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Date Posted: 15:47:10 01/09/07 Tue
Author: Exquisite even...........Marlene
Author Host/IP: 1Cust85.tnt21.sfo8.da.uu.net / 63.42.148.85
Subject: I want to show you something lovely

Hoping you remember Lilly.........the sweet senior NCBR girlie "discarded by her breeder" and the person whom she was passed on to. She was turned into a shelter, breeder would not reclaim her and she was pulled by NorCal Boxer Rescue where she went on to a new forever home in Oregon.
Lilly's Mom, Donna is retired and does beautiful bead work. I've seen some of it and it's hard to describe - it's like a combination of fine art, jewelery and iridescent beaded tapestry.
She has decided to try and boost her retirement income by making some of these to sell.
Please take a look and keep reading below the pic.
Don't stop reading when you see the price of $125.....that is not her price but what you would expect to see in a specialty shop.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Marlene/Donnasbeadwork.jpg[/IMG]
These are tiny......The white boy is their goofy guy, Zito and that is about 3 in X 3 in.
The one below that is is their beautiful male Goalie who was an NCBR dog and recently made his way to the bridge.
The narrow one is a bracelet made in a different way - on a loom. That's Darlin' Lilly.
When Donna sent me the pictures of this work, the email was titled "bad photos" and they are. You have to take my word for it that these are exquisite, much, much more beautiful than shows in the photo. It just doesn't show up in digital photography.

She said I could include this information:
"Typically the amulet bags sell for about $125. most
anywhere and that would not be a custom design. The
bag would be ideal for a memory piece, I can include a
small vial for ashes if requested and it would have an
over the head strap done in the same beads. Goalie's
at prox. 2x2 has something like 1800 beads and if I
finish it as an amulet bag, it will have probably
about 4,000 beads in it.

The picture in the frame $75. in that size (about 2" x
2-1/2" depending on the original picture's size and
shape). Depending on the frame, etc. The picture of
Zito is prox. 3x3 and has just under 2500 beads in it.

The bracelet style shown is $45.00 and is less
expensive because it is done on a loom, not hand
stitched. It has over 2300 beads and 70 feet of nylon
thread. It is prox. 8" long and made to slip on and
off, no clasp. Lots of options on that one, can have a
clasp, etc., size would be to the person's request.

Any that I do WILL BE CUSTOM made to the person's
picture. The better the picture the better the
outcome. Lots of people do not have really good
pictures of their dogs and it takes me longer if I
have to work it over in Photoshop to get a good pic of
the dog."

Please email me or PM me if you'd like to email with Donna about her work.
I especially love the idea of an amulet bag with a small vial of a beloved dog's ashes".
PS - I saw another amulet of a Peacock that was gorgeous and I would not limit her custom work to Boxers.....she could certainly do birds, cats and other breeds.

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