I’m really excited to see my Enchanted Garden earrings in the new issue 19 of Bead magazine! They’ve done a brilliant job of photographing them, I’m chuffed to bits : )
I meant to post this freebie some time ago but there’s still time to stitch this design for a special Christmas card. For best results stitch it on dark fabric like navy or black and it looks amazing if you add some crystal blending filament to the white! Hope you like it.
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Here’s a little something I made for myself. Although I don’t think ‘little’ is the right word to describe it, this is quite a chunky piece! The original project was designed by Cindy Cohn and can be found in Jewelry Designs with Art Glass Beads, a one-off magazine from the makers of Bead & Button.
For my version I’ve replaced the art glass bead with a lava bead lentil and used my favourite black & grey colour scheme for the Cellini spiral. I finished it off with lengths of faux suede thonging and black chain. I tried to inject lots of different textures and bead finishes into this piece and I’m really happy with how it turned out. I’m going to enjoy wearing this : )
…on this grey wet weekend. These book thongs were for a commission and I had so much fun making them, it was great to just lay out loads of bright funky colours and go wild! Don’t forget, you can make your own beads just like these using my tutorial ; )
I’ve been beading a lot over the past couple of weeks but somehow I’ve got nothing to show for it! Here’s a couple of things I’ve made that are actually finished…..
For ages I’ve been wanting to have a go at making these fab microscope slide pendants. I was a bit nervous to start with, I’ve never soldered in my life so I pictured a horrible lumpy mess and/or the house on fire! Thankfully neither of those happened so I’ve haven’t been put off at all. I’m really pleased with how my first effort has turned out although there’s tons of room for improvement, I’m going to need lots of practise at this!
Here’s one side
And here’s the other side
I got a bit impatient while waiting for all my soldering bits and pieces to arrive and made this rather colourful pendant! I put a piece of Cupcakes paper between two microscope slides ready for soldering but then I had an idea of using the glass sandwich as a regular cabochon, glueing it down and beading around it etc. It worked well but it’s a bit on the colourful side for my taste! I might put it for sale one day, so if anyone’s interested just get in touch. I’m a bit stuck for a name for this piece – any ideas?
