Beads Of Courage Beads

There’s some new Beads Of Courage charity program that involves sets of two beads. I’m not exactly sure how this program works but someone requested beads for this program. These are some I had sitting around and some I made last night.

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They wanted them on safety pins so they can be pinned onto clothing but the safety pins I happen to have are on the small side so even though I can put them onto the pins, there’s no way they can be pinned to clothing. I’m awaiting more info so I can get these packed up and sent off to the recipient.

Published in: on September 7, 2013 at 1:01 pm  Comments Off on Beads Of Courage Beads  
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One More Skeleton Key Bead Necklace

This one missed the photo shoot. So here it is now.

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One More Kokeshi Doll Bead Necklace

I used a black silk ribbon on this one. I made the glass end caps and button clasp to make the length of the necklace adjustable. These buttons work out well and don’t slide around but can be moved easily.

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Skeleton Keys with Beads Necklaces

I made these beads on the skeleton keys a while ago and finally got around to making them into necklaces. I think brass compliments the old look of the keys.

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All the beads move on the key. I like making more than one bead on a key. Makes it more fun to fidget with!!

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Push Pins

I finally got a cigar box filled with push pins. Yay!! I can’t believe that I’ve made over 100 corks of push pins. That’s over 300 of them. This is my last batch. I’ve been working on them all summer, making a few sets each time I torch.

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Published in: on August 29, 2013 at 10:56 pm  Comments Off on Push Pins  
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Two More Friendship Bracelets

I’ve been wearing two bracelets all week long at work to see how well they hold up. So far so good. And they are really comfortable. I thought about wearing them to bed to give them the real test but have yet to try it. I’m not used to wearing jewelry to bed, except earrings that I never take off. These are two more that I finished.

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These bracelets are a lot of fun to make.

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Kokeshi Doll Bead Necklaces

These beads are cursed. I’ve never had this much trouble with any bead except when I tried to encase yellow with clear. I usually have several made by this time of year but things keep happening to them. I  flung two across the room when I picked up the towel they were laying on. While these beads can take a beating, hitting a hard floor and having them bounced around, well, I don’t need to say more.

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This one I used sterling silver bail and chain.

KokeshiDollRedI used brass chain and finding on this one. And I added dangles.

I’m hoping to make a few more kokeshi doll beads this weekend out of some different colors.

Published in: on August 29, 2013 at 8:52 pm  Comments Off on Kokeshi Doll Bead Necklaces  
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Friendship Bracelets

I need a make it and take it project that only uses a few tools and supplies and is really quick to make. I came up with these friendship bracelets.

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They are made out of glass seed beads and various copper beads and pearls. I added a chain tassel.  Every project comes with it’s challenges. I usually buy the heaviest beading wire as it works the best with lampworked beads but it wouldn’t fit through pearl holes. Digging in my endless stash of stuff, I found an old roll of thinner beading wire. Yay!! Then I came to making the tassel. I’m using these old base metal copper plated necklaces and cutting them up. The chain is so fine that I’d have to use a very thin piece of copper wire to fit through the chain which wouldn’t be the best choice as it’s not hard enough to hold up to much abuse. Fortunately, the necklaces use a bigger ring the the clasp and there’s one on each end. It’s some kind of base metal and even though it’s thin it’s hard enough to be pulled on without bending the ring. Problem solved!! These are really fun as any combination of beads can be used.

Published in: on August 24, 2013 at 8:19 pm  Comments Off on Friendship Bracelets  
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New Bracelets

Well, kind of. Two are the same kind I usually make. The third one is a new one.

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I love the red and ivory one. I’ll probably make one for myself someday. PurpleVikingKnitThis is the new one with a piece of viking knit for half the bracelet and beads on the other half.  The viking knit is make out of copper wire. It’s made on a dowel, then pulled threw a drawplate. I carry a bag with my viking knit stuff all the time so whenever I have a few minutes I can work on it. It takes a while to get a long piece made.

Published in: on August 21, 2013 at 9:41 pm  Comments Off on New Bracelets  
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Just Beads

I’m back to making beads for bracelets. On these I used enamels and frit on all of them except the transparent aqua beads.

EnamelAndFritBeadsThey are kind of fun to make. I never know what color I’m going to get. I might be using some copper viking knit to go with these for bracelets.

Published in: on August 12, 2013 at 10:05 pm  Comments Off on Just Beads  
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