Holiday Schedule

We're getting ready for the upcoming Holiday Craft Show / Bazaar Schedule.  Please visit us at the following locations:

Photo by Lynn Daniels Anderson

Saturday & Sunday November 12th & 13th at The Eugene Eagles.  Located at 1375 Irving Rd, Eugene, OR.  Corner of Northwest Expressway & Irving Road.  From 9am to 4pm both days.  Food, Door Prizes and 40 Vendor Tables.  FREE Decal Face Painting for Kids.


Saturday November 19th at Willamette High School.  Located at 1810 Echo Hollow Rd., Eugene, OR 97402. 8:00am to 5:00pm.  Food available and door prizes. Fundraiser for Willamette High Band.


Friday November 25th & Saturday November 26th at Thurston High School.  Located at 333 N. 58th St., Springfield, OR 97478.  Hours are 10am-6pm on Saturday & 10am-5pm on Saturday.  Food, Movies for Kids. 

Saturday December 3rd at Alvadore Fire Station.  Sponsored by Alvadore Lions Club.  Pancake breakfast 7:30am-11:00am, Lunch 11:30am to 1:30PM. Holiday Bazaar hours 9:00am - 4:00pm.

Photo by Lynn Daniels Anderson

We are busy getting ready for Art and the Vineyard, July 2-4 at Alton Baker Park. http://www.artandthevineyard.org/

You can find us at booth F-15 close to the Wine Court. We will have our line of natural gemstone necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rosaries, watches and bookmarks. We also use Czech Glass  & Crystal, lampwork beads and focals.

Show your support for both the Ducks  & Beavers with our sport line.

Photos by Lynn Daniels Anderson

Pink glass pearls and crystal beads make a beautiful necklace.










Photo by Lynn Daniels Anderson

Upcoming Events:  May 21-22, 2011 Florence Arts & Craft Association at Siuslaw Middle School. 10:00am - 4pm both days.

The necklace to the left is made with natural gemstones, primarily Tree Agate, with silver plated accents. Tree Agate is the common name for Dendritic Agate.

Wearing Tree Agate is said to bring favor of the gods.  The ancient Greeks noted Tree Agate as a stone of abundance and would sow some into their fields to ensure  a good and plentiful harvest.

Tree agate was also used to predict weather, guard against natural disasters, and for locating food and water.




Photos by Lynn Daniels Anderson

The necklace to the right is made with snowflake obsidian, black onyx and silver plated accents. Snowflake obsidian is a shiny black, glass-like stone with grey and white markings.  These lighter colored splotches appear like beautiful patters of snowflakes.

Upcoming Events:  May 21-22, 2011 Florence Arts & Craft Association at Siuslaw Middle School. 10:00am - 4pm both days.

July 2-4, 2011 Maude Kerns Art & The Vineyard at Alton Baker Park in Eugene.  http://www.artandthevineyard.org

The 2011 Art and the Vineyard Festival takes place July 2, 3, and 4 at Alton Baker Park in Eugene. From its inception as a small art auction and wine-tasting event, Art and the Vineyard has grown into the premier art and wine festival in the Southern Willamette Valley. The festival, which is the principal fundraiser for the Maude Kerns Art Center, attracts over 25,000 visitors annually. Monies raised from the festival help fund the Art Center’s year-round exhibitions and art classes in all media for children, teens, and adults.

Photo by Lynn Daniels Anderson

These beautiful lampwork beads are paired with red crackle glass beads and gold to make a colorful necklace.

Lampworking is a type of glasswork that uses a gas fueled torch to melt rods and tubes of clear and colored glass. 

The necklace and pendant to the left is made with magnesite beads. You will also see white magnesite commonly sold and known as white "turquoise".  Magnesite can be dyed dark shades of turquoise blue and green with stained deep black or brown.  It is also sold as Tibetan "turquoise.

Photos by Lynn Daniels Anderson


Below is one of our a rosaries.  All of our rosaries are made with natural gemstone beads.  Both myself and my 11 year old daughter make the rosaries.

We had a great time at the Gem Faire.  There are so many beautiful beads making it hard to choose.  I was able to pick-up some jasper beads along some nice Chinese silver spacer beads.

Take a look at the pearls.  A girl just has to have pearls! This is a great necklace that will take you from day time to night time. Make it a complete set with the matching earrings.



Photos by Lynn Daniels Anderson

The Ladybug necklace to the right has a matching bracelet.  The Ladybug is said to bring good luck in China and may other cultures. Germans believe that the Ladybug is generally good luck but a traditional belief is if there are less than seven spots you are guaranteed a good harvest.

We're looking forward to the Gem Faire this weekend at the Lane County Events Center  Here are a couple of designs made from beads purchased at the last Gem Faire in late 2010.

This necklace is made with and Agate and Onyx.  A closeup
of the bead is on the right.

Photos by:  Lynn Daniels Anderson


We also found these beautiful black and white
beads at the Gem Faire. They are hand painted beads from China with no two beads exactly a like. The picture to the left is a close up of the beads.  To the right is a necklace made with the beads.

It's been a while since the last post but we've been busy designing away.  We're getting ready for 104th Rhododendron Festival in Florence, Oregon.  We will be at the Siuslaw Middle School May 21st and 22nd.  The exact times will be posted later.  The necklace to the left is made from Magnesite and Onyx.

We're also getting ready to show our spirit for spring football in Oregon.  Here are some great gifts for your favorite Oregon fan. The bracelet and earrings are made with Czech Crystal beads.  Our newest creation is a bracelet made with Dione Large Hole beads.  

While most of what is displayed here favors the Duck fans we haven't forgotten the Beaver fans.  We have great bracelets and earrings in Beaver orange & black.

Send us an email if you are interested in purchasing any of the items pictured.  I'd like to thank our great photographer, Lynn Daniels-Anderson.  She puts the sparkle in our photo's. 

Sharon.SparklesJD@gmail.com