Pink Revolver December 17, 2009
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Although I make my own jewellery and very rarely buy any, it doesn’t mean that I don’t drool over massed produced jewellery! In fact I very often get inspiration from what I see in the shops and online. While I never copy anything directly, I can be inspired by shapes and colours. For instance, I fell in love with this gorgeous ring from New Look…
…it instantly reminded me of my Fairground Attraction pendants and I thought the gunmetal and pink would be a great colour combination to try! So here’s Pink Revolver, available on my website and in my Etsy shop : )
Lucky, lucky, lucky December 14, 2009
Posted by thecrimsonmoon in cards, necklaces.Tags: rubber stamping, jewellery, necklace, beads, cards, artisan lampwork, pendant, beadweaving, Bead Magazine, brick stitch
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December must be my lucky month! Not only was it my birthday and I received some beautiful cards, gifts and good wishes from my family and friends, including a gorgeous sewing box from my very good friend Sue. I also was lucky enough to win a box of amazing artisan lampwork beads from Sarah at FlameForceFive, thank you Sarah : )
Then I was so pleased to discover that I’d won the Artist of the Month challenge over on the UK Beaders forum with my Dark Twist necklace! As well as all that, my Enchanted Earrings project is in the latest issue of Bead Magazine (issue 19). I haven’t been too good healthwise lately with one thing and another, so all of this has cheered me up immensely : )
It’s been a while since I made any cards but I got the urge to make some this week. I’ve stuck to a very simple style; stamped Pollycraft Winter Elves and a polar bear by Anita’s coloured with Promarkers and glittered, Shabby Princess backing papers, some ribbon and sentiments printed on the computer. Hope you like them.
And here’s another of my Fairground Attraction pendants that sold before I had a chance to show you! I adore the colour combination in this one, based around the shades in the mix of cubes called Serenity, consisting of blue, purple, green and white.
Dark Twist November 24, 2009
Posted by thecrimsonmoon in beads, jewellery, necklaces.Tags: beads, beadweaving, gothic, jewellery, necklace, pendant, peyote, seed beads
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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 : )
Microscope slide pendants November 6, 2009
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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?
Free Tutorial – Vintage Lace Choker October 21, 2009
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Last week I posted some photos of my Vintage Lace choker and I’m pleased to say that I’ve just finished the tutorial! You can find it on my website’s Beads & Tutorials page.
Vintage Lace October 15, 2009
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Here’s a little something that I made yesterday. I wanted to make a choker that had a kind of lacy ribbon feel so I used a combination of size 11 and size 8 cream seed beads in what I guess is a kind of right angle weave (I made the stitch up as I went but it’s so simple and I’m sure it’s been done 1000 times before!).
I designed the rosette using peyote stitch for the centre and then added petals in a beautiful turquoise, then anchored it to the choker by a glass pearl. Finally I made a fringe using the same seed beads and pearls. The fringe hangs straight and not wavy as in the photo!
I’m very happy with how this turned out, and it’ll be available in my Etsy shop very soon. I’m thinking of making a free tutorial for this design so watch this space : )
