So many wondrous things happening during this awesome time of year -- my favorite fall season! Woo Hoo! It's also a time of year when I'm preparing for birthdays and other celebrations, so I cannot post all my in-process little pretties, but soon, very soon! Here are a few of late, that I can post. The first is this adorable bracelet made in perfectly Halloweenie colors, of course!!! A pattern design by Eileen Barker at Bead Street (you can also follow her on Pinterest or view some patterns on Starman) using quadratiles, tiles, drops, 11.0 and 15.0 seed beads, and 6mm rounds, but of course I used 4mm pumpkin rounds (melons) with 11.0 seed beads on either side to fill in that gap. I love this bracelet. It flows with your wrist, and it lends itself to lots of color - the drops I used are so awesome. Green/orange/clear. One way they look green, another way they look orange. A fun twist.
Next, some witcheeee earrings. So fun to wear. They get noticed, I'll say that, even in all my hair! I found a pattern on the Fusion Bead website (they do a great job in their Inspiration section!), and did my own thing from there. I used some of what I had in my stash (another unbelievable thing... I know!) black onyx and lucite, including the darlin' melons for "her" head - they are fun to use on lots of different pieces.
Another lovely fall colored bracelet below, that is wonderfully lacy on the wrist. Sometimes it takes me a few minutes to warm to a new pattern, and this one was just that. However, it didn't take long, and as I started assembling each of the parts, it began to talk to me! A pattern by Lisa Jordan, a Starman TrendSetter, in a class taught by Sandy Taylor at Bead Street. We used super duos, mini duos, 4mm fp, 11.0 and 15.0 seed beads.
These earrings are my design (JDreams) - I love leaves in all colors, but mostly in fall colors, surprise! So I just started stitching and this is what I ended up with. Czech glass leaves, a 4mm bicone for added sparkle, a little bit of leaf chain, and a stitched flower of leaves with a 6mm fp in the middle, using copper 11.0's for the center. I could have gone on and on stitching with these, but I just had to stop right where they are because they are lovely enough!
The earrings above and the bracelet below are more of my JDreams designs - love these white bone melons, coupled with the green Czech glass spacers and the effervescent orange rounds. Below a peyote stitched bracelet using a Bo Hulley ceramic heart button. The button just finished off the wrap bracelet, don't you think?
What color can do for a project... the proof becomes clear to me in this trio. I started with the bracelet (I posted it a few weeks ago after taking the class from Sandy @ Bead Street, using a DRAGONFLY design by Eridhan Creations). I then made the earrings because I just loved the design and the colors I had originally chosen, and then lo and behold, Sandy taught the Beaded Bead class and so this made the trio complete. I finished it making a twisted tubular herringbone necklace, and then using 22 gauge copper wire to attach the beaded bead to the necklace. Isn't this just lovely? L O V E it!
Finished earrings to match the bracelet in my previous post showing the Dragonfly design by Eridhan Creations. Aren't the colors in these just really, come on... too yummy? Ha ha. I also really like the 10MM swarovski crystal I added as a dangle. Love how the crystal catches the light. Looks so nice with the copper wire.
AND, some cuties SOLD already. These are easy to wear and fun to boot! Magnesite turtles, jasper moons and turquoise chips with antique brass wire.
If you love fall colors, you'll love the combo I chose for this "Dragonfly" pattern taught by Sandy Taylor @ Bead Street designed by Eridhan Creations. You've heard it before, but I LOVE THIS ONE! The colors speak to me L O U D L Y (imagine!) with oranges, rusts, metallic, purples and greens. This is a time consuming project, but well worth it. By the time I finished it I don't think I could have passed through any of the beads one more time -- they were FULL of 6 wt fireline! I also bought one of the new fold over magnet clasps from Eileen and really LOVE it. It attaches easily and seems to really hold. I don't normally like magnets, as I've lost several anklets going through magnetized doors, but this is protected by the outer shell.
