Category: Necklaces

  • Button necklace

    I was scanning the book Bead Journey, a Kalmbach stringing publication, and saw a project stringing large tagua nuts shaped as buttons. It was a belt, connected with long loops of beading wire covered by rubber tubing. The tagua beads reminded me of these bone large-hole buttons that I bought more than 20 years ago…

  • A small gift

    I made this last night for a friend who deserved a little something. I tried to make it reversible, using a blue-green like the Swarovskis to edge the right angle weave on one side, and the gray on the other. However, I do not have a bead in a charlotte or Japanese 15 that looks…

  • Naniboujou spiral complete!

    I used the cab from Drea to make a centerpiece/clasp, and matching earrings. I love it!

  • A button and a cab

    Drea suggested a button, Grace suggested a vendor — here’s the button I bought from VintageNecessities on Etsy. It’s HUGE. Very cool, but not the right colors. I’ll find another home for it. Then Drea came across cabs in her own collection and gifted me with some. They’re wonderful, and will be excellent with this…

  • Naniboujou palette, part 4

    Getting longer…