Art & Artists - Me & my Friends #16

Welcome to the World

of Sylvia Kubilus-Elam

Sylvia has been

beadweaving since

1992. She is also a

teacher of the craft.

Her work has been

featured in 2 published

beading books, one being

The Illustrated Bead Bible.

I found Sylvia while

playing around in

Artfire. I think that

her work is stunning.

A few years ago she

taught herself to

Bead Crochet and

Knit Crochet which

are exampled here.

She and another share a shop on Artfire.

Beadacious1221 is her shop's name and you will

love her unique and earthy style.

I have truly

enjoyed looking

at and writing

about sylvia's

beautiful

jewelry. She is

a true artist.

http://jannadu.artfire.com/

http://Jannadu.etsy.com
http://jannadusblog.blogspot.com

Art & Artists - Me & My Friends #15

Welcome to the Mystical Treasures

of Willow Walker Designs

I found this artist

while using Plurk.

I visited her Artfire

Shop and was so

impressed with

her glass and wire

work I just

couldn't resist

sharing with everyone.

Her work,

as you

can see,

is unique,

fanciful,

bright &

colorful.

If you are

familier

with me,

you know how much I LOVE color.

She started glass work at 8 years of age.

She is a second generation glass artist and

teacher. She is a mother of 2 and lives in

Oregon. Willow Walker's jewelry is mdae

of beautifully wired dichroic glass art.

Take a good

look at these

4 samples.

Her wire

wrapping

is very

intricate.

You can find her on Artfire.com

under WillowWalkerDesigns.

Check her site out and enjoy!

Art & Artists - Me & My Friends #14

Another New Medium to Share

Well, I have made it back

to my blog. I've been away

for some time. I have another

new medium that I've

been playing with.

I have always loved to

crochet and now there

are so many fun yarns

out there to pick from.

Take this neck warmer

for example, I was able

to mix-n-match several

different yarns.

Or this skinny scarf.

I used three different

colors of the same

fancy yarn. Though,

the yarn is very thin,

I doubled up to thicken

up the stitches.

I have three or so more in the works.

I'll put them up on Artfire shop asap.

You can find the items shown above

in my Artfire studio. My shop designs

and creations are for the Rubenesque

Woman. I believe that whatever shape

a woman is deserving of beautiful

jewelry that looks great and fits

properly, luscious and great fitting

outer wear and dazzling accessories.

.

http://jannadu.etsy.com/

http://jannadu.artfire.com/
http://jannadusblog.blogspot.com
http://phoenixrisingglassart.com

Art & Artists - Me & My Friends #13

I have a follower

of my blog that I

didn't recognize.

Ohhh, another

shop to browse.

Yay!

When I got to looking at the jewelry

I began to drool. What lovely symmetry

it had and an unusual balance.

As I was observing

the color combos

the pieces began

to look very

romantic and

quite pretty.

I just had to tell

the world about the beautiful bracelets.

She does her own

lampwork and as

you can see she is

quite good. The

bracelets are big

and chunky. Just

my style.

Example after

example she is

consistent. One

nicer than the

next. But "Who

is She. I have to

admit that I

personally don't know much.

Her profile was was very short.

I know she lives in Lake Havasu,

AZ, (my home state),that her

Birthday is on June 13th, Happy

Belated Birthday, and her name,

Pam.

The name of

her shop is

Klassy Joolz.

I hope all

who read this

will go on over

and give her a

look see. Her URL is

http://klassyjoolz.etsy.com

From a 1 to 10 I give her an 8. She's

worth it.

http://1000markets.com/users/phoenixrising_

http://jannadu.artfire.com/

http://jannadu.etsy.com/
http://jannadusblog.blogspot.com
http://phoenixrisingglassart.com

http://1000markets.com/users/PhoenixRising_
http://jannadu.artfire.com/
http://jannadu.etsy.com/
http://jannadusblog.blogspot.com/
http://phoenixrisingglassart.com/

Art & Artists - Me & My Friends #12

Hi All;
I have not written
on my blog in so
long, I have the
need to blog!


