Archive for August, 2010

Congrats to the 2010 Bead Dreams winners

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Congratulations to the winners of the 2010 Bead Dreams “objects & accessories” category!


Rings & Things is pleased to provide prizes to these three talented designers:

1st PlaceThe Elegant Bead Partition with Fluttering Cherry Blossoms, Satoko Toyoda – $300 gift certificate  (Also won “Best in Show”!)

2nd PlaceSwirl, Cindy Pankopf – $200 gift certificate

3rd PlaceGaze of a Rose, Olga Shumilova – $100 gift certificate

We’ll post pictures as soon as we have them :) In the meantime, you can also read about last year’s winners in this category!

New gold filled…

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Have you seen?  A bunch of new gold-filled findings have made their appearance here…

Clasps

…like, say, these toggles

Earrings

…like these patterned hoops

Links

…including ovals!

Mystery beads…

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Just for fun!  These ‘mystery beads’ were passed along by a friend.  I snapped a quick photo–can you guess what any of them are?

Carnelian for Virgos

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Carnelian beads…a summer delight.

Some tantalizing carnelian (and its relative natural agate) has crossed our path lately…

Carnelian trade beads in cubes or tubes…

And natural-agate tanfouks (click this glimpse to see complete)…

…Brilliant birthstones to adorn a special day for a Virgo dear to you.

(They’re a great keepsake gift for anyone you enjoy being nice to, in fact!)