ITS been an interesting few months.
This is something I did for the BEAD Journal Project. I used some of Rose's beads in it. Then I promptly lost the rest of the hank.
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| a part of a necklace |
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| the bead soup I got |
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| don't worry, I sent lots more beads to Rose |
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| clasp |
Thank you Lori Anderson for hosting this blog hop and doing it through some seriously stressful times.
There has been the challenge of the beads and the fustration with the pictures. Add in a trip to New York City for the Bead Show and the passing of our coldest of winters into a flower drenched spring. I've learned a lot, with an epic web journey into lamp working and an exploration of polymer clay, both of which I knew nothing about before this blog hop.
I was so excited about this blog hop. Excited to get my beads. Enjoyed reading and looking, especially enjoyed the great bead mystery photos. Most of all I've been beading. I've done some lovely geometric beadwork inspired by Kate McKinnon and Diane Fitzgerald. One of the pieces shown here tonight used Diane Fitzgeralds' oval links, a single layer with a stabilizing row of peyote to stiffen them. I used the clasp I got from Rose Thorn on this and it definitely the best thing I made. I made three other pieces, one was a brick stitch chain with a triangular two sided bezel, which I designed myself, only to find Diane FitzGerald giving instructions for the identical bezel. This bezel holds the jasper Rose sent me. I did a spiral rope, also in purple, to use the purple beads from my soup. Last, I made a necklace, called Bronze Evening from a pattern on Beadsmagic.com. That necklace I made with the brown beads I got, bugles and the
ones I called disco balls. I used a lovely clasp, a purple enamel bug, on this necklace , but, I cannot do it justice in my photographs.
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| bezeled jasper |
So a little experimentation, a lot of work.The panther is our family totem and greets people as they
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| oval links with butterfly clasp |
ones I called disco balls. I used a lovely clasp, a purple enamel bug, on this necklace , but, I cannot do it justice in my photographs.
S,o a little experimentation, a lot of work.The panther is our family totem and greets people as they enter my home.
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| bronze beauty>not! |
38 comments:
WOW! Great jewelry and I love the panther!! The beaded jasper is my favorite.
I love them all, but the purple with the butterfly is wonderful!! Great choices!! ~KM
Beautiful work with the seed beads. I would be so challenged by them. Love the bezeled jasper piece. Focal and chain are great!
I love the purple beaded links! Lots of patience and talent for that!
Such lovely work well done!
Panther is cute and I love the purple necklace with the enameled butterfly.
Very nice beadwork! I love all your creations, my favorite is the purple oval links. I admire your patience.
I love your beading work. Your Jasper piece is lovely and the way you made the beading look like large loops with golden links on the butterfly necklace is fantastic.
Beautiful colors. I am so amazed at you seed beaders! I love that spiral rope necklace!
your beadwork is amazing!!! I'm impressed!
Lovely work - I am always in awe with bead weavers, can't tame those little monsters for the life in me :)
I love your panther and of course your bead soup jewelry, especially the bezeled jasper.
Great beadwork! Love the oval links with the butterfly clasps.
I really like the triangle piece. You captured the focal really nicely! I really love your panther, your family totem, that is so wonderful and the way you used it to show off your beautiful work is really fun!
A beautiful display of beautiful pieces; the way you used the butterfly clasp is gorgeous :)
The purples in the two necklaces are especially yummy! Love how you weave those beads together--beautiful! And your jewelry looks charming on your panther!!
I don't have the patience for seed beads...I admire people that do. Great work!
I really like the spiral rope and your overall use of purple. It seems lots of people used green and purple beads for this blog hop which only makes sense since spring is here! Lovely pieces.
Your bead work is lovely! I really like the purple necklace with the butterfly clasp!
Very beautiful beadwork, I love the Bronze Evening necklace. Great work!
I love those lilac oval links, so creative!
What a great work! I love especially the bronze necklace!
Experiment are exactly what you should do and the results are worth it! Love the lilac necklace, a great design
Very nice pieces. The second necklace with the butterfly clasp is my favorite. Well done!
Wow, those soup colours are wonderful and you made such beautiful designs with them, Sheila! Sure hope those missing beads turn up :(
I really like how you made the clasp into a pendant - that's my fave necklace; the colours are lovely.
I am so partial to the purples! They just catch my attention! That's such a pretty clasp and looks perfect with your necklace!
Great designs, I admire the patience and skill. My favorite is the purple oval links. It just pops and feels so cheerful.
You definitely made some nice pieces and put some time and effort into them. I like that dark purple spiral rope. It's stunning. Your panther startled me at first (as I bet it does to first-time visitors) but I'm now a little jealous as we don't have a family totem. . . I'll have to ponder that. :)
Beautiful work, Sheila.I .so admire your skill and patience with seed beads. the results of your bead soup are wonderful. I especially like the bezel you created for the jasper focal
Very lovely pieces! I love how you beaded the jasper into a pendant and the butterfly clasp piece is so delicate.
Very pretty pieces, I love love love the purple butterfly necklace!
Scaring dog!!!! No just kidding, it's a nice playful display (-: Love the bezeled Jasper necklace very very much... I admire you for working with the seed beads.
Lovely designs! I really like the necklace with the purple beaded ovals and butterfly clasp. Good soup!
Great work! The purple and gold look lovely together.
I love the beaded jasper necklace most of all - it emanates a soft glow and yet the focal is impressive! Also I like the lariat, the lilac links you made nicely complement the clasp!
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