I named today’s project after the dogwood tree that will be blooming soon in my yard. Every year in early May I so enjoy its beautiful pink and white blossoms. These pink ceramic beads, white crystal and crackled beads and the white…
Today’s project is a study in simplifying. Rather then seeing how many elements you can add to a piece, how about figuring out how many you can eliminate? I used rose quartz round beads, but you could just as easily use pearls….
Here’s a quick and easy necklace tutorial for you. The texture of the hammered stainless steel links gives it quite a bit of sparkle. It felt like it needed just a little bit of color, so I wired up a few Swarovski…
Once again, I’m struck by the beauty of the humble seed bead. It’s amazing how elegant these simple components look when strung together in multiples. This necklace began its life as necklace from a store. I always liked the colors and the…
“Bead Soup,” simply put, is a collection of beads. It can be completely random, like saving all your extra beads in a bowl, then seeing what you can do with them. Or they can be planned assortments with contrasting or complementary colors….
This necklace is a knock-off of one I bought at my local Fashion Bug. (Which, sadly, is going out of business. Why are all the good stores closing? Boo. Hiss.) Anyhow, I was happy to get a few bargains and some great…
This necklace is a remake of a favorite I’ve had for years. I think I love it so much because it’s simple, yet funky and it goes with everything. Stringing bead dangles onto a ring is a great way to use up single,…
Way back in October Lesley Watt offered up the results of a lampworking friend’s destashing. Can you say super-duper generous? Wow! Hey, when someone offers free beads, who am I to turn them down? Yup, the bead I got was in this…
This wooden cat bead was given to me by a friend quite some time ago. I immediately made it into a necklace, but then didn’t wear it very often. If you have jewelry you know you ought to like, but never feel…
I purchased a dangly beaded pendant a while back, and liked it so much I decided to copy it in different colors. I showed how I made it into a necklace in this video tutorial. Here’s the new one. And here’s the…
