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Friday, 2 November 2012

Oh, Pea-lease!

Beaders are a funny lot. We really are! Today I was sat here thinking about making jewellery, when I should have been in the kitchen preparing dinner. The guilt of not having a meal on the table for when the family returned home was obviously playing on my mind a little... along with the question of whether I should add pea's to the dinner dish...? You see, beading whilst my mind is on other things can make you do funny things...

Yes, instead of making dinner and dishing up peas, I made the cutest pea-pod necklace. The photographs don't show how sweet this little pendant is - it's so cute!

Maybe I should shirk my kitchen responsibilities more often...?

Bead Happy!

~S~

Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Cute Cuffs!

Every now and then, we come across a design that we ("S"!) just fall in love with... so much that we (not really "we"... just "S"!) choose to make a lot of the same design in differing colours.

That's what happened here... though we have to say that these bracelets are just so beautiful... we would wear them all the time!

We made some for Autumn (note that the purple design is slightly different, the pattern being a chevron rather than just the diagonal of the others)...

A couple for Christmas...

And then one that was to see if we could use more beads, and bigger beads in a similar design - and this one looks amazing when worn!...

You may be seeing more of these... we're thinking, crystals maybe? and we have some gorgeous mini-pearls in coffee and creams that would look stunning too!

Bead Happy!

~L&S~

Thursday, 5 July 2012

Pink Sherbert & More!

Another photo-heavy post... showing a few designs and creations using the RAW method of jewellery making.

Pink Sherbert:

Teal Teaser:

Sweet Swarovski Surprise:

and Hugs'n'Twists In Pink:

Bead Happy!

~L&S~

Crystal Cuff

These were so much fun to make - of course "S" had the green colours, and "L" chose the blue :)

We always think how funny it is how a different bead - even if it's supposed to be the same size - will end up making a bracelet that's longer or shorter than when using another bead.

Something to ponder...

Bead Happy!

~L&S~

Going Green!

I really don't know what to call this necklace... it's green, and it's... um... green. The clasp isn't quite right, so it may end up in the 'bargain bucket' at a jewellery party... still - I do love those green seed beads :)

~S~

Bead Happy!

~L&S~

Check Out Those Flowers!

Another creation that "S" wants to keep for herself - and she's already been told "NO!"

Gorgeous monochromatic crystals, woven into flower patterns makes this whole set so pretty and wearable.

Off now to hide this from "S" before she tries to wear it and pretend it's hers!

And, here's some more we created:

Bead Happy!

~L&S~

Anyone For Tennis?

Tennis bracelets... so pretty, elegant - and easy to wear!

We made these all slightly different - in colours, crystal choices, and finishing... and they are our new favourite!

Bead Happy!

~L&S~

Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Jewel Lace

To be honest there's only so many different stitches you can use in creating pretty bracelets, so we've been adapting patterns to make our own designs.

These designs were inspired by a free pattern provided by Sandra D. Halpenny - and we've invested in buying a few of her tutorials/designs too - reasonably priced and oh, so beautiful!

Bead Happy!

~L&S~

Ocean Ladder

A bracelet that was just made 'on-the-fly' as they say... but it turned out quite pretty :)

Bead Happy!

~L&S~

Racy Lacy...

Some bracelets are a bit addictive. You make one, and then end up wondering how it would look in other colours, others crystals or gems... That's how it was with the lacy bracelets. It started off with the Victoriana Romance, quickly followed by the Clear Crystal: