Heart Chakra Beaded Crystal Grid Healing Pendants

I am officially relaunching my Etsy store!

I just added these Crystal Grid Healing Pendants for the Heart Chakra, available in 3 sizes.

The pendants are made of Japanese glass seed beads - all lined with silver or copper to amplify & conduct the energy of the crystals-, and organic cotton thread. The crystals are Rose Quartz, Rhodonite, Pink Tourmaline, and Pink Sapphire (pink sapphire is on large pendant only). The mandala design is on both sides of the pendants, and helps incorporate sacred geometry into the grid. So if you like them, or want more information, please see the listings at my Etsy shop, Viriditas Crystals . ^_^ And, keep checking back, I will be posting more pendants for sale in the very near future...

New Photo: Rebirth

I was lucky enough to see this beautiful cicada break free of his shell and start climbing up the sycamore tree in our front yard. He still had moisture on his wings, and they looked iridescent like stained glass! Cicadas have long been symbols of rebirth, longevity, reflection, change, resurrection and immortality.

This photo is now available on my shops at Red Bubble , Cafe Press and Zazzle (technically I'm still posting it on Zazzle, but it's already available on quite a few things).

Changes

A lot of things have been changing in my life lately. Mostly, it's all for good. It will be affecting my work however. I am happy and sad about this. The sad part is that I won't be making dolls as much anymore :( I love my dolls, and enjoy making them very much, but certain unavoidable parts of the process cause me great pain, as well as breathing trouble. So I don't feel that I can continue doing it, especially not to sell. I do have one more doll in progress, and I am definitely going to finish her, so I will be sharing photos of her in the future. But I think I can only make dolls once in a great while, when the inspiration is too strong to ignore. And I will be making them just for myself. Of course, I will still share pictures of them!

Now, for the good aspect of that change. I am going to be using my beading skills along with my training and knowledge of crystal healing, to make jewelry! I don't believe I ever mentioned it, but last year I became a certified crystal healer ^_^ I am still taking extra/advanced courses to expand my knowledge, and one thing that I really am enjoying is creating crystal grids. They look beautiful, and the energy of them is really amazing! So, I am going to be re-designing my Etsy shop over the next few weeks, and making lots of jewelry. To give you an idea of what they will be like, I will share with you my very first piece, a heart chakra pendant I made for my mom: 

The mandala part is made of glass seed beads lined that are lined with silver or copper. The stones are natural rose quartz, pink sapphires, rhodonite and pink tourmaline. 

I am also renaming my shop/company, the new name is Viriditas Crystals. There is a reason for this name, which I will write more about when the shop is all set up and officially open :)

New Illustration: Meranda

           "Meranda" by Debi Cady

          Copyright 2015 all rights reserved 

Meranda is a beautiful, sweet mermaid who lives in the Great Barrier Reef. She is friends with all the ocean creatures, but usually hides from people. She allowed me to paint her portrait as an appeal to humans to make more of an effort to keep the waters of the earth clean - not only to help her and her friends, but to help ourselves as well.

Meranda is now available on many products via my stores at Zazzle , Cafe Press and Red Bubble . I am actually still posting her on Zazzle, with the holiday shopping it has been a really slow process. But I am working on it!

I know it's late, but Ringo & I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas, and we wish you many blessings for the New Year!!

Kawaii Snegurochka & Snow Bunny

I finally got pictures of my 2 new dolls- sorry it took so long, it seems like I've been crazy busy lately!

This doll is inspired by the Russian fairy tales about Snegurochka. She is described as a beautiful maiden literally made of snow. She is usually portrayed with forest animals, most often a rabbit, so I made her friend Snow Bunny. This is a Kawaii version of Snegurochka, with a snowflake lace dress, and she has rabbit ears to match her bunny friend. Her hair is made of snowflakes too.

Snegurochka is approximately 10 inches tall (including ears), and has 13 points of articulation. Snow Bunny is approximately 6 inches tall, and has 8 points of articulation. They are made of Japanese glass seed beads, organic cotton thread & fiberfill, and Swarovski pearls.

Snegurochka will be available for commission on my Etsy shop by next week. I need to make another animal doll so that I can price Snow Bunny- I was writing the pattern while I made her, so I have no idea how long it took. But if you're interested in her, let me know and I'll get back to you on it as soon as I can :)

Snowflakes, Facebook and Other Stuff...

It has been quite a while since I've posted anything, I apologize. I've been pretty busy lately. So just a quick update today.

First, I have a page for my Faerie Dust Dolls on Facebook, you can see it here. So if you are on there, please check it out ^_^

Second, It has been a really long time since I have done an illustration. There are a lot of reasons for this, but I won't bore you with them :P Just know that I am working on a new one now, and I will post it when it's all finished.

And, finally, dolls. I have been working on two. One is actually finished, but she informed me that she doesn't want to do her photo shoot until her friend is ready too. Because they go together. So, I am granting her wish. Her friend should be done in a few days, if all goes well, and then I will bombard you with tons of pictures of them both! Until then, here are a few photos of the work I have been doing for their dresses the past few weeks.

My Etsy Shop is now open!

It has taken a long time, but I finally opened my Etsy shop! This shop is for my Faerie Dust Dolls. So if you are interested in adopting one, this is the place to go. I hope you'll check it out, and maybe share the link with others if you think they'd enjoy seeing my work. Here is the link:

FaerieDustDolls on Etsy

Thank you for checking it out! :D