Day Five - Mecation

Today was my travel home day.  I stopped by and picked up some more calico buttons:

I can't wait to see how many of these I need for my collection!  Some of the patterns are really neat.

Stopped by the pond store and picked up everything needed to set up the pond.  It's all set up and ready for the summer now!  We have too many fish, anyone need some?  Apparently, some babies were born during the Winter!  

Shop Closing

It's sad to see shops close. Lisa from http://www.beadsoul.etsy.com/ has decided to close up shop. She's having a sale to reduce inventory, so stop by and see if there's anything you can use. She's a great person and you won't be disappointed with your purchase.

I came across these Mother of Pearl (dyed yellow) bead frames in her shop and was fascinated by them! I just had to give them a try. Here's my first attempt:

I used a Mother of Pearl fish button for the center. I can't wait to find more items I can put in the center of these frames!
Okay, so I went away to try out a few more items and came up with this:Using vintage lucite cubes and gold beads.

Using the MOP frames, I put 2 orangy vintage lucite cubes with one gold ball, then put a green vintage lucite cube in the next frame.

I really like how this came out, it's fun and funky!

I finished it off with a butterfly magnetic clasp.