Classes, Catalog and Weekend Beading Oh My!

Well as I said last post I was working on what to say for each piece in a the Catalog that Barry made for me.

So if you look at the picture from last post and imagine this next to it on the page:

Perfect for any occasion! This is set was made for a bridal party. The bracelets
and earring for the bridesmaids and the necklace for the flower girls. All can
be tailored to fit your special occasion.
The blue goldstone gives off a
silvery shimmer.

And then for this bracelet: "Under the Sea"

Under the Sea -- the blues and greens in this bracelet are inspired by visions of moonlight deep in the depths of the ocean water. The blues and greens shimmer and seem to change color in the light. Small fish and star fish swim between the strands of these bracelets.

Also this last week I worked on getting a class together for the NAA Jewelry
club. We have about 20 people signed up so far and more and more keep
responding. It has gone from one class to two classes now. (Both on the same
day... one at lunch and one after work.) The wonderful Mythical Magpie is
going
to teach the class! :D Here is her blog to see some of her stuff: http://mythicalmagpie.blogspot.com/

She will be teaching a beginner polymer bead making class.

I'm excited. The class will be on the 27th! Woot.

I just came back from Cleveland on Friday night and I was inspired. I was able to do 2 wire necklaces - beaded crochet and one Sun Necklace.

The special thing about the Sun necklace is that is stretched my boundaries. I tend to stick with colors I am comfortable with. (Blue, Green, Black, Red) This one has a Sun focal bead that was orange, so I made a multi strand necklace with bright orange and brown and copperish colors. :) Pictures to come soon.

This seems like a super long post so time to wrap it up! :D Let me know what you think of the blurbs.

Jenn's Bridesmaids Jewelry and other items

You know it's really hard to describe the items you create, to write it in descriptive form. Who knew it could be so hard? Barry helped me take some pictures of my jewelry and as a surprise he put together a fall catalog for me!

As soon as I get the words correct I will post a few of the slides up here. :D

But the real reason I posted today is because I finally finished the bridesmaid jewelry that Jenn had ordered. It was a 4 bracelets with matching earrings and 2 children's necklaces. Here is the problem I had. How long do you make a child's necklace? I had done searches in the past and had come up with nothing. I did another search this weekend and found: http://www.jsbeads.com/Articles/Designing_Jewelry_BS_FS/Necklace_Lengths.asp

And there is was a Choker 14/16 inches, "This is a good necklace length for a child. This way the necklace has 'growth room'."

So I went back and measured what I had made. 13 inches. CRAP. So I tried it on my neck it fit just fine. So I figured unless this was some freakishly large child hopped up on steroids then it should be fine.

The bracelets and earrings are blue goldstone with small silver beads and heart clasps. I am going to add to my catalog as a bridal party set. Or something of the sort. I figure I can keep the same design and change to colors to match the bridal colors.

Any other ideas for what they can be called? Or have any ideas on descriptive words to use or how your talk up your jewelry?