Snowflake 2012
I make a snowflake for my Christmas tree every year. This was the one I made for this year – Swarovski beads, copper charlottes, copper-lined 2-hole beads, and some lined green seeds that work with the Swarovski. I’m not sure it looks like a snowflake, more like a flower. And this continues essentially the same…
Christmas presents for coworkers
I work in a library, so this was a great present for my coworkers. I used a guitar pick punch on library cards of various vintages (there’s been four different designs used since I started my job), made a hole with a micropunch that I bought years ago for making earring display cards, and added…
Christmas tease 2
Gold luster red beads and copper-lined twin beads.
Christmas tease 1
Excuse me, I must go wrap….
Pick success!
This one works! Self-supporting, which is what I was stubbornly trying to do. My favorite beaded bead with a support is a clear plastic bead covered with transparent seed beads in right angle weave – you can get some great effects with the interaction of the two colors. This is the one that preceded…