Dulcey Heller

Category: Bracelets

  • French pumpkin herringbone complete, again

    The herringbone rope sample that I decided to not use in my trio of ropes has been lengthened to 20″, a length I can wear as a necklace or wrapped three times around my wrist. It is now, finally, time to put these beads away. I have a new traveling project that includes beads and crochet,…

  • Bead shopping at the thrift store

    This was strung on elastic, these wonderful blue and green beads. I had a clasp from a bracelet I took apart (I don’t trust elastic), and now I have this understatement of a bracelet.

  • Rhinestones and beads bracelet

    Here’s the finished bracelet! I like it, and the clasp works well. Here’s a tip, though: the actual clasp should be as close as possible to the edge of the bracelet. Because I wasn’t thinking of this, I centered the snap on the Ultrasuede square. The clasp only gaps a tiny bit, but if I…

  • Rhinestones and beads clasp

    I wanted to determine the clasp of the bracelet before I cut the rhinestone chain, so as to accurately calculate length. Here it is! I think this will work. Stylistically it works, and it should be fine functionally as well. The clasp will be anchored at four points on each side, from each line of…

  • Thrifted rhinestones and beads

    I bought this wonderful, 3 1/2′ rhinestone chain at a thrift store. It’s tarnished and the rhinestones aren’t really sparkly – which makes it perfect for everyday wear, right? Perhaps from the 50s? It’s unsigned, so I don’t feel guilty about cutting it apart. Below is version three of a possible cuff. And here is…