Perhaps I should have preserved the tags that came on the strands of natural stones I recently bought from the bead store because... I am embarassed to say... I don't remember the names of any of them. Duh. Agate? Quartz something or other? Anyway, this one is made with memory wire and a wire clasp I made myself. It has purple glass seed beads, amethyst chips (the only reason I know this is because these came in a tube so it still has it's label - ha!) and freshwater pearls dyed purple.
This was an experiment in a technique from Margot Potter's book
The Impatient Beader. It is an excellent book for learning jewelry basics and it's where I learned most of the basic techniques. I could not get the picture to show the technique so well but it entails exposing the beading wire around some of the beads. This one has some dichroic and regular glass beads with a small Swarovski crystal at the end of the chain.
The center part of this jingly-jangly bracelet uses a technique from a magazine (
Beadwork's Jewelry Gifts for the Holidays, December 2008). The whole bracelet can be done using this technique which entails extensive use of seed beads. I just did a small section (in case it didn't work out though thankfully, it did.)
I also made a pair of very simple blue and clear crystal bead earrings for my aunt to match a necklace she has had for over 50 years! I wonder if the person that made that necklace so long ago would have imagined that 50 years later it would still be around and being worn to go out. I could only dream that something I made would someday be cherished that way.
Perhaps I should have preserved the tags that came on the strands of natural stones I recently bought from the bead store because... I am embarassed to say... I don't remember the names of any of them. Duh. Agate? Quartz something or other? Anyway, this one is made with memory wire and a wire clasp I made myself. It has purple glass seed beads, amethyst chips (the only reason I know this is because these came in a tube so it still has it's label - ha!) and freshwater pearls dyed purple.
This was an experiment in a technique from Margot Potter's book The Impatient Beader. It is an excellent book for learning jewelry basics and it's where I learned most of the basic techniques. I could not get the picture to show the technique so well but it entails exposing the beading wire around some of the beads. This one has some dichroic and regular glass beads with a small Swarovski crystal at the end of the chain.
The center part of this jingly-jangly bracelet uses a technique from a magazine (Beadwork's Jewelry Gifts for the Holidays, December 2008). The whole bracelet can be done using this technique which entails extensive use of seed beads. I just did a small section (in case it didn't work out though thankfully, it did.) 
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