All Dressed Up... for a Decadently Fabulous New Year's Eve

Here's what I want to wear on New Year's Eve... all compliments of Etsy shopping. Follow the links to see the details of these fab pieces!

Bustier... by Armoursansanguish

Corset Skirt... by SistersoftheMoon

Golden Tulip Tights... by galstern

And you know I have to wear these Vintage Acme boots... by pistolpoppy
And for accessories...
This gorgeous ring... by aboutjewelry

And this beaded cuff by SandFibers

This oh-so-cool feathery hair clip by BeadazzledbySharon

This necklace by glitzglitter

Earrings by cherryandviolet

An artsy handbag by KathyKinsella

And over it all, so I can stay warm, this fabulous cloak by blackmarketbaby

So now all I need is some MONEY!

New Products This Week

I live in an area surrounded by many vineyards and wineries, and I do one show a year at a festival to celebrate Autumn Harvests at Shelton Vineyards. So I have decided it's time to begin working on a new product for this show in particular, but also for the Etsy shop and any other local shows that I do. Can you guess what this product is? If you guessed Knee Deep Wines, you guessed wrong... although hey... that might be a fun new venture for the next decade. I like the sound of the name too, don't you?

This new product is much simpler... wine glass charms. I worked with one of my favorite glass bead sellers on Etsy, LindenAvenueDesigns, and she created custom lampwork beads for me. I wanted to work in themes, so the colors I chose were based on those themes. I think these will be fabulous gifts for weddings, housewarmings, birthdays, anniversaries... and of course they're perfect for those summer dinner parties and gatherings. Here's what I have so far. Where the themes are highlighted, they are for sale in the shop. Others will be listed today or tomorrow.

My first set... Spring... now resides in the gift shop at a local gallery. It's a set of four in the happy colors of pink, aqua, ecru, and yellow and accented with crystals and seed beads

Earth and Sky... a set of four in cobalt, pale blue, rich brown, and spring green, accented with Swarovsky crystals and seed beads

Summer Flowers... a set of six in bright, cheery floral tones, accented with an orange gemstone round and seed beads

Fiesta!... a set of six in turquoise, red, orange, yellow, green, and cobalt, accented with silver swirls and seed beads

Sand and Sea... a set of four in royal blue, gray, sand, and aqua, accented with a mother of pearl oval bead and seed beads

Elements... a set of four in Wind (very pale pink), Earth (moss green), Fire (orange-red), and Water (cobalt), accented with gemstones, Swarovski crystals, and seed beads


These have been a nice change of pace for me, and I believe they will sell, at least at the local wine shows! But today, there is sunshine and warmth after three cool and rainy days, so I'm heading out to the painting studio... with a big smile on my face!

Five Hundred Hearts!

I have reached a milestone, at least for me, on Etsy! Yesterday I reached 500 hearts in my shop... yippee! Thanks to all those who have marked KneeDeepOriginals as a favorite and to those who have featured me in treasuries. Currently, I am in 8 treasuries, and I'm feeling pretty good about that! Now... how to reach 500 sales? There's the rub!

In the meantime, here's a glance at some new items I have posted and will be posting in the Etsy shop this week.

First Sign of Spring earrings... can you tell where my heart is?

Blue Daydream... earrings featuring lampwork glass beads by Etsian lauralou64...

Flowers of Spring... more lampwork glass beads by lauralou64...

Golden Sunset... simple necklace and earring set with lampwork glass beads by guess who?

At the Scene earrings with very hip black millefiori discs...

Thanks again, everyone, for your support! Here's to a Happy Etsy New Year!

New Necklaces and Upcoming Show

Yesterday I spent the day beading, beading, beading. It was very relaxing... such a nice change of pace. The autumn sun shone through the windows, the doors were flung open, a wonderful breeze blew through, and I finished four new necklaces and two pair of earrings. My husband and I have a show this weekend at a regional winery, so I wanted to get a few new pieces done for that. Now I need to go through my inventory and choose what I will display for the fall and winter seasons, make sure everything is priced, labeled, and tagged, and then start packing up!

But before I show you the new jewelry, let me show you the gorgeous sky I got to enjoy this morning, although briefly...


The Dance... using an upcycled enameled pendant with black glass, brown coral, and more...



Sweet Innocence... with a beautiful lace agate and amethyst pendant, grey cat's eye beads, lilac pearls, amethyst Swarovski crystals, faceted lilac glass rondelles, and more...



The Autism Puzzle necklace and earring set... with a silver colored puzzle pendant (text reading words such as family, kindness, love, trust, unity, charity, hope, etc) and beaded with jasper rounds, African opal, mother of pearl circles, serpentine and more... with extendable silver-plated clasp...



Black Beauty... a very dramatic, short choker beaded with lampworked glass beads and millefiori glass...



And finally, Millefiori earrings which would be so pretty with Black Beauty... on platinum-plated earwires and hanging 2 inches from the top of the earwire...