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Born Under a Bead Sign: Spiraling along
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Saturday, May 02, 2009. I started out to make a chain for one inked polymer bead and although the seed beads seemed a match, they were a little too strong for the focal. The chain looked good though and suddenly I found myself whipping along making not one, but two. The outside chain is a triple-stitch spiral and the inner is double stitch - "fat spiral" as I call the stitch. Ingredients: Japanese seed beads, Bali Silver, Onyx, Azurite, Fire-Polished beads, Sterling magnetic slide clasp. Kerrie Slade's b...
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Born Under a Bead Sign: Stripes, Dots, Mangoes
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Monday, April 27, 2009. Stripes, Dots, Mangoes. The accompanying stones are (pale green) Serpentine, Onyx and at the top, I'm considering using Turquoise and Carnelian with the blue-green set. Maybe throw a little Bali Silver in there too. Awesome beads linda.you've clearly been working hard at them! Monday, April 27, 2009. I'll keep chugging until I get. I was pretty happy with these beads, especially the blue-green ones, so I'm glad you like them. Monday, April 27, 2009. Wednesday, April 29, 2009.
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Born Under a Bead Sign: The hornet's nest: pricing fine crafts
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Saturday, January 01, 2005. The hornet's nest: pricing fine crafts. Lately, I've been perusing the Etsy. Com site. For those of you who aren't familiar with it - Etsy. Provides (for a very reasonable fee) a lovely storefront for handmade items. Each craft artist has their own virtual "shop" and a link to show each item in detail, along with the option to pay, mark it as a favorite etc. The quality of work varies a little but is largely very good. It's tasteful, easy to navigate. But just as important, I ...
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Born Under a Bead Sign: Calling for Spring
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Sunday, January 09, 2005. I've been doing a few smaller projects lately. Pendants and this bracelet born of a heartsick longing for new leaves, spring flowers and green grass. Tonight, they (the weather predicting sadists) say that we're getting 20 cm of snow. I'll have to keep beading in green. These are lovely.will they be in a class in the future, or just for your private collection? Sunday, April 08, 2007. Sunday, April 08, 2007. Beautiful zig zags. I like the green! Tuesday, April 10, 2007. I love t...
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Born Under a Bead Sign: And furthermore...."lichen beads" and "Copper"
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009. And furthermore."lichen beads" and "Copper". Polymer clay, hand-inked, with metallic gold leaf, wrapped in transparent clay, sanded with three grades of wet sandpaper and machine buffed with my new Dremel. The largest bead is one and half inches long and its' two friends are an inch and an eighth long. Photo taken in natural light. About 3 hours working time. 3 Cabochons, no holes drilled. Polymer clay, ink, copper leaf. 9:30 pm and it is time to quit! Tuesday, March 10, 2009.
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Born Under a Bead Sign: Sunfire Necklace
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Sunday, January 02, 2005. Points of interest (to those of us who pick up one bead at a time and so are clinically insane) -. There are over 2,000 red beads in this necklace and over 200 fire polished. Beads Not that I counted. This is close in design to "Jet Up and Glow" which I made for the Fashion Forward. This was fun to make and kept me out of trouble while I wait for a new order of Leslie Dana's Dichroic. Wednesday, May 02, 2007. I'm a french addict beader and I really love your work! Subscribe to: ...
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Born Under a Bead Sign: Mokgumi gane & older work
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Mokgumi gane and older work. The learning curve just keeps swooping upwards and I'm madly following.clay packed under my fingernails and studio wall-to-wall slabs of clay and bits. I'm crazy about Mokgumi gane technique and experimenting. A show I've applied for has asked if I could do vessels as well as jewelry, as they are top-heavy with jewelry applications. My mouth (which is disconnected from my common sense) immediately said "yes! And so, this long weekend, I began. Links t...
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Born Under a Bead Sign: Jet
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Thursday, January 06, 2005. I seem to be on a roll with diamond stitch. Never one to let well enough alone, I've gone mad with embellishing - in size 15 charlottes, if you please. My rule? Never make something quickly if you can add hours and hours to the task! This one was prompted by the suggestion of a coworker, who thought the bracelet style would look terrific all in black - very Victorian. I LOVE this, LJ! Victorian pieces are so elegant. Nice work:). Friday, September 01, 2006. PHOTO: Gauntlet for...
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Born Under a Bead Sign: Talisman necklace
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Saturday, January 08, 2005. I started this morning.staring at the four ammonite fossils I'd bought some weeks ago. I had no idea what I was going to make and just attached one of the stones to backing and began embroidering. When I finished the pendent, I started to sift through my cabinet drawers and found a whack of nearly-forgotten Picasso Jasper beads and voila! The pendent is a whopper - about two and a half inches long and nearly that wide. Size 6, 10,11 and 15 seed beads. Sunday, March 18, 2007.
