Fringe Bracelet

I seem to have a bit of a crush on the purple/pink colour combination, shock horror, how girly! Could I finally be getting over the brown & turquoise that is usually my staple? This bracelet is made with the fringe technique & delicas & drop pearls. Another quick & easy project to appease my instant gratification demands!

A Teaser

Here is a teaser of my current project, it might take a while because I need to make lots of different components for it. Lately I have been making lots of quick & easy projects but I now feel the need to create a larger piece. I am hoping to incorporate lots of stitches & beads into this one. So far I have used peyote to bezel the 8mm swarovski pearls, fringe & herringbone. I am using swarovski pearls & crystals, delica's in various pinks & greens & I have green 11's that I might use for a rope for the strap.

Blackberry Ring.

I had some leftover fringe beads so I decided to
make a matching ring to the spiral necklace. Another
peyote band with simple fringe. So fun & easy to make.

Crystal burst Ring

Last week I finally treated myself to Laura McCabe's book Creating Crystal Jewellery with Swarovski. I've been wanting it for ages and I was not disappointed, it is a beautiful book 7 I wish I had more money to go out and buy a truckload of crystals to make every project in it! The instructions for this ring were easy to follow and it was a lot of fun to make. The photo is dreadful though, I wish I was a better photographer.

Knuckle Up.

I don't very often wear dress rings as they aren't usually big enough for me & I am usually focused on making necklaces. I have recently organised my stash & found a few odd beads leftover from other projects and I thought rings would be a good way to use them up and would expand my finger wardrobe nicely.

These rings are simple peyote bands with fringe to embellish, they take little over an hour & are great to do in front of the TV or when supervising a four year old bundle of fun. I think I'll go through the stash & make up a few kits for these so that I am ready to go when I want to do some beading but don't have any inspiration or time to think up a new project.