Beading Arts

This is an orthoceras fossil that I picked up at a street market in England, in the Before-Times when we could travel freely!   © copyright 2019 – All rights reserved Beading Arts

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BLOSSOMS OF THE MOONLIT WAVES  Are they flowers or are they sea creatures? Maybe they are both, as the name suggests! Made from sugilite, charoite, Swarovski crystals, seed beads, and pea...

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LEAVE A COMMENT TO ADOPT ONE OF MY PENDANTS! The focal piece of this necklace is my one of my very favorite metal artists, Jennifer West of OFF THE GRID DESIGNS .  I just love how this one ...

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These two pendants have found their forever homes!  The cute focals were made by my friend DOROTHY SUPRI of SKYLINE BEADS   <3 Copyright 2021 Cyndi Lavin. All rights reserved.  © copy...

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THISTLES I love this piece, which features a metal focal and charm by my friend JENNIFER WEST .   Copyright 2021 Cyndi Lavin. All rights reserved.  © copyright 2019 – All rights ...

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Available!  Leave me a comment I love this little guy!  The focal piece was made by my friend Dorothy Supri .    Copyright 2021 Cyndi Lavin. All rights reserved.  © copyright 20...

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BLUE FLORAL This pendant has found its forever home, but I have others that are similar! Contact me to adopt one of my pendants The focal is by SHARI SMITH MCDERMOTT , and the little raku ...

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Available!  Leave a comment Copyright 2021 Cyndi Lavin. All rights reserved.  © copyright 2019 – All rights reserved Beading Arts

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I love seashore colors, especially in the summer! Copyright 2021 Cyndi Lavin. All rights reserved.  © copyright 2019 – All rights reserved Beading Arts

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Looks like Copper may have found its forever home! Copyright 2021 Cyndi Lavin. All rights reserved.  © copyright 2019 – All rights reserved Beading Arts

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Available!  Leave me a comment First introduced in 2019 ...now looking for it's forever home! Copyright 2021 Cyndi Lavin. All rights reserved.  © copyright 2019 – All rights rese...

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Available!  Leave me a comment Ammonites are one of my most favorite cabochons to work with.  They are deep, and need extra care to bezel them properly, but they are sooo worth it! Copy...

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This is one of my favorite pieces.  I made it years ago, and it was inspired by my Mother, who has the greenest of green thumbs I've ever known!  I wrote a TUTORIAL to show you the basic s...

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THE PEACEFUL FOX and THE GHOST OF THE FOREST have found their forever home!  I know they will be well cared for.  Please contact me if you are interested in adopting a different pendan...

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ANDANTE The idea for this piece started to form in my mind when my husband became involved in restoring an antique player piano. The keys called to me in ways that I couldn't explain. I cri...

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GAEA EMERGING Wool roving, seed beads, pearls, aventurine, jade, copper  In making GAEA EMERGING, I developed a two-layered solution to the problem of stitched-on embellishments getting l...

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ANCIENT WAVES  Ammonites, jasper, Swarovski crystals, seed beads, and pearls  Here are some step-out photos of the process at the link :-)  Copyright 2021 Cyndi Lavin.  All rights...

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DARK LADY An antique purse that was well beyond repair provided the steel-cut beads and the chain used for the closure of this recycled bead embroidered necklace. All of the black beads, from...

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ORINOCO FLOW  My daughter pointed out to me that this piece uses several very primitive symbols, like concentric circles and jagged lines, which often represent watering holes and the riv...

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MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS  "It's midnight at the oasis, send your camel to bed," sang the incomparable Maria Muldaur. My friends and I used to howl with laughter as we sang along! Now I find my...

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PHOEBE Hello friends! I haven't had time to work on new pieces since I'm still running a food pantry and hot meals program during the Time of Covid. So I thought I'd take a bit of a trip down...

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I got this great polymer clay cabochon set from Sherri Kellberg, BEADAZZLEME . I thought I just needed a push to get back into making things, and this seemed to do it. I am trying to set asid...

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Some of my friends - around the US and around the world - have probably wondered why I've stopped posting new work. Here's why: I run a food pantry and a weekly dinner for the food insecu...

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Available!  Leave me a comment Just last week I finished and posted a pendant using one of YVONNE IRVIN-FAUS 'S quirky fun pieces.  Seems I'm on a roll!  For this one, I decided to go ...

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Available!  Leave me a comment I love these bright fun pieces by YVONNE IRVIN-FAUS.  Yvonne has a site you can check out called MYELEMENTS BY YVONNE .  In fact, I just realized when I w...

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