Blackberry Swirl

I have had these beautiful pearls for a while but haven't had quite the right idea for them. Last week I was sorting out some of my beads and pulled out some amythest rounds, purple velvet swaro's and some lovely 6mm pale lilac abfirepolish that add a lovely shine into the mix. I started out beading the embellished section by adding the pearls as a fringe when making the spiral. Once I liked the length of the focal, I then beaded the main part with japanese 11's. I then added a tassle which probably took as long as the rest of the necklace! I think it really makes the peice though, so it was worth it.

Pink & Black Peyote Bracelet.

I'm loving picasa! I've only been using
it for 15 minutes though. Imade this bracelet
a few weeks ago using single drop & 3 drop peyote.
I was trying to break out of my usual colour combo's
of brown & turquoise & various shades of purple. I'm
not sure that it works though.

Slightly Better Photo of the Crystal Burst Ring

I discovered Picasa, it's still not great but the
colours are are truer representation, on my monitor anyway.
I've got some time on my own on Monday, so I think I'll play
more then.

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.

Herringbone & Medallion Necklace

I am a big fan of Suzanne Cooper's book Victorian & Variations and have made many versions of the medallions from it. I made these 3 to dress up a strip of herringbone that I made by experimenting with different size beads to create curves, the pendant is strung with onyx beads for the neck strap. I like the colour combination of the dark red, bronze and matte & shiny black in this piece.

Spring Tickle.

I loved these lime delica's when I saw them at Chepstow, so I snapped up a couple of packets. This bracelet is spiral peyote, which is a technique that I have wanted to try for a while. I liked it, I'll probably use it in a bigger project one day.

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.