A day to play with my beads

 Today I took the day off from work cause I just needed a day off to play.  I was going to sleep in, but when you have cats they have other ideas.  So  I was up early sorting beads and decided to play with my beads today instead of my embroidery machine.

Here are some of the things I was working on today:

 I love the sun!  These beads I found at Beverly's, they are just so fun and happy and on the flip side there is a moon!

 The lanyard above was a request from a friend of mine.  She wanted something in Patriotic colors, and since most of my bead collection is in the basement somewhere, I went out to buy some blue beads.  I like how it came out.  I found the big blue heart bead at the flea market awhile ago, and the red and silver findings I found at the bead show last weekend.

 Today was also my beachy themed jewelry day.  I just love all things that have to do with the sea.  I spent a lot of time at the beach when we were kids, so there are a lot of really fond memories of spending the late afternoon going to the beach while our parents were surf fishing.

 I found these little bobbers at Cabela's on our last trip to Reno.  I just had to use them in a pair of earrings. 

 And these things are called spoons.  I think they are just too cool and remind me of many pairs of earrings that I've owned in the past.  Plus I remember someone asking me one time why I like earrings that look like fishing tackle.  So of course I had to find a way to use them in jewelry.

 They make so many cool colors!  Love the silver/teal colors of these spoons.  Now I want to take a trip out to Scheel's to get more!!

And lastly, my nephew has wanted my bullet earrings/charms in red.  And my flea market lady never had them.  I was so excited to see them at the bead show last weekend, so of course I scooped them up!!  One actually is just red glass, and the other has a fire polished sheen to it.  You can't really tell with the photos. 

I really need to invest in a mini photo studio!!

That's all my creations for today.  Tomorrow we will be on to embroidery!!