Creating While Learning a New Stitch!

Learning something new is always a lovely choice... sometimes I get it soon after beginning the process, sometimes it takes a few projects to perfect it.  This new stitch "peyote with a twist, not crochet" is a load of fun.  It looks like crochet, but you don't have to string on all the beads ahead of time, which is awesome.  And, truly the designs are so endless.  I was focusing on stitching correctly - one stitch after another - and, imagine! this piece took on a life of its own... always such a surprise to me.  :)  As I was progressing, I looked through my stock of favorite bead artist pendants, and Gaea's feather jumped out at me, and the colors were so delicious with what I had already started, it joined the flow of it all.  My earrings were actually started before I finished the necklace.  Ooh la la... Fall here I come.  There's so much joy in these beads.

MORE FUN EARRING BLING +

As we head towards fall I'd best get all these summer colors out of my system so I can move on to the beauty of what the leaves will soon be bringing as inspiration.  So, here goes, more leather bling, a couple of very special anniversary macrame bracelets with initial charms stamped courtesy of my friend Aimee Stephenson, and another with a pre-stamped bar and then leather on the last one.  This leather is addicting... 

The colors of these earrings below are SO GORGEOUS!  The leather is a beautiful turquoise blue and then I added some paint to the flower charms for some extreeee pazzaz.  A really fun experiment with some fire polish and leaf charm dangles.