I made some big hole beads for bracelets like Pandora, Troll or Chamilia to sell at the last craft show. I did well considering I only had a few of them. I decided to make more. These just got cored with sterling silver tubing.
I kind of like making them as nothing really has to match. It is a challenge to keep the beads small with such a big hole though. Coring isn’t that fun but it makes the bead look so much nicer.
This is the last one I plan to make for a while. I need to move on to other things.
Yeah, I’m not that great at drawing. My drawings are very cartoony. I wish I could do something more life like. I used another ceramic shard found on the shores of Lake Erie. I didn’t want to use green but I guess there aren’t too many turquoise colored plates in Lake Erie.
I sold some bracelets at the last craft show so I made a few more.
I don’t know what’s up with the beads I used in the one on the left. I must have had a lapse in color sensibility when I made it. The one one the right is only slightly better, at least they are all on the purple side.
I sold some key chains and key finders at the last craft show. Thought I’d make more up for the next one. 
Key Finders – These hang off the side of a purse so the beads hang on the outside.
Regular key chains. I have to make more zombie girl beads.
I wrote up the instructions on how I use colored pencils on metal so I thought I’d do some instructions on how to set the piece. 
How it looks from the front.
Here it is from the side.
Some customers have asked for metal hair sticks. I totally forgot that I bought some this year. I found them when I was packing my stuff up for the craft show. I made the beads last night and assembled them this morning. They are really easy to put together.
These would also work out well for sweater or lacy scarf holders too.
Yes, another colored pencil pendant. It’s a lot of fun making the colored pencil pieces. Then I have to do something with them. This one is similar to the last one with a ceramic shard bezel set in it.
I know it’s green. It wasn’t supposed to be green. But that’s what I had sitting in my colored pencil box and it was on top. And it goes well with yellow. The other side of the ceramic shard was pink and that’s why I bought it. I was surprised the other side was green and it worked out perfect for this pendant.
I took one of the colored pencil pieces I made last weekend and finished it into this pendant:
Front View
Side View
It’s a big piece, 3.5 inches long by 1 1/4 inches wide. The bezel set piece is a ceramic shard picked up from Lake Erie that I bought from a seller on Etsy. I ground down the bottom so it would sit right in the bezel. The colored pencil piece is raised with crimp beads. They are great to use, just need to find the right size to fit the escutcheon pins. No need to cut tiny pieces of tubing anymore. A real plus!!
These still need to be mounted on silver but I was please with these and had to take a picture. Of course, I couldn’t resist doing a cat piece and I ended up with two. And I had to try a bunny. They are obviously pretty cartoony since this is the best I can draw.
I’m working on the silver part for the long yellow/pink kitty piece. It’s going to have a ceramic shard set on the top of the piece if it all works out like I envision it.
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