Tourmaline Jewelry

I had a fairly busy weekend but I was finally able to finish a bracelet that I promised to a friend. It seems as though lately I've been working mostly on seed bead projects so I really enjoyed getting to play with stone beads and silver.

These are the earrings and bracelet that my friend got. She was expecting the bracelet, but not the earrings so that was a nice surprise for her.

I made a bracelet for myself

and a necklace too.
I'm not sure what I'm going to tackle next. I'm currently working on an embroidered fleece blanket, an embroidered laundry bag, a few pairs of earrings and a crocheted blanket for kitty. I've also just about finished the table cloth that I made for kitty's play table. I think I can have that one done by tomorrow. Yay!

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