Recently inspired by the full moon on the 25th. Finally completed this cuff that I started last August for the 6th Bead Soup Blog Hop. This bead embroidered bracelet features a ceramic focal bead by my favorite ceramic bead artist, the talented jewelry designer Birgitta Lejonklou (AngelWhisperer on Etsy.)
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I was lucky winner recently and my name got drawn for the Jewelry Designs from Nature Challenge sponsored and hosted by Heather Powers (a.k.a. Humblebeads, Art Bead Scene.) This here is my piece of paradise… Check back on July 17th to see what becomes of this little beauty.
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Here’s the color palette for the December Art Bead Scene Monthly Challenge: Very art deco, you can read more about the Chrysler Building and the challenge here. Busy as I am this month, I did want to make something for the challenge, so I made this simple little borosilicate disc bead necklace. I love the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday, December 14, 2011 – BTW
Here’s what’s on my table this Wednesday…my spin on melting some borosilicate glass. I’m using Momka boro shorts rods and have no idea what colors these are because they aren’t labeled. I’m finding it difficult to make a decent boro bead shape, but liking the results of the disc beads and pendants. See what others […]
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I challenged myself to play along for the full series of the Inspired By Nature Challenges. I think this is week number ten and the last four jewelry making challenges are sea related. Here’s the design I came up with for this week: I’m referring to this necklace as waves because the lampwork focal bead […]
Read the rest of this entry »Soups on… BSBP Ingredients
Talk about fabulous ingredients for a Bead Soup! These are from my BSBP partner Carol Bradley (thanks!) Credit for the individual ingredients as follows: Beautiful lampwork bead by Kari Medera Gorgeous enamel beads by Carol Bradley Golden amber beads by Mother Nature Cast sterling silver button by Pam Springall Now off to create the perfect […]
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The challenge on this one was sculpting the tiger lily pendants and then connecting it all together. I had a little mishap with the clay malfunctioning, of course there was no designer error 😉 involved. A flower petal broke off when I tired to hammer a metal connection on the end. No worries, spare parts […]
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The Inspired By Nature Challenge this week: BEES…………………………………………………………………………………………………. Honey Dipped! Of course who could resist adding an image of a bee. The design process for this was lots of fun. I’ve included a bee image and focal bead created from one of Catherine Moore’s Character Constructions rubber stamps. The focal bead is made out of […]
Read the rest of this entry »Gaia Silver Glass Focal Bead Pendant
Really love working with some of the Double Helix silver glass for lampworking. It makes some beautiful, subtle effects, and the silver makes it pop. This one of a kind focal bead is available at Cactus Joe’s Blue Diamond Nursery Gift Shop. It dangles from a hand dyed silk ribbon necklace (adjustable length.)
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Here’s what can be done by sneaking two hours of torch time into a busy day. Note to myself : Make time to play every day.
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