What's happening at RocksandPaperSwans today?

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earrings - never enough!

you can never have enough earrings!

Pretty new things

paper bead tribal necklace at rocksandpaperswans.etsy.com

Sale at RocksandPaperSwans.etsy.com

SALE - get an early start today - Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday 20% off. Use coupon code GOBBLEGOBBLE .
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fun finds on Etsy

It is amazing what you can find on Etsy! We bought this vintage Collier's Magazine from LiteraryMischief. My Mom was on the cover! She was born and grew up in the Nassau in the Bahamas and just happened to be poolside when the Collier's photographer was taking pictures. He asked her to pose and history was made. Both my brother and I have probably romanticized life in the Bahamas back then but it must have been a wonderful time and place to grow up.

labradorite and lava stone

lovely combination with the tans and pinks of jasper, lepidolite gemstone, and

faceted Czech glass,

warm copper and shiny silver metals

labradorite and lava stone bracelet

new bracelet

neutral colors 

gray, tan, and silver

beautiful mystic labradorite, 

shell, bone, Czech glass, sterling and Turkish silver

at RocksandPaperSwans.etsy.com

lots of new earrings

you can't have too many ear dangles imho

 

lampwork and Mykonos green patina casting earring

ancient Roman glass, Mexican fire agate earrings

  

old mexico #3 flower earrings

hand painted wire wrapped polymer earrings

pink jasper cross earrings

 

labradorite and pale peach faceted glass earrings

naked lady returns

...  with more pretty necklaces  ...

 Tibetan conch shell and sterling necklace

 

hand painted polymer clay focal mixed bead necklace

naked lady, mannequin, dress form

I've finally found a mannequin to photograph RocksandPaperSwans necklaces on. I wanted one of those shabby chic, covered in linen or something, beautiful antique-y things but they are a little on the pricey side. This one was found in a little shop downsizing their stock in an antique mall nearby at a price I could afford.

For now I'm using her in the nude but later I plan to cover her with paint or pale tissue collage. I think I still have some old dress patterns in one of my many paper stash drawers that would be perfect.

So, here are the first new shots of the lovely Ms. ? (haven't named her yet).

 

Thai Buddhist amulet lariat necklace 

 Tribal necklace of seed beads, jasper, paper beads

 

 Tibetan agate and orange impression jasper necklace

I have lots of new things being listed in my shop now that I am really pleased with.

Everything I do is one of a kind.

Lovely colors and unusual mixes of beads, my polymer, and paper beads, very easy to wear.

Storyworks magazine

a new illo for a poem in Scholastic's Storyworks Magazine that should be in mailboxes about now

and here's a favorite older piece just because summer is almost over

sale continues

Oops, I made an error in some of the sale coupons I sent out last week so I am doing it again. My HAPPYBIRTHDAY25 sale - get 25% off your purchase through Monday September 29 at http://www.rocksandpaperswans.etsy.com/

birthday sale

Happy Birthday to me! And I'm giving you a present! Get 25% off your purchase now through Tuesday September 16 at www.RocksandPaperSwans.etsy.com

**HOW TO APPLY THE COUPON  CODE** 

HAPPY25

Once you've added an item to your cart, on the right, click Apply shop coupon code above Item total. Enter the coupon code HAPPY25 and click Apply. The coupon discount will adjust your order total.

pretty new bracelets

Lots of illustration projects going on but I managed to squeeze in time to finish up some new bracelets.  I hope to have them listed on Etsy by week's end.

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oodles of new earrings

 

I made lots of paper beads last winter and after finishing up some picture book projects I'm finally getting around to turning beads into jewelry. I love combining their pops of color with semi-precious or ethnic or Czech beads. The pair above are stacked with African clay, recycled glass and Czech glass on sterling silver 'sticks'. Others (below) are combined with mykonos ceramics, jasper, and various metals.

at rocksandpaperswans.etsy.com

SUGAR WHITE SNOW AND EVERGREENS

This box plopped onto my doorstep yesterday.

It has only been a couple of days since I sent the final art for the 4th and last in the series (they haven't settled on the title yet). SUGAR WHITE SNOW is 3rd and should be in bookstores very soon.

Now I can work on some jewelry projects for a little while!