Category: Necklaces

  • Delicate lace heart

    A day or two ago, the instructions for Shala Kerrigan’s Delicate lace heart was in my feed reader. This is a great way to highlight some precious beads, those beads that are hard to use because they are rare. I used some Italian seeds for the heart, and changed the instructions slightly to use some…

  • Fused glass plus kumihimo, finished

    So, here is the completed necklace with Carol’s fused glass pendant: I used copper charlottes to make a simple bail as well as beadcaps, and then used a copper clasp. It’s very wearable! My braiding smoothed out towards the end; as my braid ended up being maybe 3″ longer than I needed, I cut off…

  • Fused glass plus kumihimo

    Carol, my friend who makes stained glass, made this pendant for me for Christmas. I love it! I received a foam kumihimo loom for Christmas, and tried it Christmas day. After making 8-strand round braid sample with the yarn provided in the kumihimo kit, I looked at my small stash of cotton embroidery floss for…

  • Christmas presents

    More Albion wave beads! These are done in 15s, which makes them stiffer and smaller. The purple, blue, and silver makes them look quite wintery.

  • Lost and found – and lost!

    I purchased these Swarovski pendants back in March — and just discovered them again, mistakenly packed away with something else. I knew I had the bail, which I had purchased at the same time. This really is all I wanted to do with them; I’ll wear the necklace pendant on a gold chain. It would…