Category: Necklaces

  • Knotting pearls

    All of those pictures of Tucson bead shows with their tables of pearls reminded me that I have these funky brown keishi pearls waiting for me, and that I’d purchased orange silk for knotting them. I bought my pearls locally, and the button hiding the knot is a vintage button I purchased at General Bead…

  • Bezeled nail polish pendant

    Using a rectangle of right angle weave, building in corners and cinching it in, this nail polish pendant is captured with beads. I think it could be crisper.

  • Dark and dreary twisted right angle weave

    Purple and teal green sounded better than it executed. Also, I think I really like this better when I use drops in place of half of the teal.

  • Beaded Gerbera daisy

    I had the opportunity lately to make a Gerbera daisy, as seen in many bead blogs. I had one rivoli on hand, and it turns out that brandy is a perfect color for a flower center, especially when framed by gold charlottes! I don’t know where instructions for this are published; I just gave it…

  • Nail polish pendants

    Check these out! Susan of Sweeter Lemon has a tutorial on how to make these faux dichroic pendants out of glass tiles and nail polish. I had no idea there was such a thing as shatter nail polish — this is a great idea. I followed instructions, except I used Krylon to seal the back.…