down to the wire.....

it's getting down to the wire on the carcinoid cancer Zebra House Silent Auction... and i can hardly believe it. I've been working on this for over a year, and i know that the jewelry has to be in New Orleans by the 20th of September but it just doesn't seem real to me yet. I know it is.

i have been finishing work like crazy. in the past year i have started many different projects and left the finishing touches for last. all clasps are now being added, the wire chains i crocheted are ready for charms, i did 10 charm bracelets because Dr. Woltering had some adorable pink zebras made for our mascot and they will look darling on them.

Mavis Smith donated 2 figures, one Asian Lady in pink and black komono, which i first crocheted a strand of 6mm freshwater pearls with ss wire, the top shows the strip of silver wire, the beads hang down. I did one in lap journal like it...and then made a strand of a mix pink and clear assorted types of beads entwine around the pearls, with the focal on the side, then up to the other side. only problem it is a tad heavy.

the second is a fairy, done in teal and peach, with zebra roses down her dress, i used peach optical 4mm beads same crochet as pearls, then same idea, cause actually i did hers first but didn't think about the 4mm being smaller than 6mm and that could be the different weight issue. i hope i don't remake it.

i hope to put pics up when mandy gets over here with my camera...
Sharon Peters also donated beads, pink and black, with heart. Marilee did a beautiful necklace for me. there have been such outstanding beautiful pieces made. Jen did a graduated color fall of beads and i know the pic is on my puter i can n't find it. and i hate to ask again, but i will...she also did 2 zebras


some people are sending directly into the offices which is great, remember to put the value of the piece, your name and address so you can get a letter for your taxes.as well as the final auction price it went for. i am really curious about mine.

i did a stringing necklace, my first actually, leah fairbanks did a focal in blac/grey background with pink flowers. i mixed with a rasberry pink, and used wedding cake beads in black to break it up. there are two elongated black wc beads. and earrings.

then some wide bracelets i cro'd and a couple 1"wide necklaces, one in black, couple more pearl necklaces, one i have to redo, stringing went bad...

and wire wrap faceted stones most are ametrine rectangles, cause i love working on rectangles. i do a 3 corner wrap asometric...in pink and clear/ yellow and clear/ blue and green/ purple and yellow/purple and white and some pretty pink topaz.

and then i will be done. and here is a necklace jen did... i want to bid on this

i will find it but it's 7am and i still havent been asleep. well i took a nap last nite for a couple hours, and when i do that, i never sleep at night i told jon, don't let me sleep. he says, but you needed it. maybe so, but i miss it at nite. course i do get lots done..............

It's getting there.....

It's been a while, but i have been working, and more importantly, so have my friends. they have been making the most wonderful things.....

Marilee Layman created these 4 beauties....i have some others to post, i have to find, i got the pic's then had an aol fall out. i currently have 7 aol's on my computer. i have to rotate which one will work this time, and i'm trying to figure out how to consolidate all of the file cabinets into one working aol. i also believe in the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus...

Love (not war)

Peace (not war)

This is a plain self-supporting spiral necklace with sterling lobster-claw clasp.

Plenty (Not Famine)

This is a semi-RAW necklace with Swarovski crystals, rivolis, and a black glass clasp in front (the rivolis are closer in color to the seeds than in the picture).

Life
(Not Death)

This is one of my spiral necklaces with seeds, fringe beads, Swarovski crystals, a sterling lobster clasp, and a freeform lampwork focal by Evalynne.

it has been a while...

update on zebra.......

The summer has been passing, i'm not a hot weather person, i am a summer fruit person, so it cancels it's self out in good and bad. i am a fall/winter spring. and, i have been working! and have some pictures too.

i wanted to come up with a couple of pieces that would be available for sale thru the New Orleans office, if they in fact want to sell any pieces that way, or thru a website, to have some money coming thru before September 2009, the big deadline for the silent auction. We have some beautiful pieces that have been designed for Zebra, that should do really well and perfect for a silent auction, that i hope will be quite loud.

the pieces i have been working on are smaller, but i think great... this first is done is sterling silver frame with fine silver crocheted base, and hand made roses. i purchased the roses from ebay, they are just lovely. i make roses, but i couldn't resist these. i show this on an onyx bead necklace, but i think they will hang from a rubber cord, looks like a band of velvet. i also made one in 14kgold fill wire with black roses/accent rosebuds

and there are another couple i have in the works but not taken pictures of as yet. There is a Zebra Stone, a beautiful black and white stone, and i found gemstone beads as well. and i found pink with black, rhodonite stone, some flat disc's, there are some beautiful faceted pink topaz, and the cutter i like in Thiland, said he can get me this fantastic verigated stone, almost like this next picture. this was one of my birthday gifts this year, Jon told me to hit ebay...so i did. i'm ever so shy you know.

