Another Squiggle Wire Necklace

I decided to try another one using different colors for the glass balls. I made the balls bigger so they would show up more too.

CurvyWireNecklace-RandomColorsThese are so much fun to make. I love bending the wire into different shapes.

Published in: on February 23, 2014 at 12:57 pm  Comments Off on Another Squiggle Wire Necklace  
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Few More Beads

Got just a few more to show…..

MiscBeads3 FlowerPowerHeart

Published in: on February 19, 2014 at 7:17 pm  Comments Off on Few More Beads  
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More Sculptural Beads

Still not making good progress on bead production. Oh well….

CharacterBeads

More character beads.FlowerPowerBead

Thought this bead would be nice for Beads of Courage but it took way too long to make. Course, it’s the first time I’ve made a bead like this but I doubt I’ll pick up much speed making them. SwirlBead2

Another swirl bead. I’m still getting too many bubbles in the encasing and the swirls are hit or miss. Sometimes I get them right, mostly, not.

FlowerHeartBeadsSome flower and a heart covered with silver and a stitch on the side. Not crazy about it so I probably won’t be making more.

Published in: on February 16, 2014 at 1:45 pm  Comments Off on More Sculptural Beads  
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Beads!!

Still working on beads for the bead show. Not making very good progress. Here’s the latest….

KissyFishBeads2 GothGirls Chickens-Turquoise FishKittyGothGirlBeads SwirlBeadI spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to make the swirl bead. Finally got something that was about right had it not been for so many bubbles I got when I encased the bead in clear. It does look like a marble. Will try more of these in the future. Hopefully with less bubbles.

Published in: on February 15, 2014 at 12:19 pm  Comments Off on Beads!!  
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Squiggle Wire Necklace

This necklace was a test to see if I could make small glass balls on the end of wire. One end was balled up and then hammered flat and drilled to make a hole. The wires are linked together with a wire going through the holes, then the glass ball is added to the other side.

CurvyWireNecklace-16Gauge

CurvyWireNecklace-16Gauge-CloseUpClose up of the links.

Published in: on February 12, 2014 at 8:31 pm  Comments Off on Squiggle Wire Necklace  
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Fish Beads

Got these done over the weekend. Fishy beads!!!

KissyFishBeadsThese are on the small side. Like a school of baby fish. I plan on making some bigger too.

Published in: on February 12, 2014 at 8:26 pm  Comments Off on Fish Beads  
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Focal Beads and Glass Cabochon Charms

More beads. And some new glass cabochon charms that I finished up over the weekend.

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Another set of leaf head pin in purple.

Kitties

Hey, how did that bunny get into the litter?

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Couple more chickens….

CabCharmsGlass cabochon charms. They have a loop on the other end so they dangle.

Published in: on February 10, 2014 at 9:02 pm  Comments Off on Focal Beads and Glass Cabochon Charms  
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Of Course, More Beads

I made some of these last weekend, others I had made and just strung onto string. More beads to sell at the bead show.

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Well, not exactly beads but more head pins. I still have a bunch of wires cut to make more too.

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A lone chicken and some spacer beads…..let’s move along….SquareDiscs

Square disc beads. I like making these and they make stunning necklaces. I need to make more in different colors.

EnamelFritBeads

These are some beads I made a while ago and was planning on using them in a necklace but never finished making all I needed. Figure I can just make more. These have enamel and frit on them.

PurpleEyeBeadsPurple dot beads. The top two rows I used a lighter lavender under the top dots and they look more purple than the beads in the third row. I used a darker purple for those. The bottom row is more veiled cane spacers.

Published in: on February 4, 2014 at 9:02 pm  Comments Off on Of Course, More Beads  
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More Beads and Head Pins

I finally got around to cleaning up the wires on these head pins I made.

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And I made pink beads last night. Here’s the goods……

PinkBeadSets

The top two sets the big dots are supposed to have a wispy look to them. It didn’t work out as well as I wanted it to. I was hoping for more contrast so it’s back to the drawing board on these.

Published in: on February 1, 2014 at 12:30 pm  Comments Off on More Beads and Head Pins  
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Beads!!!

Working hard on getting a stock of beads for the next bead show. Here’s what I made last weekend and last night.

OpalRaspberryVeiledCane

I love this veiled cane glass. Looks so cool just as plain spacer beads. I want to do more with it in the future.

Chickens

Chickens!! I made these because I got a phone message from someone but I accidentally deleted it before I listened to the whole message so I wasn’t able to call this person back. If you happen to see these, please forgive me and give me a call again!!

GreenLeaves

More leaves. I was hoping the dark green wouldn’t be so dark even though the rod of glass looked almost black. It did lighten up a bit with the lighter green underneath but not enough.

Red-OpalYellowBeads

Bead sets out of dark red and opal yellow. I really like this combo. Kind of has an aged look.

Published in: on January 31, 2014 at 3:04 pm  Comments Off on Beads!!!  
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