Hey all, just wanted to share my newest web presence.  I have joined ArtFire.  I am setting up my shop now.  If you would like to check it out, go to ArtFire.com.  I will be listing more items over the next few days, so check back often.  I am still listing on Etsy as well and you can check out my Etsy shop here.
I am still selling in person at the Eugene Saturday Market at 8th and Oak streets in downtown Eugene from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. rain or shine.  Come on down and check out the beadwork for sale and see the market.  They have a lot of fun to offer every Saturday.  An International food court and live entertainment all day long.  Did I mention it is a maker is the seller market?  That means you can talk with the artist that made the items!  I like that, it makes for interesting conversation over the tables.  Hope to talk to you there!

Hi all!  Just wanted to share my new dragonfly earring listings with you.  They are a cute little beaded bead that I make in a variety of color combinations.  You can see the current selection at Bead Art by Shari on Etsy.  I can make them in many combination’s, so send me a note and let me know what your colors would be.  I am working on a  dragonfly earring give away, so watch for that in the future!  Have a wonderful day, and keep on beadin!

Amber and Green

Pink

Green and Pink

Turquoise and Red

Thanks for taking a look at my beadwork … if I can figure out the computer there will be more soon!

Hi all!  Just wanted to share my latest creation with you.  She is called Mermaid in Blue.  She is a lovely little fantasy sea creature just swimming by to say hello!  She loves to play in peoples imaginary sea gardens.  This cute little mermaid is a bead woven art piece made from size 11 seed beads and measures 4 1/2 inches from the top of her head to the tip of her tail.  She has white and pink freshwater pearl accents in her amber and blue coral fringed hair. I listed her for sale on Etsy.com and will be bring her with me when I am vending at the Eugene Saturday Market in case you are dying to see her in person.  I learned about beading and sculptural peyote from a friend at the market seven years ago(had to think about that one).

On The Beach

Little Mermaid in Blue

Sculptural peyote has been one of my very favorite stitches since learning of it’s existance .  Then of course I learned how much fun it is to make fringe hair, and I was gone, baby gone!  I really just love all the stitches.  Those shiny little glass orbs just get my imagination flowing.  Sometimes faster than I can do things with the ideas or even write them down.   Well, that’s it for now.  Thanks for checking out my little Mermaid in Blue.  Bead On!

Hello All!  Just wanted to keep you up to date with my lastest listings on Etsy.  I have listed a new netted collar in white and amber.  It has little freshwater pearls on everyother point, and a glass flower clasp.  All my beaded creations are worked on a double strand of nylon thread conditioned with beeswax for generations of wearable joy!

I also listed my little peyote beads in primary colors.  They are a lot of fun to wear.  They can go on dreadlocks or over a braid.  The possibilities are endless.  If you would like a closer look at these items, or to purchase one of them, go to Etsy.com.  I am bead art by shari on that site and have many beautiful items for sale there.  Thanks for looking!

Hello All!  I just wanted to tell you about my next big adventure.  I will be selling my beautiful bead art at the Inner Space Family’s Spring Fair in Douglas Hall at the Douglas county fairgrounds in Roseburg, Oregon, on the 27th, 28th and 29th of March.  They are  open 1pm to 9pm on Friday, 10am to 9pm on Saturday and 11am to 5pm on Sunday.  They put on a beautiful show with features including two stages for entertainment and a wonderful selection of healthful, good food from their kitchen.  There are large puppets that circulate through the fair and various other things to entertain and amaze you.  Did I mention some of the finest handcrafts available in the Northwest?  All this and more at the Douglas County fairgrounds this weekend.  Come check it out!

March challenge mosaic

Hello all!  I just wanted to let everyone know that the voting for the March Etsy Bead weavers challenge Temptation is opening today!

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There are many very beautiful pieces as you can see from the mosaic.  The Bead weavers have really outdone themselves this time.  The voting is the real challenge.  How do you choose just one!

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To look at the Bead woven art more closely, go to the Etsy Bead weavers blog and click on the links under the mosaic.  You will be taken to the artists Etsy shop where you can look at the pieces more closely and from different angles to really get a good idea of how intricate they are.  Another way is to go to Etsy.com and search for EBWC.  This will bring up a list of the pieces and links to the bead weavers shops.