this stone is wonderful, springtime quartz.... i paired it with a necklace i did in a teal bead crocheted in 14kgold fill wire. i wire wrapped this one, and another one. and i found more verigated, a to die for amethyst to clear... a couple amatrine...but the cutter said he thinks he can find pink to clear. perfect for Zebras!

Jewelry making is coming along, i'm sending off a batch of beads to New Orleans and office staff and friends will be busy very soon. the most exciting thing is to see the different vision each person will have when given or when they chose what they chose.

and so the guys don't feel left out, we have books coming as well, for the silent auction that will be autographed by the authors. Ann Rule, a Best Selling author, is sending several copies of her books....and another Best Selling author Nora Roberts, is sending copies as well. I can't thank them enough for all they have done, for this cause, as well as for me. Nora does great pick me up email and once did an interview on Compuserve with me at not much notice... and Ann, well we usually cheer in the new year together. true, she is in washington and i'm in california....big deal...it works for us.....

and i have a line on a few more things.... any ideas anyone else has, please, add a reply or email me at patmcaudel@aol.com
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...pink and black zebra you say....

Deborah L Gray Rio Rewards Certified PMC Artist http://www.beadindulgences.com/

This will be about beautiful bright and colorful jewelry and an auction for September 2009 it will just take slogging thru a bit of facts first, stay with me please....it will be worth it.....

One of the first things doctors in training are taught is when you hear hoof beats, think horse. Well, that's not quite the way to go. In the case of Carcinoid Cancer, and you hear hoof beats, think Zebra, we are a cancer of another color, so we are a horse of a different color.

Carcinoid cancer is rare, one in a million will get this and of that one 3% will get it in their lungs ....bet you don't want to guess where mine is... with these odd's I should have won the lotto in California! But I didn't. And, I did get cancer

Since it is rare, it is often over looked in the diagnosis department. It is usually gastric and often it takes forever to get discovered. We are lucky that it can be a very slow moving cancer. However, it is a cancer. It does not respond to normal Chemo's. Interferon sometimes will work. Sandostatin is our drug of choice, from Novartis. When I take this medicine as I should, 3 injections a day, the cost runs $9,000.00 a month. I have Kaiser double coverage, so I don't have to pay. i don't know how others do it on medicare and other plans.

There are two doctors who do research and clinical work, one in New York, one in New Orleans. Dr Woltering and his group are planning a huge conferrence in September, 2009, in New Orleans. It will be with Doctors, patients and Novartis for information and talks to help with this awful cancer. At the end of the 3 days, there will be a dinner and silent auction, and the profit from this will go to Zebra House, where patients can stay during treatment at LSU. Kind of like the MacDonald house for kids. Angel flights takes care of some of the air fares, isn't that wonderful, depending on who is flying where?

So, to the jewelry part! I have been designing jewelry and playing with gems in cabs and faceted stones, and since I met a group on AOL jewelry board, who totally corrupted me( and you know who you are) beads. I just love them. Since I work in wire, first the heavy for wire wrap and now, in the beautiful thin crochet wire I can easly mix in beads and wire for beautiful amulet bags, necklaces, earrings, bridal neckware and almost anything customers can dream up.

The colors pink and black were chosen for our "ribbon color" and, a zebra. It's perfect. Now, the fun part!

I asked if some of my friends could spare some pink and or black beads, so we patients could make jewelry for the auction, and if there is enough, save the bigger pieces for the auction but sell the smaller, like the earrings I'm making now, on a website for current funds. My friends have come thru in ways I can not imagine.

Not only have they promised and/or sent beads, lampwork beads but they are making and sending finished beautiful works of art. I am humbled, and brought to tears....truly. you never know your friends till you step back....and I hated to ask, so like begging.

so, I will be posting pics of the goodies I have made, and pictures of the pieces I can get of jewelry sent in to New Orleans directly. This is only the beginning. Luckly I have a long target date, almost like they had spoken to my old editors...naaaaw

thanks for reading all this....oh, and if you have any extr.............sorry,don't know why I do that...

pat

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