Magical Mauve

Beautiful deep mauve and mink coloured glass pearls and crystals were used to make this substantial set - and we liked it so much, we decided to make another set in gold, black and white...

Each piece makes a bold and beautiful statement... gorgeous!

Bead Happy!

~L&S~

Pearl Frost

A very simple RAW design using icy-cool grey and white glass pearls...

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~L&S~

Ocean Flower

Every now and then, we come across beads so beautiful that we hardly want to use them and just keep them in a box and look at them instead :) Of course, we wouldn't want to keep them to ourselves really, and use them to make beautiful jewellery like this set...

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~L&S~

Spiral Motes

We adore these little hanging decorations for the tree - and decided to only make them in silver/white and in gold - this way everyone can add these pretty little spirals to their tree decoration collection!

The gold design has a little star dangling from the bottom, and the silver/white comes with three different choices of snowflake charms added. So sweet! They catch the light so gorgeously - a real sparkler to add to our tree!

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~L&S~

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~

Soon It'll Be Christmas!

Really... "S" will be putting up her tree tomorrow!

And with all the busy times ahead, we still have time to think up something 'new'. It started with this craze for little bottles, which stemmed from the whole steam-punk fashion craze. Little bottles are cute, and "S" has at least a hundred of them (seriously - she really does have a lot more than a hundred!). So, what could we do with all these cute little 1.5" tall bottles with cork bungs?

"I know!" exclaimed "S" one day... "We'll make them into Christmas decorations".

She made it sound so easy and simple. It wasn't!

First of all, we had to think of designs that would fit into the bottles... then get the fiddly things actually inside the tiny bottles too! Not all our designs are based on beading - though there is some kind of beading on each of the bottles - all of them have beaded ribbon holders. The angels were the hardest - trying to get those little suckers to fit in the bottles was a bit trying to say the least! Maybe angels just shouldn't be stuffed into tiny bottles? Anyway... the end product does look really good - though the close-ups and photography work really does NOT do them justice.

Bit of a shame you can't see the little beaded gold haloes... they really are cute!

Bead Happy!

~L&S~

Rose Spritzer

We so wish the camera could have picked up the delicate pink hues of this bracelet - the photographs do it little justice.

This piece is a flat-spiral design with swarovski crystals and bicones, with silver-lined seedbeads... lovely for a prom night outfit!

Bead Happy!

~L&S~

Guardian Angel

We love these little Guardian Angels...  all in silver-tone, or with clear wings - they look so pretty! We also made these as handbag/purse/phone charms - but as a pendant on a neck chain, they are just so lovely!

Our camera just doesn't want to take good photographs at the moment (not our fault at all - definitely the camera! *lol*), but we hope you can see how sweet these are.

Bead Happy!

~L&S~

Frosty Fun

This bracelet and necklace could be worn in any season... look at that pattern - it could be snowflakes, stars, starfish or flowers...

Whatever you want it to be, one thing is sure... It's so pretty!

Bead Happy!

~L&S~

Sweet Silver Lilacs

A simple little bracelet inspired by a D.Roberti design:

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~L&S~

Autumn Gold

Loved this simple design of lacy necklace! "S" chose autumn colours and made the "Autumn Gold" necklace, and "L" chose pinks and created the "Fizzy Pink" lace necklace.

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~L&S~

Wide-Girl Glitz

Back in the 80's, if a guy had a car and a flick-hair do, loafers and a jacket worn with jeans... well, he'd be called a 'wide boy'. A little bit racy, a little bit naughty... a little bit wild. It desgribed out new design of bracelet perfectly... only they were all a bit girlie, and a lot glitzy!

So we called them "Wide-Girl Glitz"!

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~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~

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!

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~L&S~

 

Coiled!

Never again! That's all I can say about this next project... it took me three days to make! The same two rows of stitches and beadwork, over and over and over again...

Now, I'm not saying that it's not a beautiful piece of jewellery, nor am I saying that all the work wasn't worth it... but it was so boring to make! I've bought enough beads to make two more of these in the same colour, and at three again in reversed colours. Will I do it? Not at the moment... I'm having too much fun with other designs and ideas :)

Anyway, I was totally inspired by a webpage I found online, and now I can't find the page again!

 

Bead Happy!

 

~L&S~

Weave, Wave and Twist!

Still using up those mega-brilliant deal hex beads, here's a few more designs:

The Wave:

Egyptian Gold

 Twenties Silver

The Weave:

SilverLeaf

and a bracelet inspired by a tutorial found at BellaOnline called the 5R bracelet (I think).

Bead Happy!

~L&S~

Seeing Stars

A quick little post to show off the pretty earrings and ring called "Seeing Stars". Starlight or starfish...? You decide :)

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~L&S~

St Petersburg & Pharoah

It's fun learning new stitches... after a quick refresher course on St Petersburg and Ladder stitches, we came up with these:

The St Petersburg - delicate and pretty with a little Art Nouveau twist:

And the little set we called "Pharoah"... just because it looked a little Egyptian, and a bit like upside-down pyramids)...



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~L&S~

Pearl Swirls

A simple design that looks elegant and oozes class...

Hopefully, there will be more 'encased pearl' designs in the future... as always, we'll keep you posted!

Bead Happy!

~L&S~