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"Do what you love and do it often!"

9/1/2025

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This sign hangs in my bead/craft room, and it definitely inspires me:  I now have over 500 different bracelets in stock! 

Twenty-five of them are 2025 projects.  I did some remakes of my popular designs, like several in gray tones.  I also enjoyed creating with some unique colors:  champagne, scarlet, labradorite, black-eyed Susan.  I have some cool sparkly bracelets in fall tones, in pink/gray, and in turquoise/sapphire.  I even found some fun glow-in-the-dark beads for my line of children's bracelets and made three new "spooky" ones.

One special challenge was designing with gemstones.  I worked with pale blue angelite for the first time as well as yellow quartz.  I also have new bracelets featuring popular tigereye, black agate, leopardskin jasper, sodalite/lapis lazuli, pink opal, calcite, and others.  

Along with making my latest bracelets, I've been continuing to post on my Beadfriended Facebook page.  In the five years I've been online,  I have highlighted over 275 different designs.  All this is possible because of the faithful diligence of my husband/photographer.  With his help I have a virtual catalog of my bracelets, featuring pictures and descriptions.

And now we are ready for our 2025 craft show season.  We have five shows September through December, all of them longtime favorites of ours.  Although current pricetags on beads have "gone through the roof," I have not changed my prices.  I can proudly say that all my bracelets and earrings are priced at pre-tariff levels.  That's my gift to my faithful Beadfriended fans and to future customers as well. 

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!  






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