Moonshine

Ooh no posts for a while, I didn’t realise I’d been gone that long…..

 Here’s a little something that I’ve been making over the last couple of days, and yay it’s all for me! I was inspired by the amazing work of Sherry Serafini and just got the book she’s written with the equally talented Heidi Kummli – The Art of Bead Embroidery – fantastic! It’s my first proper attempt at freeform bead embroidery and apart from a couple of areas I wish I’d done differently, I’m really pleased with how it’s turned out. The two stones are tiny agate cabochons. I had absolutely no plan apart from wanting to make a crescent moon and maybe using grey beads. I started off by glueing down the larger cab and then went from there. I didn’t intend to use both, it just kind of happened! Thanks for looking, I hope you like it as much as I do.

Fairground Attraction Tutorial

I got so many lovely comments about my circular pendants that I decided to create a tutorial! I’ve included large colour step by step photographs so it’s suitable for beginners and experienced beaders alike. You can find it here on my website and in my Etsy shop : )

A Sleepy Black Eyed Susan

I was looking for something in my ‘bit box’ yesterday and found this black polymer clay face that I made sometime last year. I thought it would be great for the centre of a flower and immediately black eyed Susan’s came to mind. So I dropped what I was working on and had a go at one! I’m really pleased with how it’s turned out, another one of those make-it-up-as-I-go things, I think the best stuff is made that way : ) If you love it as much as I do you can find it in my Esty shop.

Sedna’s Tears

Another pendant to show you today, this one is semi-precious Clear Quartz with Toho seed beads and Miyuki drops with a strung seed bead strap. This time I made the bead mix myself from silver-lined crystal, matt silver-lined crystal and frosted clear, to get the frozen effect I was looking for. It measures 19″ long and the the pendant itself is 1.5″ long by 1″ wide. I’ve added a matching Clear Quartz bead & loop clasp. I really enjoyed making this one and it seems to have had a cooling effect – it’s quite chilly here this morning! You can find it in my Etsy shop ; )

Mayan Magic

Another one of my semi-precious and seed bead chip creations. It was originally meant to be just the rectangle with chips on but I had an idea halfway through of adding a fringe. I think it’s worked out quite well and has given it a very different look! I’ve used Miyuki seed beads called Good Earth - they are gorgeous - I’ve had them for a while just waiting for the right project to come along.

For the fringe I’ve used red Aventurine and green Aventurine and then deeper green Aventurine chips to embellish the peyote stitch. I toyed with the idea of suspending it on a matching seed bead necklace but thought it would be too much so went for a simple Sterling silver chain instead. This will be in my Etsy shop later on. I’m working on a similar pendant now in icy crystal beads and clear Quartz – it must be the very hot weather we’ve had today in South Wales, I really wanted to work in a cold colour!

Glam Punk

Remember glam rock? Well these are glam punk! A punky safety pin holding glamorous Swarovski crystals. The small one measures 1″ long and has four crystals in gorgeous Fire Opal and Siam Red. The larger one is 1.5″ long with a Fuchsia crystal and smaller clear crystals. Both are on a 20″ silver plated chain. I’ve been road-testing one for the past week and they’re very comforable to wear, nice to ‘fiddle’ with as the crystals aren’t fixed. And the sharp point is filed down for obvious safety reasons. I’ve popped these two in my Etsy shop ; )