Foremost Focal: Focusing on your designs

New Focal Beads!

	A bloomin' thing Code:MNS029 Price: $18.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Ceramic: Not quite a rectangle and not quite a triangle, this celadon green pendant depicts an arituclated flower. Outlined and dotted in ivory, the pendant is lsightly waved adding additional charm. 2mm hole runs front to back. 44mm x 22mm (1 ¾” x 7/8”) Miyuki Delica: 689, 203 Design idea: Rhyolite is very pretty with this focal. The extra colors add punch. To echo the flower’s center, add some pimpled gold metal rounds.
	Budding bijou Code:GLM005 Price: $25.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Ceramic: Pretty little donut with a popular color combination. Sky blue flowers bloom against a rich earth brown backdrop. Each flower is centered with a pumpkin and white eye. 3mm hole runs front to back. 38mm diameter (1 ½” diameter ) Miyuki Delica: 769, 747, 653, 200 Design idea: If you find this focal a little too dark for spring/summer, use wood beads that lighten the look. Make sure you have pumpkin and blue beads for accent.
	Dancin' doodles Code:MNS028 Price: $18.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Ceramic: Light golden brown lines jitterbug across this medium aloe green round. A slightly darker brown roughly frames the whole. Bonus – the back is as pretty as the front. 2mm hole runs front to back. 45mm diameter (1 ¾” diameter) Miyuki Delica: 391, 371, 715 Design idea: String 3 strands of seed beads by stringing 1” on each and then bringing them together through a rhyolite bead in the shape of your choice and then another 1”, etc.. The rhyolite contains all the colors found here plus some other colors to keep things interesting.
	Double your pleasure Code:LSP009 Price: $10.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Raku: What’s more fun than one? Two hoops to play with on your focal bead. A pretty denim blue pansy rests on a plum speckled ivory base with doubled scallops around the edge. Wire bails extend from each side. W/bails 47mm x 42mm (W/bails 1 7/8” x 1 5/8”) Miyuki Delica: 243, 784, 266 Design idea: Attach the focal to a petite chain and then add as few or many additional strands as you like. Try seed beads, rupada or rhodalite garnet, angelite, blue aventurine, red/blue glass, or blue granite glass.
	Elements Code:LSP012 Price: $23.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Raku: Deep rich brown earth and turquoise blue water – 2 beautiful elements brought together in one unique pendant. The shield shape is slightly wider at the top. The turquoise is attractively crazed and there are gentle swoops engraved on the brown. Bronzy-blue raku finish adds flashes of additional color. Photo depicts focal lighter than it actually is. Pendant has its own wire bail. Wo/bail 63mm x 34mm (wo/bail 2 ½” x 1 15/16”) Miyuki Delica: 312, 755, 734 Design idea: See our Free Project entitled “Like No Other” at the bottom of the current projects. We combined one chain of brass chain with 2 others of gemstone and glass. Try brass beads and turquoise glass on one strand and smoky quartz and antique gold on the other.
	Everybody in the pool! Code:GLM007 Price: $25.00 2 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Ceramic: Nothing like lazing around in a bright inflatable and trailing your hands in the water. This uniquely shaped focal donut has all the bright colors of summer – the blue/green of Caribbean waters, snappy orange and sunshine yellow and it sports the Golem trademark tiny dots. 2 available. 37mm diameter (1 7/16” square) Miyuki Delica: 878, 855, 854, 217 Design idea: Loop seed beads through and offset the focal to one side. Balance the other side with coral-type fringe.
	Falling fronds Code:LSP008 Price: $23.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Raku: No wind of any proportion could make these leaves flutter less gracefully than they do on the crackled sea green shield. Deep brown and olive are touched with an occasional smudge of pine green and cinnamon. Pendant has its own wire bail. Wo/bail 65mm x 36mm (wo/bal 2 9/16” x 1 7/16”) Miyuki Delica: 374, 311, 323, 184, 1186 Design idea: To whatever you decide for your base strand, add mussel shell drops with some bell beads. Since you expect to hear wind chimes when you look at this, you might as well gently tintinnabulate as you move!
	Fly away home Code:GLM004 Price: $25.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Ceramic: It wouldn’t be summer without bright ladybugs. Where would a garden be without these little aphid eaters? Here they alight on coral and amethyst flowers with the Golem trademark tiny dot in the yellow centers. All dance around on a pale green background. 3mm hole runs front to back. 39mm diameter (1 9/16” diameter ) Miyuki Delica: 1414, 765, 1363, 743 Design idea: To highlight the little bugs, use ladybug links (Fire Mountain has them) to link chain and strands of beads together.
	Glade and glen Code:LSP014 Price: $18.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Raku: Wherever you may roam you can carry a shady leafy place with you. The round pendant is engraved curling leaves which are contrasted with darker green and cocoa brown. Pendant has its own wire bail. 47mm diameter (1 7/8” diameter) Miyuki Delica: 797, 1172 769 Design idea: Using a chain for your base strand, cut short equal pieces of chain and attach to either side of the focal. Dangle leaf beads or charms off the ends of the short chains to create a curtain of chain.
