Continuing on with my catch-up theme. This may take me a few posts... Feels like cleaning out a closet or something... feels good to be cleaning out a space for new designs.
This adorable necklace was made especially for my "one and only" niece! I know how much she loves her kittens, so when I saw this fantastic pewter cat pendant by Inviciti, I was smitten and knew exactly what I was going to create and who it was for. I used a 6mm beautiful multi blue/purple/green glass czech glass pearl with 2mm pearls as spacers for the necklace. Staying with the theme of the pewter, I used hematite for the wire and findings. For a dangle, I added both copper and tiny bronze hearts to pop a little. So cute.
The back of the pendant has it's own finished design, which I love.
Some fun earring designs... love the white flower glass with the beautiful large seafoam/opalesque teardrops. In the light, the color is so awesome. I needed ti make a pair with an earring post versus a wire, so I took apart a pair of Brighton earrings I no longer wear and the silver bead post was perfect!! Recycling does work!!
I started stitching the rounds and here's where I ended up. I love these multi-colored 2 hole superduo beads. I added fire polish, 11.0 and 8.0 seed beads, along with some bead caps and pellet beads. I love mixing and matching different sizes and shapes for a subtle look of interest.And last for this post, but certainly not least, a fun owl necklace with a Heather (Humblebeads) pendant, coupled with one of her famous rondelle beads and a wood distressed dangle. These wood pieces truly are so fun... any color, any markations work to make it a nice addition. Thanks, Heather! I also used Lashell's (Design Talented One) sari silk for the necklace. Her silk is so wonderful and I use it in a lot of my projects.
My blog postings seem to continue on a sporadic schedule. I just haven't felt like there's been enough time for beading, let alone posting... I'll just have to keep plugging along and do the best I can to keep sane!! :) A few projects of late, reflecting the yummy colors of this season.
This fantastic Day of the Dead (and so much more) pendant from Gaea is so wonderful. Hard not to make this an eye catcher statement piece. It can absolutely stand alone, with some added chain, but I decided to string some agate rounds in varying degrees of color with a czech glass flower on one side. Simple, yet colorful. I also added some little howlite skull charms below the Gaea off-white large ceramic bead and capped that bead w/copper caps... can't have enough skulls at this time of year, right? And, these fibers just add so much to help pop and soften. Thank you Lashell!
The skeleton charms on the earrings below are also Gaea. Aren't her designs just so fantastic and whimsical? I wire wrapped around some copper chain pieces and included 8.0 seed beads, czech glass flowers, flower caps and o rings. And, some fibers. Adorbs!
Some more darlin fall wire wrapped skeletons. Gaea charms and my wire wrapping of czech leaves, 11.0 seed beads, some turquoise and a crystal rondelle in the center bottom.
And a couple of macrame bracelets. These are so fun to make, to personalize, and I can add any kind of middle charm or connector to a multitude of macrame color combos.
