Three New Charm Bracelets

red, white,blue & bling

pearly white with gold tones & lots of bling

Black, White & Bling

I want to thank all my new followers. Thank you for the support. Hope you can be patient with me while I try to keep creating more inventory. I'm like most women...very busy! But I love to create these pieces & it is basketball season, so as long as there's a game to watch I'll be sitting at my work table working & cheering for my poor Phoenix Suns....I still love them, I always will:)

My Little Fan

Took a break from the beads & buttons today to go outside & chop firewood.

When I was done my four year old said..."Mom your Awesome!" Now if only I could get that out of the fourteen year old!

...it's already gone, but just wanted to show this bracelet, it's my most favorite.

How exciting...a give away!

I'm so excited to be featured again on Lolly Jane Boutique! I've made a special "Valentine's Day" inspired bracelet for a give away for their followers. Click on over to Lolly Jane ... become a follower & leave a comment...you could be the winner!

WoW! I've been featured!

I'm so excited to be featured on one of my favorite blogs..."LollyJane Boutique". The holidays are over & I've been planning on getting to work & building up my inventory. I won't have any lawns to mow or weeds to hoe till at least May soooo... I'm looking forward to many hours at my work table playing with all my treasures & turning them into something special. Most of what I create are one of a kind pieces.

My husband & I are hunters...he hunts anything with antlers & I hunt anything that sparkles! I love finding vintage buttons & rhinestones. When I find a great lot of vintage buttons it makes my day!

This was a birthday gift for a friend..."Jet" is her cell phone signature.

Here's something I made in mass....

it was a Christmas gift from me to my Young Women.

I call it the "We Believe" bracelet.

I want to give a big THANK YOU to "LollyJane"
for featuring me. I'm excited to finish some projects & get them posted & this has definitely motivated me!

Please stay tuned...more "Clella Belle's Beads" to come!

Finally...something new!

I've had this image of a windmill for quite awhile waiting to turn it in to something for my sister Jody. It turned into this pendant with a vintage rhinestone button & ruby red glass bead. She's not much for jewelry...I'm trying to convert her!
This pink & white necklace is made using silver chain with beads wrapped in silver wire with a fun cluster of vintage rhinestone buttons & more of the pink & white beads.
$15.00

(no longer available)

This necklace makes me think of beach glass. I love the color of beach glass... half of my house is painted in beach glass blue! This is a silver chain with a cluster of glass beads & two small charms.

$15.00

(no longer available)

Dieter F Uchtdorf CREATE

I loved this talk by Elder Uchtdorf. It really touched my heart when I heard it. I was so happy to find this video based on that talk. The message is so personal & I hope anyone who watches it will be uplifted & inspired. I've watched it many times...I usually watch it when I'm feeling not so great about myself & I'm usually in tears by the end of it.

Finally...some free time!

Yesterday was a great day! I actually was able to play with my beads & buttons ALL DAY! I love days like that. Anyway, just thought I would post some pics of what I was able to finish.

I haven't decided if I'm going to sell this necklace or keep it. I love turquoise blue, especially with jeans & a white or brown top.
These two bracelets I actually made for two friends of mine whose birthdays are coming up. The picture of the charm bracelet (above) doesn't do it justice...it's super blinged out & the colors are really fun together. I love it!

Now for the change to my blog title..."Clella Belle's Beads". Well let me explain...I wanted to give this blog that title when I created it, but I decided not too & I don't even remember why. So after thinking about it for a long while I decided to make the change. Clella Belle is my great grandmother. When I was in high school she gave me a string of her beads with matching clip on earrings & told me she would love for me to wear them to my prom. Being a teenager, and I have to add in the 80"s, I wasn't excited to wear this "OLD" necklace & even less excited about the clip on earrings but I would have never let her know this. So it was on...my mother made it her mission to make sure my dress matched the necklace. The prom came & went. I wore the beads but opted not to wear the earrings, I had to draw the line somewhere! It was the 80's after all so I wore my big gold hoops. My point in sharing this story is that I've always kept those beads, as life went on & especially after she passed away I have come to love this necklace & earrings. It is my first piece of vintage jewelry and as much as I like to find vintage jewelry & break it all apart to make something new I will never break this peice apart, it will stay in tact & always is on my bed side table.

I'm proud to say that the necklace still fits me although the dress does not. The dress is in my basement somewhere in my daughters dress up box! I can't believe that I'm going to do this but I have also posted the actual photo from my prom & just to answer the question before it's asked...yes I had a date, but I took this photo of just me for my grandma so she could see me wearing her beads. And just let me mention again...it was the 80's, powder blue is NOT my color, we had awful hairstyles but we had great music!