A BIG Thank You to all my great customers who made my 'Stimulus Bead Program' a huge success!

Giant Bead Sale

I offered 40% OFF EVERYTHING at both my bead sites!!

If you'd like to be added to my mailing list, send me a note w/your email at ether of my sites below!

Clink on either link to see all the goodies!

My Bead Shops: ArtFire & Yahoo

Need Beads? I got 'em!!

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~ Happy Easter & Peace to All ~

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Pictures are worth a 1,000 words....
I adore old vintage postcards, flowers, nature, pretty jewelry & beads and listening to beautiful music playing while viewing them. I hope you enjoy them too. Perhaps a quiet moment to reflect may come to mind to give thanks which may refresh your spirit.

My personal prayer today is for help to be delivered, additional emotional support, food for the hungry, and peace within the hearts of those troubled, suffering, in pain or who recently experienced loss. I pray that God will cradle your soul in His loving Hands to calm your heart, ease your pain, and Bless your life with His Grace & Love. I believe in His Love and the power it brings to souls open and accepting to Him.

Cute as a Button ~ Necklaces

~ Cute as a Button ~

I've been very busy creating these simple and delicate little necklaces composed of genuine freshwater pearls and gorgeous Czech Art-Glass Button pendants. I created sterling enhancers on the buttons so you can easily slip it off/on the pearls and use it on another necklace ~and~ you can wear the pearls alone if you wish.

I'll be listing them at Lollishops simply click on my shop's name below:
Mia Bella Collection
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'New' Czech Art -Glass Button Pendants

I'm offering 'New' Czech Art-Glass Button Pendants!

Click on the Title above for the direct link to my ArtFire shop to purchase one. I designed a sterling silver enhancer which is attached to the button's shank without causing any damage -and- NO use of toxic glues are involved. You can simply slip the pendant on/off any existing necklace.

I value the job that buttons are meant to do and didn't want to ruin it's value as a button or the possibility of using it at a later date as a true button (sewn on). So I created a sterling enhancer which can be removed or left in place if one would like to attach it to a garment with needle and thread. Even though the buttons may look "vintage or antique" they're all fresh from the factory, so there's no previous damage or wear & tear that's taken place.

These 'NEW' Czech glass buttons are purchased directly from the factory distributor and manufactured in Europe. They're 'NEW' -- not vintage or used. A 'new' generation and process enables a very high quality button with fantastic colors present in each of these beautiful glass buttons. Many buttons sold at Etsy or eBay may look similar and claim to be 'vintage or old', however the new technique used today were simply not available 20, 30, 40yrs ago. This age-old process of hand-pressed glass hasn't changed in over 200 years.

Each individual button is pressed in with a long-handled pair of pliers, the ends of the pliers are what hold the design molds. Then each shank is skillfully added at just the right moment while the glass is still very hot. After they've cooled in a special oven, the edge of each button is ground smoothed by a diamond wheel and finished by hand by these skillful craftsmen. The last step is the delicate painting done by hand and/or AB/finishes which are fired finished creating a breath-taking little jewel of a button!

I'll be posting more to use as pendants, buttons, or a fastener for a bracelet design!
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Sweet Little Temptations...

A few little 'Sweet Temptations....Skin Candy'

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~ Spring Clean-Up ~

I've been spending most of my time tweaking and building websites that I partake in all over the place! It's time to prepare and freshen up things for spring. So out with the old and in with....a new attitude. I've been cleaning out files, deleting old photos + taking new photos, creating collages, and trying to learn to blog. I may not be a spry Spring ChickiePoo anymore, but this lil' FeatheredHen can still scamper around with the best of 'em!

What I've gathered and realize is that I'm a complete numbie-head with blogging. I'm soooo far behind with all that pertains to blogging. Ooofda. However, I'm a quick study! Lately, I've been snoopin' around and reading all sorts of blogs....OMG. It's overwhelming!! My attitude has been "I never thought anyone would want to read about 'me' or my life much." Blogs have always reminded me of a 1-member fan club "Hey all!! This is my personal fan club -- it's all about ME, this is what I do, this is what I like, this is what I don't like, this is what I think, this is what I did yesterday, this is what I fixed for lunch, ... blahblahblah ... People really want to know that stuff?

Hmmm.... Well, I don't think I'll be boring anyone with that sort of stuff. However when my creativity is on fire and I start mass-producing jewelry, or I take some incredible pics, or I begin to design textile folk-art patterns that I used to do....you'll see the results all over my blog! Now THAT is worth sharing!! LOL Take a little peek below....see what I mean? I always liked 'Show & Tell' best. :D

Robin's Egg Blue & Hint of Gold

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~ Early Lavendar Crocus ~

I just finished adding new goodies & updating my jewelry website:
Mia Bella Collection
Stop by and take a little peek!

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