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A special congratulations to all the Bead weavers who were able to enter this challenge.  The art is truly amazing and inspirational.  Good luck with the voting!

The theme for the April Etsy Bead weavers challenge has been chosen.  Mariya of BeadCatcher won the January/February challenge, and gets to choose the April challenge.  She has chosen the theme, Time Machine.  I will give you the quote for her challenge:

I guess everybody once in a while has had that thought “What if?” Yes, what if you were given a once in a life time chance to travel through time and space; to travel into past or future; to travel into a real or imagined world? Where would you go? What would you see there? Just think about it. Take the trip and share it with us in the form of beading art with its unlimited possibilities!

That sounds good Mariya.  Beads and beadweaving are like that, full of infinite possibilities.  This should be fun!  The challenge entries for the March challenge are rolling in, and wow!  Wowie, wow, wow!  If you want to have a look go to Etsy and search on EBWC.  The Etsy Beadweavers were truly tempted to create some amazing beadwork as usual.  It will be another difficult decision.

Hello All,

Just wanted to let everyone know that the Etsy Bead weavers challenge has been decided. The winner is Tropical Treasures by Mariya of BeadCatcher. Her gorgeous bead embroidery piece is stunning. I love everything about it, including the scuba diver and the jelly at the bottom. Her prize is to choose the next challenge theme. Good luck.

I am still trying to come up with my temptation piece for the March challenge. I just have a hard time deciding what to make. So many choices in the beads.  I can’t wait to see what we all come up with next!

Congratulations again to Mariya of BeadCatcher for winning the Etsy Bead weavers team challenge.  All of the beadweavers pieces, except for those already sold, are available for purchase at Etsy.com.  Just go to Etsy and search for EBW team.  You will see a current selection of bead weaver items for sale.

That's me!

Hey All,

Just wanted to let everyone know that the voting for the Etsy Bead weavers Challenge “Tropical Holiday” is open now through February 15th. Visit http://etsy-beadweavers.blogspot.com/ to vote for your favorite bead woven work of art!

There are so many wonderful entries, it will be hard to choose just one. To view the entries in more detail go to Bead weavers blog front page and click the links under the mosaic. It will take you to each members Etsy shop to see different angles of the beadwork. I saw this morning that 454 votes have already been cast. How exciting!

It shows when a group of people love what they do. I think that is reflected in the Bead weavers group. We are all easily drawn into the creative flow the beads create around us. They allow us to weave them into art pieces from the most intricate and delicate webs to the most bold and dynamic sculptures. Everyone sees the beads differently and does different things with them.

Those differences shine through in this challenge. I had so many ideas for entering the challenge. I have an entire honeymoon’s worth of gorgeous photos taken by my loving husband to draw inspiration from when my memory wanes. And the thing that came through for me was wearing a fringed top and spinning on the beach. I have also been thinking of making a crocheted bead fringed top like the one Spinny Girl on the Beach is wearing for me!

Well, I hear my beads calling. Thank you all for your support of the Etsy Bead weavers Challenge. And good luck to everyone with the voting.

Little Red Hearts

It came to my inbox a little while ago.  The theme for the March Bead Weavers challenge is Temptation.  One of my temptations of course is anything in a bead, like these little red hearts I have to buy every year.

Karin of Gypsy Eyes Jewelry was the winner for December, and her prize is choosing the next theme for the challenge.  I will share Karin’s exact words with you.

This past weekend I was listening to some Tom Waits whilst sitting at my workbench….. beading, of course. The song “Temptation” came on. Temptation? Hmmmm…….

We could safely bead representations of our guilty pleasures perhaps: No more bon-bons on my lips and hips! Draping around my neck or dangling from my ears instead.

Or make something so beautifully bejeweled as to tempt all who lay eyes upon it.

Or we could give in to the temptation to attempt that great masterpiece that requires stepping out and trying something totally new to us.

I hope that the individual interpretation of the theme allows us to learn something new about each other and ourselves. Too deep? Okay, let’s just have fun with this!

Now I think that sounds like it could be fun! What do we think temptation in beads is?

I have been thinking of many fun ideas, but none have come off the needle yet.  All of the beads are just too tempting.  We will have to wait and see what develops.  After seeing all the entries for the January/February challenge, I can’t wait to see the March entries.

Have a wonderful day, and Bead On!