The beautiful Ms. Rita from Jewel School Friends blog is hosting a Summer Elements Blog Hop today! I made three pairs of earrings for myself, in a summery theme, and thought I'd show you those! I got the beads from a bead show here in Pittsburgh over the winter, or maybe even in the fall, and just never got around to showing them on my blog! These are faceted beads, have no idea the stone, but they are opaque, I'm thinking some kind of dyed agate. These are gorgeous faceted angelite beads! They are just too pretty, I want to eat them! And then these ones, I picked up from a table and the owners of the booth were probably pretty upset that they had to be at a bead show that day, from their attitude. I have no idea what the "stone" is - they are not real stones, I hope they aren't asbestos or something like that. But I did like the crackled effect and they are faceted as well! I'm on a faceted kick right now! So here are some of my ...