I have been
playing with a
new medium.
What fun!!!!
These are a few
samples of my
work.

I am using a
stainless steel
blank with a
built in bail





You will see these
all over the
Internet. Most of
them are wooden
scrabble blocks,
with either paper
or fabric on them,
then some kind of
sealer to keep it
clean or just
shine. There are
several on the
market.







I have been
using Enamels
with a glossy
top coat. This
is an easy craft
to learn but,
it takes quite a
long time to
cure. After
you paint your
first layer it
needs to cure
over night. so
depending on
how many
layers it takes
you to finish
your design
plus the 3
glossy top coats
which also needs
to be cured over
night it could
take a few days.
So, I had 4 or 5
going at the same
time.

To me, the
abstracts are
more difficult to
do because they
really need
planning. The
flowers, fish
and tree were
much simpler. I
already knew
everything about
flowers, fish &
trees.


Well, I hope you
found this craft
something you
would enjoy
doing yourself
and really have
fun.

"Red Tulip"

"Aliens"

"sun flower"

"spots & swirls"

"A Rainy Day"

"Coi Pond"

http://www.1000markets.com/users/phoenixrising_

http://jannadu.artfire.com/

http://jannadu.etsy.com/

http://phoenixrisingglassart.com/

http://jannadu.blogspot.com/

Art & Artists - Me & my Friends #11

Today I would like to introduce Elayne, who is one-half of ChezChani on Etsy.

She is a member of eSMArts on

Etsy also. I am featuring her today to

let everyone who reads my blog know

what a great gal she is and a fantastic

bead weaver. Originally from Montreal

she and her Mother have lived several

years in Las Vegas. Mom is the other

half of ChezChani but we will just talk

about Elayne for now. She does

bead weaving. Very beautiful & unique

items of jewelry. I have put up a few

pictures for you to enjoy. She also

weaves the prettiest of beaded rings.

I personally believe that they are her

best items, but that is just me. Her

necklaces are to drool for and of course

the bracelets, they are very pretty too.

She makes matching bracelet & earrings

to look like the suits on playing cards,

appropriate I thought, her living in

Las Vegas. You can find her on Etsy.com

http://jannadu.artfire.com/

http://yinia.jannadu.com/

http://jannadu.facebook.com/

http://jannadu.blogspot.com/

http://jannadu.etsy.com/

http://myspace.com/phoenixrisingglassart

http://phoenixrisingglassart.com/

Art & Artists - Me & my Friends #10

Today I would like to talk to you about Victorian jewelry.

This piece is one of the new styles, at least for me. I love the romantic softness of filigree. Also, the choices of dangles and the number of them. Then the many different color combinations of stones for each piece.

There seems to be so much more that you can do creatively with this type of jewelry. At first you just

look at all the many parts and pieces and wonder

what the heck do I do with this junk, but pretty soon the smoke clears and your brain starts getting the

juices flowing. Picture 2 is another example of just how beautiful and romantic this style of jewelry can

be. Look how many pieces is in this item.

Another example of what you can do with this style. I made the cabochons myself. The rest are crystals 4mm

bead dangles.

The next item I will show you is in three pictures

because I wanted to get really close to it so you could

see what I was included in this one. This one on the

right is a fire opal CZ and in the center of the bottom part is a Swarovski button.

I hope I have gotten some of you all excited about Victorian jewelry. I know that I have learned to love it myself. All the pieces you see here are available at my Etsy shop at

http://jannadu.etsy.com/ or at http://jannadu.artfire.com/

http://jannadu.etsy.com/
http://jannadusblog.blogspot.com
http://phoenixrisingglassart.com

Art & Artists - Me & My Friends #9

I'd like to show you a few new pieces of my Large & Lovely line of jewelry.
I'm really trying to stretch my skills. I've had a great time and am still
growing. Very soon I'll be uploading my new embroidery beaded
bracelets, but for now here are my newest attempts.