	Last leaf of all Code:ESB062 Price: $8.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Raku: Another one of Emerald’s final pieces – a soft serene greenish gold articulated aspen leaf with a little flash of raku colors at the stem. Hole runs side-to-side through the stem. 32mm x 30mm (1 ¼” x 1 3/16”) Miyuki Delica: 413, 1454, 1170 Design idea: Just because a focal has a hole it doesn’t mean it has to be strung. Adhere the leaf to a piece of ultrasuede or other backing fabric and create bezel of beads around the edge. Add a pin for a brooch or use as part of a larger embroidered piece.
	Pretty in pink Code:LSP013 Price: $23.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Raku: This shield-shaped pendant boasts a color difficult to get with raku – a soft pretty pink. Light pink background is dotted with darker pink and bronzy-y brown with free form scallops crowning the top edge. Pendant has its own wire bail. Wo/bail 63mm x 34mm (wo/bail 2 ½” x 1 15/16”) Miyuki Delica: 1169, 1525, 1515. 322 Design idea: Convention would say stick to something matching like rhodochrosite. We say wrap the center of the pendant with a brass filigree and add brass beads to leopardskin jasper and/or dyed shell to smoky quartz.
	Queen of hearts Code:SS119 Price: $8.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Ruby dyed quartz: The deep embedded cranberry color of this dyed quartz is a rich as you could hope for. The rounded rectangle has a hole that runs top to bottom through the center. 39mm x 17mm (1 9/16” x 11/16”) Miyuki Delica: 924, 296 Design idea: Cap each end with brass or gold filigree and string the beads of your choice between smaller filigree components. The look of a Russian czarina!
	Round and round she goes Code:LSP004 Price: $21.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Raku: Three mesmerizing spins with a bit of bling in the center of each. This light denim blue, sea green and bronzy-brown scalloped oval adds a touch of sparkle with peridot flat-backs imbedded in the focal. Pendant has its own wire bail. WO/bail 57mm x 49mm (wo/bail 2 1/4” x 1 15/16”) Miyuki Delica: 376, 374, 387. 384, 312 Design idea: Find a bronze or dark copper wire and create tendrils that gather around the top of the focal. String a strand of amazonite, Kyanite, or labradorite adding some copper or bronze beads for contrast.
	She strings seashells 2 Code:LSP011 Price: $7.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Raku: Frothy waves come to mind with this shell. Whitecap base has a touch of bronze decorating its scalloped surface. Pendant has its own wire bail. Wo/bail 31mm x 31mm (wo/bail 1 3/16” x 1 3/16”) Miyuki Delica: 200, 322, 357 1455, 1456 Design idea: Use mesh ribbon for the base – it will provide the look of fisherman’s netting. Add lots of sea-themes charms, shell beads, fish beads and any other water-based goodies you can find.
	Squiggles and loops Code:MNS025 Price: $18.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Ceramic: Curlicues and squiggly loops create a floral design on the sage and pale olive/tan diamond shaped focal. 2mm hole runs front to back. 35mm square (1 3/8” square) Miyuki Delica: 1170, 123, 391 Design idea: Mimic the curlicues with a few twists of gold wire through the hole and attach to a gold chain or hang from a strand of small peridot rounds accented with antique gold drops.
	Such a simple thing (Set) Code:GLM003 Price: $28.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Ceramic: Why is it that something as simple as a daisy can make someone happy? These little smiling beauties will make you grin too. Soft blue yellow-centered daisies go so far as to have a tiny white dot shine from the center. All are on a background of spring green. Set comes with two matching drums. Generous 3mm holes run front to back on focal and through the center of the drums. 39mm diameter (1 9/16” diameter ) Miyuki Delica: 725, 200, 721, 1266 Design idea: To keep the summery feel of the focal, try dyed mother-of-pearl or enameled drops dangling from a chain.
	Tip-toe through (Set) Code:GLM001 Price: $28.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Ceramic: A whole field of red tulips and soft green leaves is contained in this rounded square. A very narrow band of gentle periwinkle blue surrounds the whole. Set comes with 2 drums in red, white and green that match the focal. Generous 3mm holes run front to back on focal and through the center of the drums. 37mm square (1 7/16” square) Miyuki Delica: 383, 877, 282, 881 Design idea: Find a coordinating enameled butterfly and set it on your strand a few inches above the focal. It will look like he’s coming for a landing!
	Unpretentious little wine Code:LSP005 Price: $7.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Raku: A sweet little scalloped heart curls lavender swirls through a finish of a fruity plummy bouquet of mulberry wine. Pendant has its own wire bail. 29mm x 29mm (1 1/8” x 1 1/8”) Miyuki Delica: 784, 782, 265 Design idea: This focal will look great with some small brass filigree hung as charms. Alternate strand with similarly colored ceramic disks and pearls.
	Way south of the border Code:GLM002 Price: $22.00 1 available for immediate delivery Quantity in Basket: none
Click image for detail view Ceramic: Peru might have had artifacts like this in their past. The blade shaped focal is based on a pale tan stucco with medium pistachio green and topaz gold markings. There are even some tiny adornments in the handle. 3mm hole runs side to side through the handle. 41mm x 34mm (1 5/8” x 1 5/16”) Miyuki Delica: 230, 65, 200, 19, 1227 Design idea: Chips or pebbles of aragonite, yellow jade or green aventurine will make the focal looks like was just discovered in an archeological find. Riverstone rounds mimic the tiny detail and provide a nice texture contrast.