Category: Necklaces

  • Vintage German flowers

    Sylvia came back from Tucson with a gift for me of these amazing beads. The core colors are varying shades of orange, with a milky-colored-glass covering, and while I believe these are pressed, not cut — they appear cut. Look at the glow! I tried combining them with a matching Italian milky-white seed, it looked…

  • Double triple spiral, complete

    All done! The clasp is okay – I think the bar portion of the clasp doesn’t work quite right with the thin stripes of color, but I also didn’t want it all one color. Overall, I’m quite happy with the finished necklace!  It’s 24″ long, and weighs just over 100g.

  • Double triple spiral, step 4

    This is about 5″ longer than the last photo.  It’s 19″ long total, and I think I probably want it about 24″. It already weighs 90 grams…

  • Double triple spiral, step 3

    For a different view, here is the latest length, coiled.  It’s about 6″ longer than the last picture. Another possibility with this design might be to combine colors within each spiral, and make more of a blended design without as much contrast. For example, one spiral blue and purple 15s, the next purple and green,…

  • Christmas presents — Okno

    My earlier post of portions of the finished projects were of these pendants/ornaments, designed by Mu, a talented French beader. She generously wrote and shared instructions to make Okno. She has other instructions on her blog, linked on the left as Schémas.