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…
These Chan Luu style bracelets are quite popular now. I love the slightly earthy, hippie vibe you get from the cord wrapping. They’re also amazingly simple to put together. The website has some gorgeous combinations, with Swarovski crystals and semi-precious stones, and…
This bracelet was the result of playing around with a variation of crystal beads, namely, Swarovski crystal top-drilled bicone beads. What’s fun about this is that stringing is very simple, the beads do all the work for you and they nest together…
Just finished making this pink pearl and crystal leather wrap bracelet and I love wearing it! Click on any of the pics to see them bigger. I pretty much followed the directions for the “Leather and Luxe” bracelet in the January issue…
Those of you who follow my Facebook page may remember a post from last week where I shared a fun use of shrink plastic: Victorian Farmhouse Inspired Shrink Plastic Necklace. Utterly adorable! With that wonderful inspiration, and these great instructions for sanding shrink…
Just finished these three little guys. I’ll be adding them to my Etsy shop soon, but in the meantime I have a question for you. Which wings/feathers do you like better? After doing the red/gold and the blue/green dragons, I was thinking…
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…
Aren’t these earrings adorable? I’ve been wanting to get these bow charms for quite some time, and finally placed a Fire Mountain Gems order not too long ago. Wow, was that a fun box to open! (What’s amazing is how much you…
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….