I personally love this one.

The colors, I like bright and

sparkly. The beadweaving

style is a very old Dutch

Spiral design. I added loads

of drop beads on both ends

and on the end of the chain.

By the way the chain makes

the bracelet adjustable

to about any size needed.

The next one I'm showing is a

spring coloredverigated furry

yarn heart. The heart is covered

with multi-colored glass leaves

between shiny pale pink

rondelles. There are three

strands of long length, each

were crocheted seperately then

all three on one side were

braided to the very end.

Then leaves were added at the

end to dangle. Imagine wearing

this necklace with a sweet looking

sundress, or what ever you like.

The last item of today is a set. A wire wrapped bracelet with two sizes and oodles of fresh water pearl drops on the front of the bracelet and on the back ends of the band. The matching earrings also are just lavishly dripping pearls. This set looks great with dress jeans or a sundress or even a semi-formal. You deside.

You will find many more lovely items for both the Large & Lovely and the Medium and Small wrist sizes at my shop. http://jannadu.etsy.com/

Art & Artists - Me & My Friends #8

Today on my blog I'd like to spotlight another member of my Etsy Team.
Her Name is AnnaLee Husband & she lives in Toronto, Canada. She is an exceptionally brilliant jewelery designer who takes delite in making lasting and timeless jewelry with genuine stones and a large variety of metals. It isn't difficult to tell a piece of her jewelry, she really has her brand etablished.

She has three shops but, today we'll only be
talking about her Sassy D Lites Shop that is
full of lots of beautiful pieces of jewelry.
They stand alone. Just look at them, and you
want to go out and buy a new outfit to match.

She makes really great Men's Jewelry.
Beautiful and masculine. Here is just one
example of her good taste in men's jewelry.

She has ingredible color combo selection. Unusual looking to me, just because I wouldn't have thought of using all the different colored wires and real stones.

Don't forget to stop by our eSMArts Team Shop.
http://esmarts.etsy.com/ where all the monies received is given to a charitable cause and all the items in the shop are donated by the team.

You can find AnnaLee on Etsy at http://sassydlite.etsy.com/ or read more about her at her blog http://sassydliteblogspot.com/

Art & Artists - Me & My Friends #7

Do you realize that it's February already! Well things just creep up on me usually and I am late. It wasn't always like that. I was the one who always wanted to have a party - for birthdays, all the holidays, including Valentines day. I'd get everyone committed to be there (where ever) and what they wanted to bring, or what kind of party they wanted to have. You know, picnic out of town, backyard bar-b-que, a night out at the clubs for dancing, just a nice dinner party at who ever is turn it was house or what ever. Some family and some, a mixture of friends and family.

Valentines Day is a beautiful way to show the one you love (or like, guess it depends on your age, or does it?) how much you appreciate, care for, are comfortable with after all those years you have spent together.

I've been married 21 years, and we are just getting comfortable enough that we don't have to have the other's attention all the time. Gosh, was he difficult to get trained. LOL LOL

Seriously though, he isn't very romantic but all I have to do is ask for something and he gets it for me. I had to break through the "NO" period he went through but I made it. WHOOHOO I'm sure all you wives out there have been through or maybe still going through that time. Don't worry. This too will pass. hehehe

The stores are full of cards appropriate for this great holiday. If you are buying for him or her buy Handmade. The products are made better and most are one of a kind. Jewelry is the way to a women's heart. There is plenty of handmade jewelry out there on the net. I even have a store that caters to the Large and Lovely women. Feel free to leave comments or subscribe to my blog.

You can find my shop at http://www.jannadu.etsy.com/ Thanks for dropping by and return as often as you'd like and check into my shop "Phoenix Rising Glass Art" for my weekly newly uploaded jewelry pieces.


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