Please note that pictures are enlarged to show detail.

 

Seacliff Beach... (20+ ) 
Seacliff Beach, that's where I live, and that was the inspiration for this set. I was walking along the paved  beach walk one morning, and got a blister, so I decided to take my shoes off, and walk along the water's edge...my mind started wandering too - and then it took me about 2 weeks to get this set right! I have to thank Corina for explaining on her website her "fireworks/ parachute" technique, which I used to make the beach balls (which are raised.) The beads are chunky tabs, but with extra blue transparent glass on the water side for the ocean (and it also keeps the beads right side up, since the blue bottom is heavier - quite clever if I may say so myself...) The "pendant" I just put together for fun, you're welcome to take it apart- I don't count those beads in the 20. The bottom one is a bumpy tab with "whitecaps" and the top one is a beach bead with the hole vertically through the bead- so it would be great for a bracelet "dangle" for example.

Dark ivory and transparent blue beads with beach-y accents like shells, footprints and beach balls. These are a little organic in style, and not as precise and structured as my regular beads. They were a blast to make, but quite time consuming - I'm not sure WHEN or if I will remake this set ever.

SIZES
Beads are on the chunky side 12 to 18 mm from hole to hole, and about 6-10 mm from thick , and are all made on 1/16th inch mandrels. The entire strand is 9 in long. 11 tabs in graduated sizes, six transparent blue spacers and three dark ivory spacers, and the pendant. (Also, for this set, I might include some extras, like MBB spacers or one or two extra beach tabs, if I am still on a roll making them this week...) But bid ONLY on what you see, anything else is at my discretion. 

GUARANTEE
All beads come with a money-back guarantee. If you are not happy with your item, for any reason, return it to me within 10 days, and I will refund your money (less shipping charges) promptly, and cheerfully. 
Copyright Patricia Santana © 2004
All rights reserved. 

PAYMENT
PayPal is recommended, but I will also accept money orders, cashier's checks, and personal checks. (Personal checks will ship as soon as check has cleared.) Winning bidders have 7 days to submit payment after notification of total.  Insurance is optional (however, highly recommended) at buyer's expense. I cannot be held liable for uninsured packages. Thanks for your bid and I wish you luck!! Please contact me within 3 days of winning.  
Add 8 % sales tax for California residents. 

SHIPPING & HANDLING
Beads usually ship within 2 business days of payment. Please combine shipping on multiple auctions wins. Shipping options available:

Free First Class Shipping in the US.
$4.00  for Priority Mail

Buyers outside the us, please contact me for shipping charges.

Insurance is additional and I highly recommend it. The insurance rates are as follows, please  specify if you would like me to ship with insurance: 
$0.01 to $50.00 = $1.30
$50.01 to $100.00= $2.20 
$100.01 to $200.00 = $3.20
$200.01 to $300.00 = $4.20
$300.01 to $400.00 = $5.20
$400.01 to $500.00 = $6.20

Thank You! Good luck in your bidding!

MY LAMPWORK
I use Italian Effetre (also called Moretti) and German Lauscha glass to create these handmade lampwork beads in my studio perched on a hill above the beautiful Monterey Bay in California.

I follow my creativity as I make the designs,  and if you see a design you like, bid accordingly as I don't know when the bead muses will inspire me to remake that design. (And I am so busy with special orders, that I rarely even get to put a set up here.)

I carefully create each bead over an open flame, it is then kiln annealed overnight in a digitally controlled kiln, and each bead hole is cleaned individually with a diamond drill bur. 

You are bidding on the strand pictured. Photos are enlarged to show detail, a ruler is handy to gauge the size of these beads.  Questions? Feel free to email, I love to hear from you!