Copper and Bead Fibula Pins

I always end up with extra beads from the jewelry I make. They are good beads but they usually end up in a bowl and never get touched again. I decided to use some of them up in these fibula pins.

These are all made out of copper wire.

Published in: on October 1, 2011 at 5:15 pm  Comments Off on Copper and Bead Fibula Pins  
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Pink Copper Bracelet

Yep, another bracelet. I’ll probably be making a few more. I made a bunch of different bead sets for them and am just getting around to assembling them.

Published in: on September 28, 2011 at 10:01 pm  Comments Off on Pink Copper Bracelet  
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Angel Bookmark

I’m back to making push pins so this is the only thing I finished this weekend. Another angel….

Published in: on September 25, 2011 at 10:39 am  Comments Off on Angel Bookmark  
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Enamel and Copper Tube Bracelet

I’m having a lot of fun playing with torch firing enamels onto copper. The enameled tube ends have been flared out using my rivet press. The other beads are tubing that I wrapped wire around. The ends are balled up copper and sterling silver. I was able to fuse the sterling silver onto the copper. It’s strung on thick brown leather with copper end caps.

Published in: on September 21, 2011 at 8:10 pm  Comments Off on Enamel and Copper Tube Bracelet  
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Enamel Bead and Copper Bracelet

I quickly threw this bracelet together to see what it would look like. I should have used a thicker piece of copper and made it a bit longer. It didn’t have much texture to it so I added the raised dots. The beads are enameled by torch firing them.

This bracelet was fun and I’ll probably make a few more.

Published in: on September 13, 2011 at 10:54 pm  Comments Off on Enamel Bead and Copper Bracelet  
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Another Bracelet

I found a piece of viking knit that I must have done a couple of years ago. So, it ended up in this bracelet. I’ve been trying to get some viking knit done all year but haven’t put a real effort into getting it done.

Published in: on September 10, 2011 at 1:08 pm  Comments Off on Another Bracelet  
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More Earrings And A Bracelet

I got several pieces enameled and used them for these earrings:

And still making tiny beads except not a pair of them. Just a random set of small beads. I made this bracelet out of some of them. I didn’t realize it would look so Halloween-y.

I was hoping it would be more red but not really dark red. Oh well….

Published in: on September 6, 2011 at 6:30 pm  Comments Off on More Earrings And A Bracelet  
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Last Pair Of Tiny Beads

This is the last pair of tiny beads for the teeny tiny bead exchange. I probably made about 30 beads to get 6 that matched. It was much harder than I thought it would be. I just have to get these packaged up and sent off the the swap host.

Published in: on September 5, 2011 at 10:42 am  Comments Off on Last Pair Of Tiny Beads  
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Tiny Bead Swap

I swore I wouldn’t be doing anymore swaps this year but this one is for one pair of beads that are small enough to both fix onto a dime. Easy peasy, right? I used to make tiny beads so I should still be able to do them. Took me almost the entire evening to make five of them. Here’s the results:

These are tiny and I encased them too!! Okay, they are exactly the same but close.

I had originally taken these on a dime but when I downloaded my pictures, there was a piece of lint on the beads. Since I already put them onto pipe cleaner and packaged them up, I wasn’t going to try balancing them on a dime again. Two of these will fit onto a dime, trust me.

Published in: on September 3, 2011 at 9:48 am  Comments Off on Tiny Bead Swap  
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Enameled Earrings

I enameled these two disks last night and quickly threw these earrings together. I think they turned out kind of cute. The picture is deceiving. They are really tiny and petite.

Published in: on September 1, 2011 at 7:00 pm  Comments Off on Enameled Earrings  
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