My new (and 2nd store location) is now up and running. The inventory is limited, but I am adding to it every day! Now you have 2 sites to preview and browse my beaded jewelry designs as well as seeing them here on my blog.

You can connect to both stores easily from my blog by clicking the tabs in the top header or the Pages in the right side bar. Both store locations have secure shopping cart checkout so you don’t have to worry about using your credit card online or I have PayPal on both sites for those who prefer using their accounts for purchases.

For those who have followed my blog for a while, I apologize for all the url address changes recently. I wanted to grow and establish my own website complete with my blog and a new store to increase my internet business presence. I just didn’t anticipate all the pitfalls and challenges I would face doing all of this from scratch by myself. I am really lucky I have a great online support group on the Creative Shop Talk Forum. Thanks to you all.

I am beginning to start designing for fall and winter and have been researching trends and colors. One color trend I see already is the use of green and gold together. Everything from yellow gold to dark antique gold is being mixed with green shades in clothing and accessories. Circles and rings are still dominate in jewelry, but have a more subtle use as part of the design, not necessarily the focal point. Swirls, etching, hammered, coils, textured are all adjectives for this fall’s metal and wire components.

Here are my newest designs:

Amber and Black 3 Strand Necklace Set – This necklace set has simulated amber diamond shape resin beads with black glass twist beads and jet bicone crystals, seed beads and black nickel cable chain.

Gold Coins and Chains Necklace Set – This necklace set is gold plated cable chain with gold plated 8mm round beads and 25mm simulated gold plated coins.  Necklace is shown doubled on model and is 30″ total length.  The matching earrings are the gold coins dangling from fish hook wires.

You can see these and other new things in my stores.  Click the tabs in the top menu.

’till next time!

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KC Bead Designs – Beaded Jewelry by Cheryl Skeens, located in the greater Kansas City, Missouri area, is owned and operated by Cheryl Skeens. In business since 2003 as a jewelry artist / designer of handcrafted beaded jewelry such as beaded earrings, bracelets, necklaces, eyeglass chains, beaded lanyards, zipper pulls, cell phone charms, mother’s bracelets, bridal and prom jewelry and more. Reflections. . .Beaded Jewelry. . .by Cheryl Skeens opened in July 2008 along with her new blog-site and is her second online store.