To add or not to add ? this is the question

For a long time I limited my designs to wires and structures, tried to avoid the beads/pearls/stones road. I’m not sure if it was out of fear (I don’t know nothing about these little creatures), or wanting to stick to my PURE STRUCTURES CONCEPT.
or maybe its because I cant shape them but use them as is, don’t forget I’m a designer and want to actually "mold" my designs into my will.
This week I decided to start exploring this path and see if it works for my eyes, i started by adding pearls to my drop earrings and some more "free" hanging glass beads to my Sunflower designs.

here are the outcomes, love it ? don’t love it? you are welcome to vote :)
the truth is I feel not ad about it, only time will tell.
Now that I read the title I think I see the problem, defining the stones as something you add and not something central in the piece may be wrong.....

NEW Tutorial

It seems like it took me ages, but finally I'm happy to present a NEW tutorial.
This would be my 5th in total that I published so far.
I choose which tutorial to publish next according to my readers demand, so feel free to influence which of my design would be next by commenting here....
I hope it will be popular :)
New Tutorial

Some of my weekend fruits

During the weekends I try to find the time to take photos of new items and share it with you...
Here are this weekend fruits :

Blog Awards

Who doesn't love to get awards, especially on a new blog :)
Thanks Sari!!! It's a wonderful surprise !!! (Give her a visit - she makes fantastic glass beads and jewelry and is very nice to chat with)
As part of this award I need to share with the world five of my addictions before passing it on to 5 other bloggers i appreciate.
My 5 Addictions are:
1) Old Towns
2) getting lost in places I dont know.
3) Good books
4) Making Jewelry and my other knitted items
5) Sushi (only good one)

5 Bloggers: Helis, Galit , chicada , Yaelfran , chaincreative.
Thank you Sari I think your blog is fab !!!
Love,
YooLa

Giveaway winner announcement

The day has come , its time to announce the winner and send her (I haven't seen any men around) the tutorial !!!!
We had a total of 24 participants, 3 get double chances to win since they published it on their blog, so its a total 27 (the 3 got additional no 25 to 27).
I asked my hubby to choose a no. between 1 and 27 and he chose 13 (good luck in Jewish tradition...)

So the winner is "Unni Strand said...
I would love to win your tutorial for our leading knitter at work! Maybe that could convince her to start blogging too!
I love the look of your pomegranates!
March 6, 2009 7:21 PM "

Congratulation for winning my pom tutorial, it will e sent to you by mail.
Thank you all for participating and I hope to see you all when I do another giveaway.

Yael

Get togetha

Thanks to Google Analytics I discovered I'm featured on a wonderful site called Get togetha.

Pod B e a d s

I'm fascinated lately with making beads, I think I know where it comes from.
I'm a big fan of modularity, creating a piece that can be used in various ways has always fascinated me.

So here are my Pod beads, and some items/photos made with it .







more images can be seen on flickr.