourage their creative thoughts and ideas!

Enjoy National Craft Month! 

Sparkles!

June

Happy Sparkling Saturday From June

Little chilly here in Dallas today but been playing in the studio today with some wire crochet.  Using a 22g wire in a beautiful antique copper color that I got from Parawire that I am loving and mixed some of my favorite SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS crystals into the pieces for that added bit of sparkle. 

Bit harder to work with over all vs. using a 26-28g wire that I normally use for my wire crochet but liking the bolder look for the necklace that I am working on.  Will share pictures when it is complete!

In the meantime, here are a few pictures of some other newer pieces that I have finished

A updated version of my Sparkle Plenty Watch Bracelet with freshwater pearls, cute floral charms and of course Swarovksi Elements

Love this necklace with the crystal centerpiece beads, pearls, chain and denim........fun!

Love this necklace called Put a Tassle On It! 

Love the cool tassles, coral, turquoise and lampwork beads!

More later!

Have a sparkling day from the Beach Haus Studios!~

Sparkles!

June

a thought for the day

I came across this quote from Vincent Van Gogh and it spoke to me, regardless of our preferred medium, jewelry, scrapbooking, painting, altered art, mixed media, imprinted sportswear, graphic design, industrial design, floral, etc............ I believe that this speaks to all of us, don't you?

"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint', then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."


Vincent Van Gogh

With that thought to ponder.........

Sparkles!

June

Angel Tree

It's a small thing but happy to say that the little assistants each got an precious angel from the Salvation Army Angel Tree this year to help shop for and hopefully make their Christmas a little brighter.  I tried to pick angels that were close in age so that the girls could relate a bit more as well as pick toys and clothes that they like in hopes of getting something nice for the precious angels that they will think is special and know that it was picked out especially with them in mind.

The little assistants are also drawing pictures to give them that we will frame as well as we are planning to include a couple of pieces of jewelry for them to add a little extra sparkle to their lives!

I am looking forward to wrapping them this weekend and delivering them. 

I hope that we are able to make a couple of little girls Christmas's this year a little brighter as well as hopefully teaching the little assistants about how truly blessed they are and how good it feels to help others where we can!  I do believe that it is all the little things that we each do each day that really can add up and create such an impact of goodness and much kindness especially when children are involved both in the giving and receiving.......don't you?

Wishing You A Sparkling Day from The Beach Haus Designs Studios!

June

Inspiration

Thought that I would just post a few beautiful pictures that have inspired me and hopefully will spark some creative inspiration regardless of what you create ( jewelry, mixed media, metal, scrapbooking, apparel crafts,etc) please feel free to email me or post here and let me know what you are creating! 

I always love to see what everyone is working on......let's get inspired together!

 A striking sunset

 I love the colors that Mother Nature uses when she paints the sky, don't you?

 I took this picture on one of my recent trips.......

 A beach rose, simply beautiful!

 A rainbow

 A perfect day!

 Yellow poppies, the color just makes me smile!

 Recyled cans for painting.....

Poppies.....love these flowers! Took this picture in Tucson

So what inspires you???

Sparkles!

June

Sparkling Cover

So many good things have been coming our way lately and one that I am really excited about is that one of my necklaces graces the cover of the new issue of Jewelry Affaire magagzine!  I love this magazine and the editor is such a truly delightful lady!  Happy to have had the privilege to work with her and be able to share several of my necklaces and bracelets throughout this issue.

So go check out the magzaine, I have no doubt that you will fall in love with this beautiful magazine!!!  I did!

Sparkles

June

A Sparkling Good Time

So I just spent a few days with some of the most talented and amazing men & women you could ever hope to meet or gather in one room......The SWAROVKSI ELEMENTS Ambassdors!  The Ambassadors were invited to the North American Swarovski Headquarters in Cranston, RI recently but before we invaded the offices quite a large group of us made a splash at fellow ambassador Debra Saucier's store The Bead & Wire Shop for a SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Ambassador's Meet & Greet. What a sparkling turnout!!!! We had a blast with the customers as well as had some time to talk and enjoy being together! A huge thanks to Deb & her family for hosting all of us!!!!!

Here is myself, Tammy Honaman, Sandra Lupo, Stephanie Dixion (The Dixon Chick) and Lilian Chen on the bus heading to meet the rest of the SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Ambassador gang

 at The Bead & Wire Shop

Tammy with a few of her fans!!!

The talented Diane Whiting holding a copy of Jewelry Affaire Magazine with my necklace on the cover!!!

 Deb Saucier, Owner of The Bead & Wire Shop and I taking pictures of each other taking pictures of the festivities at her store during the event

Stephanie Dixion was doing demo's in the front of The Bead & Wire Shop.  Everyone loved her demo's!!!  She was later teaching all of us a few beady & sparkling tips, love the Dixon Chick!!

We got to the offices, mingled, talked, brainstormed, saw the new innovations and showroom in person, trained on products that we love even more now after Nick Regine shared a bit of his knowledge and expertise with us, a fabulous dinner and well to say that we had a sparkling time is a bit of an understatement! a big thank you Nicole, Nick, Barbara,Rebecca, Kim and everyone else at Swarovski for your time it was greatly appreciated!!!

Two super talents!  Jamie North & Leslee Frumin at the Swarovksi North American Headquarters

 Me and Jamie North, love this gal!

 We have invaded the offices!  Let the games begin!

Dinner was fabulous but the company was even more sparkling!  Here are Monica Han, Brenda Schweder, Lilian Chen , Debbie Simon and Jamie North, seriously it doesn't get much better than this!

 It was totally dark other than all of the cell phone lights, everyone was busy texting and facebooking about everything we were doing!  Such fun!!

 Love these ladies!!  Laura Timmons (this lady never takes a bad picture), Jamie North and Stephanie Dixon

Nick Regine, our guru!  We definitely paid attention when he talked!

Stephanie Dixion & Katie Hacker ( truly one of the most talented yet gracious people I know)

Our group of Ambassadors is an amazingly talented group whose talents are as varied and diverse as the cities and country's that we are all from. You have those that make stitching a bracelet or amazing necklace look so easy that you shake your head with wonder, others that can wire crochet a necklace, meet new friends and still be the life of the party all at the same time, some that are already so well known in our industry that they will amaze you with their graciousness, kind words and talent to the point that you are speechless. There are Ambassadors that are so talented that I have no doubt you will be hearing their names even more and more as time goes on........truly a wonderfully giving, talented and totally amazing group of SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Ambassadors that I am delighted to call my friends!

Sparkles!

June