Sabine's 'Verticals'

I wanted a thinner look, so made it only two rows and left off the outside picots, as well as exchanging the outside 3mm pearls for 3.4 mm Miyuki drops or fringe beads. Don't do well with using jumprings and lobster clasp, so used 12mm Swar Volcano buttons- they fit neatly inside the last squares and so far, seem easy to put on and off, without any danger of coming apart.

Wonder what these will be?

These are ready to work with..

These two dimensional beads were what started the whole idea.

Thanks to Genny, of New Bel fame, I now have these lovelies to play with- she came up with and shared her pattern. Whatever will they be, and what will the final product look like? Stay tuned for developments! Hint: the next step involves Sharon Solly's RAW around a bangle technique.

See, that wasn't so hard!

Take this

And turn it into THIS!

Take one pattern that looks fun (and turns out to be easy as well! ), add colors you love, then keep on embellishing til it looks and feels right. Ingrid Regan showed us her version on Beaddreamz yahoogroup, and I loved how it looked. I am not a fan of loose strands of beads draping across my beadwork, however, as I am one of those that will hook them on something, then wheeeee, all the beads go flying! I did love how she kept embellishing the original Wiggle Room pattern by Julie Glasser, featured in the Special RAW edition by Bead & Button Magazine, so let my beads tell me what to do when I got to that point. I wanted bling, as I am wearing this to jury duty call tomorrow, but not 'in your face' bling. I also wanted it to feel smooth, but look textured. I think the final product was exactly what I wanted, and worked up in just a few hours!

Take that, you silly Ruffle Cuff ( where these beads were originally to go)!! My Muse and I will go and enjoy a cuppa Constant Comment, a bit of Dog Whisperer on Hulu, and plan our next project together!!

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Chocolate Cookoff Coming!

And I enjoyed making this set of a puffy heart, using

Swarovski 4mm bicones and 11o seed beads, with

Hani-Ami technique Earrings that used 3mm Swar

bicones and 14o charlottes. Both are on Sterling Silver.

They are to be the People's Choice Award at the cook-off,

which is this 20th of February in Bryson City, and

benefits the Marianna Black Friends of the Library.

The MBFOL is moving into a real store, and is excited

about being able to truly support the library for a change!

They have been in a 8 X 10 storage unit for the past few

years, not conducive to shopping for used books.

I am most happy to be able to contribute to this worthy cause!

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Ruby and Frost Earrings

These were adapted from a photo of some done by another

beader, who had used the pattern that came with the Bead

Calendar. I don't have the calendar, but it looked easy enough

to figure out!

Funny thing is, the pattern had it as a two needle piece, but

mine used a single needle, making less unwieldy to create.

I did not have enough 5mm to use on the outside, so used more

4mm.

Happy Holidays!

It's Ornament time!

I finished this one, called Ole' because it looks like a flamenco

dancer with hat. I started out doing just netting on a teardrop

ornament, and kept adding...well, y'all know that is what I do! LOL!