Have you ever looked at unusually shaped beads and wondered what in the world you could do with them? Today I have a project that combines several intriguing bead shapes. This necklace uses daggers, triangles and a trapezoid pendant, plus several other…
This necklace design is different from your usual chain and pendant. In fact, to be honest, when I finished with it, I wasn’t quite sure that I even liked it! But then I tried it on, and that made all the difference….
This lovely plover bead has been sitting on my studio table for way too long now. I’ve enjoyed looking at it but it was high time it got made into something wearable! This bead was made by Shannon Vickers of Blue Blazes…
Last week I showed you how to wire wrap an ammonite so it could be used as a pendant. This week we’re finishing up the necklace by adding tourmaline beads and Swarovski crystal dangles to the bottom of the ammonite, plus more tourmaline beads, brass…
Every time I look at these stick pearls all I can think is “Dragon’s Teeth.” Not sure why, but that’s where my mind goes, so there you have it. I suppose I could have named it “Spiky Stick Pearl Necklace” but that wouldn’t have…
Today’s necklace uses leaf charms in a different sort of way, strung onto beading wire, along with some metal cubes and green serpentine beads. After I finished I thought of several variations you could make. How about making a cluster of leaves…
Here’s another necklace I’ll be teaching soon at my local Joann’s. We’ll be focusing on the basics of bead stringing. As I mention in the video, the stringing of beads is the easy part. Just use the wire like a needle…
You might remember these fancy jasper beads I picked up at a bead show last fall. (Of course unless if you’re like me… I can barely recall what I did yesterday, ha.) Gotta love these little brass beads, I think they work…
The wonderful thing about crafting and making wonderful stuff is that the stuff we start with doesn’t have to be particularly amazing in order for the end result to be terrific. This graceful crystal and wire necklace started with just a strand…
I love that the combination of glass beads, silk ribbon, metal chain and charm dangles make this necklace a study in contrasts. I purchased the pendant, but then added a cute bird’s nest charm and threaded in silk ribbon to soften the…
