Oh so relaxing Easter....

Oh what a great Easter weekend!  Spent Easter with Family and Friends.  Saturday was a relaxing yet productive day (preping food for Easter and dinner Saturday evening) with the Hubs!  Headed off to rehearsal for my play that opens on Wednesday - wow!  Came home to find an old friend had stopped by for a visit - Awesome.  Then relaxed with the Hubs and friend while making our Easter eggs.  We went back in time and decorated our eggs using the big box o' crayons and food coloring.  Super Fun!  Check out our handy work in this pic of our eggs.  I also sold my lavender floral wire wrapped ring that I just blogged about.  Yay!!!  
Easter Sunday was great also.  Made my dish for the Easter dinner, headed out to church to be with our church family and friends.  Then off to dinner with J's family.  Full belly and near napping, we headed home to relax some more.  Then off to Aunt and Uncles house for yet more... dessert!  Pineapple upside down cake with ice cream.  We returned home and soon after looked at each other and deceided ... time to get some winks.  I hope everyone had a blessed Easter.

Creative Spring Rings..........

Well, here are some of the new rings I have created.  I promised you pictures and here they are.  They are getting a great response. 
I created these designs using 20 gauge wire and a two holed slider bead.  I particularly liked this style of bead/slider because of the enamel and Austrian crystals added to them.  I think it adds so much to the overall look.  It is a little more difficult working with multiple wires at one time.  However, the finished look is well worth the effort.  When worn, these rings are what you might call a knuckle to knuckle ring.  Very attention grabbing on your hand.


The Golden Floral Ring is done with a nesting wrap design that accentuates the colors in the slider. 

These designs were each individually inspired by the bead/slider itself. 

I personally as an artist like to look at my supplies and let them
"speak to me" before creating.  This allows for each item to be an original and unique.  I enjoy creating this way much more than I do assembly line creating (which I do for some items).  I hope that you enjoy these as much as I did making them.  This technique can be used with all kinds of multi holed beads/slides.

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