Humblebeads' Customer Gallery

Today I wanted to feature some of the amazing creations my friends on Facebook have been sharing with me!  These are just too fantastic, I want to show them off to everyone! Designers just blow my mind with how they use my beads, always so creative and clever.

Let's start with my all time favorite Van Gogh creation from Gloria Ewing, Starry Night Necklace.  I would have never in a million years thought to use one of my spacer bar beads that way.  Just when I think I should retire my Van Gogh series someone comes along with a brilliant idea and I fall in love them all over again. 

You can see more of Gloria's innovative designs in her Etsy shop at Chrysalis Too.

I had to pull out this design to show you how different two artists can design with the same bead! This necklace is one of my all time favorite designs from Lorelei Eurto and was published in BeadStyle magazine in 2009.

Lorelei has such an eye for color and texture.  This fun piece caught my eye a few weeks ago and I love, love the asymmetrical design with the disks opposing that generous heaping of silver chain - they play so nicely off each other. The tassel is so sweet I can barely stand it, but there are some tiny touches that catch my eye in this bracelet too - like the little dash of color of seed beads and the leather for part of the clasp. Lorelei used my woodland disks in Blooms and Bark. 

You can see more of Lorelei's jewelry designs on her website and in her Etsy shop.

Next up is my friend Rebecca Anderson of Songbead and boy does she ever make Humblebeads sing! Rebecca has a sophisticated eye for color and creates jewelry that leaps off the computer screen.  This pendant features one of my Hibiscus flowers paired cleverly with enameled bead caps with a great use of waxed linen to add in a little pop of color. The whole pendant has a magical quality that draws me in!

You can see more of Rebecca's beautiful work at SongBead on Etsy. 

And congratulations to Rebecca on having two pieces of jewelry featuring Humblebeads published in Beads and Beyond. These adorable house earrings pair my Willow House beads with some fancy wire and seed bead accents

The second piece is a necklace that paired up a Petal headpin with a keyhole pendant from Green Girl Studios.  There is definitely a story going on here with this design!

And another big hearty congrats goes out to my sweet friend Kaushambi Shah who had this fun pair of Peacock Headpin Earrings published in the Spring issue of Jewelry Stringing Magazine.  Love them Kauashambi - the well chosen accent beads bring these art nouveau inspired headpins to life!

Visit Kaushambi's Etsy shop Ornament Lounge to see her art bead infused jewelry.

A gift for you!

And if you are feeling inspired and need to add some new Humblebeads to your bead stash now, I want to also share a little gift with you! 

Use code 5FREE for a $5.00 gift certificate to use on any purchase of $20 or more.  If you order is more than $50 use code 5FREEPLUS for 10% off your entire order. 

This can be used at both Humblebeads.com and Humblebeads.etsy.com.

Amazed by You - Customer Gallery

Have I told you lately how amazing I think my customers are?  So many of you are friends, beautiful sources of encouragement and inspiration!

THANK YOU!

Thank You!

Thank You!

This post is dedicated to you, my heart-felt thanks being sent out to each one of you - you are a bright spot in my day.  And here are some of the beautiful works you've sent to me via flickr or facebook.  Thank you for sharing your work with me!

I love that necklace, like could-look-at-that-photo-over-and-over-again kind of love!  The necklace and earrings were created by Kristy Caroll Abner.  You can see more of her work on her facebook page and in her Etsy shop.

Malin, dear sweet Malin!  She is one of my Bead of the Month customers and whipped up this beauty recently with February's bead.  It was a limited edition butterfly that I created just for that group.  I love how she paired up it with the rich copper color and purple patina chain.  Malin de Koning is a very talented designer and avid blogger from Sweden.  Be sure to stop by her blog to see her work and get to know this creative artist!

Heather Trudeau, also known as the Peacock Fairy, is a fellow Michigan girl and her starfish bracelet calls to my inner mermaid! See more of work in her Etsy Shop and follow along on her blog as she shares her beading journey and her cute-as-a-button baby bump as she chronicles the growth of her little one!

My buddy Rose Noble has been blogging about her goal of creating everyday in 2011.  I'm thrilled to see that some Humblebeads have made their way onto her table of crafty goodness.  Rose is a designer for Vintaj and I love what she created with my Dogwood bead and egg in the first two necklaces.  They are so feminine and pretty.  She also created a totally adorable series of pendants with my woodland creatures and little friendly greetings.  Beyond cute, my friend!  Why hello to you little Mr. Fox, aren't you looking fantastic today!  Follow along on Rose's blog to see what creative adventures this mixed media artist is up to now.

I'd love to see what you've made with Humblebeads.  Stop by my facebook page and share a photo or two.

Bead Spotlight - Vintage Poppy

Here is a bead that I created earlier this summer and decided to offer it as part of my new line of fall beads. I have 8 of them in stock currently. The new beads are coming along. I fit in a few here and there between the orders, which have been crazy lately. I'm in a mad rush to get caught up by Friday so I can take the weekend off. It's the last weekend of summer vacation - always bittersweet.
Here is a wonderful example of my poppy bead in action. This necklace is by the very talented Lorelei Eurto. This was a two hole bead that she cleverly worked into a pendant.

I love seeing what my bead fans make with their humblebeads!

The launch of the new beads are going to have to wait until next week, when the girls are back in school and I have 8 hours a day to work again.

Humblebeads in Action

Lorelei whipped up this Starry Night bracelet inspired by my Ornament Thursday project. The color combination with the vintaj brass and chain are the perfect touch.

Gingeroni used one of my blue birds in this wonderful sunny creation inspired by her garden. I love the little "dream" tag on there.

KarinsCreations came up with her take on my earthy pendant project that was posted on the Art Bead Scene. She used some of my one-of-a-kind wafer beads. The leather color with the art beads work so well together.

Nothing makes me happier than seeing my beads in action. I'd love to see what you've created with your humblebeads.

Customer Appreciation

Time for more jewelry from my talented customers!

My auntie Rosanne whipped up this example of my sundry bracelet design using a set of Van Gogh Disk Beads. She used matte seed beads and bali silver for spacers. Swarozski crystal and faceted 6 mm lapis, amber chips, lapis chips and yellow and bronze pearls were also used. Perfect for a summer evening.

Tara from Sadie and Leo paired these sweet Pink Cherry Blossom Disk Beads with a fresh mix of silver and icy seed beads. Couldn't you just see this with white capris and a pink tank?

Do you have a high quality photo of jewelry you created using some of your favorite Humblebeads? Email me the link or photos, I'd love to feature you and your shop or blog here!

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