Some January bling to help keep the mood light and sparkling. An adorable set for the neck and ears - the star is a pattern I purchased from Deborah Roberti, who does such a great job with providing good, easy to follow patterns. And, then I added some snowflakes -- Y E S please, from a Fusion Beads inspiration pattern. I used little star studs for first pair and made ear wires for the rest.
No difficult pattern below...just some fun, "bring a smile to your face" kind of projects. Some metal angels I spotted in a craft store, and thought hmmmmm ..., what can I do with those? So I buffed 'em, painted 'em, sparkled 'em up and added some swarovski crystals and bells. A very fun and light project, and I ended up doing many different color combos, some of which weren't photographed, as they were headed out the door.
and, some more snowflakes...
New beads and new patterns keep it all fresh! In that vein... using the new 2-hole CzechMates crescents, on a loverly afternoon with my beading sistahs, a pattern by TrendSetter Nichole Starman called "Chrysanthemum". Try to say that quickly three times... and then, try to spell it without looking! Nichole's pattern was for a bracelet, but the components make darling earrings, so that's where I got off the train. Love these springs colors...and the blue on blue tones at the bottom. An issue for me again was working the pattern tightly so my thread didn't show (and I'm a tight beader!). I struggled with that until on the final set, the blues at the bottom, I went around each section twice, and inserted 15.0 on either side of the 6mm.
