DOUBLE-WRAPPED PEARLS

I recently made a double-wrapped pearl bracelet for one of  my sisters. During a visit, she had admired a double-wrapped bracelet I was wearing, so I told her I'd make her one.

This is it.

I didn't have a heavier white cord for the base, but I did have a very shiny, satiny heavy thread, which worked perfectly with the pearls. The pearls and gold beads were first crocheted into a long chain, then the chain was doubled up and crocheted together. A loop was crocheted onto one end and the fabulous button was sewn onto the other.

I really like how it turned out and plan to make more using this same method.

The bracelet is perched on fingerless gloves that she knit for me.

I hope she likes her bracelet as much as I love these gloves.

 

Thanks for looking today!

 

FREEFORM BEADED BRACELETS

 

I discovered freeform beading before Christmas. The first bracelet I made, I liked enough to give as a gift to a very dear friend of mine, but I knew then I needed to make one for myself too.

 

 

Did I mention that freeform beading is highly addictive? Oh yes, it is!

 

 

So......along came three more.

 

 

So much texture.

 

 

That's enough- for now.

 

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed seeing something a little different.

 

Please check back tomorrow- you'll be glad you did- I promise!

BREAKIN' OUT THE BEAD BOX

Beading and jewelry making has pushed the card making aside for a bit. A very short bit until I figure out how to do both :) Cards by day, beads by night? Whatever.....

I'm showing you a heap of beads, needle and thread, ribbon, and the cardboard core from a roll of tape. After a few hours, this emerged.

A bracelet! Lots of shimmer and colour. Just like some of the cards I make :)

Sunshine today- yay!

Hope you enjoy it and have a wonderful day!