Special Glass Stones
Also known as lamp cabachons these special glass stones are hand made in many colours, shapes and sizes.
BTW 25th of July
This week I have a couple of stuff going on, on my beading table. I've been playing around with different color combinations on some older designs, heh.
I've also began to doodle out a design I'm going to create for a bead embroidery necklace, incorporating that brass collar I bought during spring this year. I'm thinking different shades of pink so far on this one, but we'll see.
Yesterday I also received my order I made last week with Bricolart.com . They have a big summer sale with up to 70% discount till the 31st of July, so I recommend you to take a look :)
I went crazy myself with some Swarovski rivolis; 0.46€ cent for the vitrail light, so I bought about 15 of those. And then a couple of topaz colored and since I love those light siam I bough a couple of those as well. And I've been curious about the "metallic gold iris #462" of the Miyuki seed beads, so I bough some 11/0, 15/0, 11/0 hex, 3mm bugles and tila beads in that color. Darn, they are so beautiful, and the iris effect is beautiful!
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I've also began to doodle out a design I'm going to create for a bead embroidery necklace, incorporating that brass collar I bought during spring this year. I'm thinking different shades of pink so far on this one, but we'll see.
I went crazy myself with some Swarovski rivolis; 0.46€ cent for the vitrail light, so I bought about 15 of those. And then a couple of topaz colored and since I love those light siam I bough a couple of those as well. And I've been curious about the "metallic gold iris #462" of the Miyuki seed beads, so I bough some 11/0, 15/0, 11/0 hex, 3mm bugles and tila beads in that color. Darn, they are so beautiful, and the iris effect is beautiful!
$35,000 for a brown diamonds???? Are they mad??
Our lab' grown memorial diamonds costs £6750 for a gorgeous brilliant cut 1.00 carat canary diamond - AND - It's made from the last remnants of your loved-one. Our Free-Range Blue diamonds are "only" £12,500/crt - but they can be worth $150,000 in natural form.....
A bargain for being British
Paper Mache Components and Figurines
These components are ideal for DIY and can be easily coloured and painted, glued or attached together. They are sold plain, coloured or some with printed faces. We also offer finished figurines (assembled) or all the components needed in a bag (disassembled).
Necklace: Cascade Coral
I've been wanting to do a cascade styled necklace for a while, but I've always postpone it and started on something else.
Last month I bought about 100g of 11/0 and 9/0 seed beads by Preciosa in coral red color. I wanted to do a cascade necklace using these colors ever since I bought some bamboo coral chip beads, which I knew would be perfect in one of these types of necklaces.
This is also the very first time I've done a chevron chain, which I found to be a very fun stitch. I suppose it's easier if you work with FireLine or Wildfire for this kind of beadwork. I used C-LON thread for this one, since I haven't used it yet and I've bought a couple of spools in different colors, among them a very dark red color that fitted perfectly with the beads. I had to pull a lot on my beadwork to keep the beads in place, that's why I think that a thread like FireLine or Wildfire would be easier to work with.
I can't say that I really like C-LON. It's no difference in it then with Nymo, in my own opinion; It frays, it gets knots just as much and you have to condition it. At this point I wished I had picked up the red SoNo thread, lol. However I managed to get the job done in the end, even if I had some frustrating moments with the darn C-LON :P
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Last month I bought about 100g of 11/0 and 9/0 seed beads by Preciosa in coral red color. I wanted to do a cascade necklace using these colors ever since I bought some bamboo coral chip beads, which I knew would be perfect in one of these types of necklaces.This is also the very first time I've done a chevron chain, which I found to be a very fun stitch. I suppose it's easier if you work with FireLine or Wildfire for this kind of beadwork. I used C-LON thread for this one, since I haven't used it yet and I've bought a couple of spools in different colors, among them a very dark red color that fitted perfectly with the beads. I had to pull a lot on my beadwork to keep the beads in place, that's why I think that a thread like FireLine or Wildfire would be easier to work with.
I can't say that I really like C-LON. It's no difference in it then with Nymo, in my own opinion; It frays, it gets knots just as much and you have to condition it. At this point I wished I had picked up the red SoNo thread, lol. However I managed to get the job done in the end, even if I had some frustrating moments with the darn C-LON :P
Earrings: Blomma
Lol, sorry for the name on this. I couldn't find out anything better for these simple little ones :d
"Blomma" means "flower" in Swedish, and I incorporated some flowers in these earrings, which I made with circular peyote stitch.
It's been a while since I've done anything with peyote stitch at all, and after completing my "Cuff: Cuteness" yesterday evening, I decided to play around with some very simple stuff today.
The materials I used for this pair are some 11/0 seed beads by Toho and a drop-fringe-bread to add a little dangle to the bottom of the earrings.
I guess they are cute, lol :P
I had some small trouble taking pictures of them though. The milky seed beads are really bright in the light and normally I take my picture on a white background (on my window shelf, lol!) and it was really hard to get a nice picture that would display the beads in a nice way.
These are the moment that makes me reseal that at some point I really need to invest in a light box with different backgrounds, whenever that will be... Bah :D
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"Blomma" means "flower" in Swedish, and I incorporated some flowers in these earrings, which I made with circular peyote stitch.
The materials I used for this pair are some 11/0 seed beads by Toho and a drop-fringe-bread to add a little dangle to the bottom of the earrings.
I guess they are cute, lol :P
I had some small trouble taking pictures of them though. The milky seed beads are really bright in the light and normally I take my picture on a white background (on my window shelf, lol!) and it was really hard to get a nice picture that would display the beads in a nice way.
These are the moment that makes me reseal that at some point I really need to invest in a light box with different backgrounds, whenever that will be... Bah :D
OTTBS - July Challenge
After slacking off for about two or three months, I decided that I had to join this month's challenge at "Operation Tackle That Beads Stash!".
The theme for this month is to use brown, pink and cream colors into the creation. There's also an extra twist that you can chose to incorporate; flowers.
For my piece I chose to create a thinner bead embroidery cuff. I've been in the mood of using the 19mm thick brass cuffs that I bought since some months ago, and I thought this was perfect. The center piece is a 14mm cat's eye cabochon. The other beads I used are some 11/0 and 15/0 seed beads by Toho, 11/0 Delicas for the bezel of the cabochon, 15/0 seed beads by Miyuki, 11/0 and 15/0 seed beads by Matsuno, brown goldstone chip beads, 3mm bugles by Matsuno, some 8/0 seed beads that I got in a mix. I also chose to incorporate some 6mm Swarovski flowers to add that little extra twist.
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For my piece I chose to create a thinner bead embroidery cuff. I've been in the mood of using the 19mm thick brass cuffs that I bought since some months ago, and I thought this was perfect. The center piece is a 14mm cat's eye cabochon. The other beads I used are some 11/0 and 15/0 seed beads by Toho, 11/0 Delicas for the bezel of the cabochon, 15/0 seed beads by Miyuki, 11/0 and 15/0 seed beads by Matsuno, brown goldstone chip beads, 3mm bugles by Matsuno, some 8/0 seed beads that I got in a mix. I also chose to incorporate some 6mm Swarovski flowers to add that little extra twist.
