D7 Studio Blog: 2014

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Bead Fest Philly Countdown!!!

So it's less then 2 weeks from Bead Fest Philly show, Wow, where did the time go! A few new things you'll see at the D7 Studio Booth this year, is I'm launching the Silver Silk Knitted Wire Products in pre-cut packs!! I am so excited about this new venture which will allow me to bring more of the great, made in the USA, products to you. & did I mention at a great new price!!

Silver Silk Packs - Made in the USA!!!

Here's what the pre-cut packs look like & I will be offering a show special discount when you buy more then one pack!!

FREE Make & Take Project.....

Also at my Booth this year will be the lovely & talented glass artist, Nolly Gelsinger of Nolly's Folly Studio!! She will be demoing, answering questions & she will be doing a FREE Make & Take project!! The Make & Take project will be these pretty Lucite and Irish Waxed Linen earrings:

Plus I'll have new ceramic beads from

Marsha Neal Studio!!!

Come visit me & my beady friends at Booth #366 & here's a discount Coupon for you &/or your friends to get into the show:

*any problems printing this coupon, email me at darlene7m@yahoo.com*

See you at Bead Fest!! :)

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Blog Hop Reveal

Today is the Day!! I joined in Diane of Suburban Girl Studios Waxed Linen Blog Hop & today is the reveal!! I just recently started working with waxed linen cord & selling it the bead shows, due to the high number of my customers that asked if I carried it, so I took the plunge....& the following is the result!! I'm loving all the colors it's available in & how well it knots.

For the Blog Hop I decided to use the following Materials:

Ceramic Disks by Marsha Neal Studio

Ceramic Cap by Marsha Neal Studio

Ceramic Wire Shards by Marsha Neal Studio

4 Ply Irish Waxed Linen(Mint)

Pewter Toggle
3MM Crown/Tulip Crimp End

Small Drop & Long Drop Seed Beads from Twisted Sistah Beads

The ceramic pieces I used from Marsha Neal Studio are from her collection of beads that I sell at the bead shows, Thank You very much Marsha, I've been dying to use these disks in a finished piece of jewelry!! & they're paired with seed beads from a dear friend of both Marsha & I, Leslie of Twisted Sistah Beads & Fiber!! I had no choice but to include Leslie's favorite color seed bead - Matte Khaki Iris - for which Leslie calls it "the New Black"!!

This is a big step out of the box for me jewelry wise, in that this is my first asymmetrical necklace! Yikes, I've been making jewelry for 14 years, selling at bead shows since 2006 & this is the first one!! Well better late then never right, I hope you enjoy it!! In the next coming weeks I will be listing new kits on my Etsy shop as well as some other supplies I carry at the bead shows including the Irish Waxed Linen!! Check out my Etsy Shop in the next couple weeks or come visit me at a bead show in the Northeast - check out my show schedule posted on the left side of my blog page!!

Darlene

Diana Ptaszynski

Kelsy Vincent
Susan Kennedy
Linda Landig
Kashmira Patel
Jenny Davies-Reazor
Vanessa Gilkes
Sandy Huntress
Kay Thomerson
Sarajo Wentling
Kari Asbury
Rebecca Anderson
Melissa Trudinger
Ann Schroeder
Shai Williams
Blanca Medina
Cheryl Brown
Johana Nunez Rivera
Lori Bowring Michaud
Kelly Morgan
Barbara Bechtel

Kristen Stevens
Heather Boardman
Janet Bocciardi
Kathy Lindemer
Lesley Watt
Susan Kolovson
Jayne Capps
Michelle McCarthy
Cynthia Deis
Karla Morgan
Erin Siegel
Becky Pancake
Kelly Hosford Patterson
Sharyl McMillian-Nelson
Inge von Roos
Carolyn Lawson
Linda Younkman
Sandi Volpe
Toltec Jewels
Michelle Mach
Jen Cameron
Dorothy Winchell
Darlene Mansue You Are Here!!!
Cory Tompkins

Friday, March 7, 2014

Clarksville, MD - Innovative Beads Expo Show - March 8 & 9, 2014 - NewArtist Beads have Arrived!!

I have NEW beads from Marsha Neal Studio & Nolly's Folly Studio! Thank you ladies for the beautiful goodies!! Here's a little sneak peek of the beads that I'll have this weekend at the Innovative Beads Expo Show this weekend in Clarksville, MD:

New Marsha Neal Studio Beads

New Nolly's Folly Studio Disk Flowers

Plus I'll have a new bracelet kit - Walk the Line in three different color ways: Statuesque Bronze, Steel

& Magnolias and Darker Shades of Grey! This bracelet kit is a collaboration between Leslie of Twisted Sistah Beads & Fiber and I!!

Please come visit me (& Nolly of Nolly's Folly Studio, making a guest appearance and demo-ing some jewelry making!) at the bead show this weekend! For directions & a coupon click the following link (if link doesn't work, copy & paste!):

http://www.innovativebeadsexpo.com/

Darlene