NATURALLY ZEE - Fitness & Natl Hair Journey

I work full time at ucla and part-time as a spinning instructor. One job I am sitting on my butt all day and the other I am working out like crazy, so they kind of balance each other out. But neither one allows me to express my creativity. I guess my spinning classes do a little bit because I have to find really good music to play in the class. Anyway, I always need MORE creativity. I can't just do one thing, so it's the jewelry making, it's the sewing, it's the photography, it's the bike riding. Anyway, back to jewelry here are a few more necklaces featuring a Congolo seed pendant. But again, I don't wear them. In fact the blue necklace and the two all wood necklaces have been sold! Cool.

I really like this necklace. I made it a few years back but I never wear it. It's wierd, but it's one of my favorite necklaces to look at, to admire, to hold and to have - but not to wear. It's one of the pieces featured in my catalog that I plan to distribute to friends and family; in the hopes of selling it. I priced it pretty steep because I really don't want to get rid of it. I want my pieces to go to people who really like them. It's funny, because when you make things yourself, it is really hard to part with them. Each Peace has to go to a good home. I made it with sunflower color opaque seed beads, some African trade beads featuring a Congolo nut seed pendant. A few facts about the Congolo nut seed below. •The big brown pendants featured in my necklaces are actual polished rainforest seeds from Colombia called Congolo seeds •These large seeds come from a tropical vine that has huge bean pods - some 6ft long! These are apparently the world's longest bead p

I've been making or stringing beads together for years. I am not exactly sure how I started making jewelry. Oh yeah! I got started because I've always collected beads. I liked going to bead shops and bought beads that appealed to me then would place in empty pickle jars and store them on my shelfs at home. After a while I had so many beads that I needed to do something with them, which was the obvious - make jewelry. I bought some how-to books and that is how I got started. A few years back, friend of mine, who worked at Fox, encouraged me to let her sell my stuff at their Xmas bazaar. I was pleasantly surprised - I sold quite a few items. My friend was so cool. Here is a photo of the display table that she put together. Since then, I have never actually tried to sell my jewelry. But now I want to start. I created a catalog and the name of my jewelry line is MY PEACE of JEWELRY - pretty catchy. I don't have a website. It's too expensive and there are so many websites n