Beagles Team Hearts and Hounds blog giveaway

Please check out the Etsy Beagles Team blog ! http://etsybeagles.blogspot.com/2010/02/etsy-beagles-hearts-and-hounds-team.html
We are having our "Hearts and Hounds" team challenge Blog Giveaway. It's so easy to enter, and you will have a chance to win a great zip-pouch prize by team member kookyhandbags. We hope to see your vote posted on the Beagles blog!

Beagles Team is having a Giveaway!

The Etsy Beagle Street Team is now having a giveaway on our Etsy Beagles blog: http://etsybeagles.blogspot.com/

Contest ends tomorrow at midnight, EST, so post your vote for your favorite team challenge entry. The theme for this challenge is "Happy Howl-i-days." The prize is a beautiful handmade bracelet from BeagleBeads. You can view the entries, the prize, and see the rules on the Beagles Team blog, so click that link and enter to win! :0)

Beagle Angel

My Mom loved the Snow Queen beagle so much, she wanted one for herself. I made a Beagle Angel last year, and she requested an angel ornament. I bought another beagle head bead from NanjoDogz, and here is this year's Beagle Angel, and my mother's Christmas gift! ;)

Beagles, Snow Queens, and Kings

This ornament is my entry for the Etsy Beagles Street Team's "Happy Howl-i-days" winter team challenge. The bead is made by Etsy artist NanjoDogz. I've previously used 2 other beagle head beads from Nancy to make other beagle figures. I love the detail in her beads. You can see how beagle-like the little Snow Queen bead is, when compared to my beagle, Flash, aka king of all furniture. He loves to knock the back seat cushion down on this chair in front of our picture window, and lie on it to observe the comings and goings within his kingdom. I hope you enjoyed seeing the Snow Queen ornament, and my spoiled little guy, too!

Shameless promotion: the Beagle Snow Queen ornament is currently for sale in my Etsy shop. I will donate a portion of its sale to the local Animal welfare League of Trumbull Co., OH! :0)

White and Brass

Some more necklaces I made; white and brass .

Skulls that were

I wish my supplier of these carved wood skulls hadn't gone out of business! :( I bought as many of these as I could afford at the time (this was a couple of years ago), but when I went to get more recently, the seller was gone. These skulls are sooooo cool! They are made from carved wood, natural color, unstained. Although the light color of the wood resembles bone, I think the detail is so much better than the carved bone skulls and not as "Halloweenish" (aka cheap looking) as the plastic skull beads. I created these to sell on eBay, before I discovered Etsy, and sold them all really fast! They actually were a lot nicer than these "pre-photoshop days" photos show. I'd love to make some more necklaces like them, but only these skulls will do! If anyone can tell me where to get the carved wood skulls, I would greatly appreciate it! :)

More Colassal Flops Yay

Tried these in my Etsy shop. Didn't sell a single one. The pendants are from Los Angeles, bought at a flea market. They are made from brass bullet shell casings that have been melted down and re-cast. I made the necklaces using vintage beads, jewelry findings, and my 2 hands. The necklace designs are from my itty bitty head. So much for my creativity. Anyway, here are what I call the Ladies from L.A. Meh