A Flutterby By Any Other Name..

Would flutter as sweetly?

This kit for this lovely is by Miyuki, and part of the Bead Stitch series #BFK-100, Lazuline Butterfly.

It was to be done in peyote, but I found it easier in brick stitch.

I also hated the body, which I think was to be done in RAW and made it look like a demented bumblebee...so I just used a nice SS headpin, added the bicones to it in butterfly body shape, then used Fireline 6# Smoke to attach the wings between bicones. I curled the end of the headpin to represent the butterfly's curled tongue.

Thank you Betsy, for letting me play with this...ball is in YOUR court, now!

Ah think Ah'm in Luv

Turkish Crochet- what's not to love? portable, easy to add beaded toggle/loop combo, no spilling beads, fast, colorful, versatility as to bead choices/sizes....did I mention FAST!

Gotta love it.

if you try to teach yourself from the instructions in the Dec 09 Bead and Button Mag, try putting the beads you slide up on the OTHER side of the hook, not in front as shown in the photo- they will slide up completely and keep you from having alot of thread showing, plus be easier to hook and lock down with your next slip stitch- THANKS, Ingrid!

As always, click on the pics to make them full size.

Some Days Are Just Right For Stringing

Many beadweavers poo-pooh stringing as 'simplistic, too-easy, boring', but done right, it is an art form unto itself. These 3 got taken apart and redone several times before I liked the balance. All are black tourmaline, except the two smaller rectangles on the center piece, which are dyed black onyx. All silver bits are sterling, and they are strung on Accuflex platinum 0.24. The clasp on center and bracelet are foldover magnets and the other is toggle, but you can't see it.

Hope you enjoy....black tourmaline has the property of deflecting negativity in both the wearer and situations outside the wearer.

yes, a-NOTHER ring!

Same basic pattern as previous, Maria Teresa Ferreira ( gads, I hope I spelled her last name right- we email first names all the time...) but kept adding 3 bead picots to the top and one at the bottom, til it looked like a little flower. I like it best of all! As always, click to enlarge any pic.

Beaded Button- Northern Lights

This is for a really sweet friend in Michigan, who is bravely considering

going into bead embroidery to recreate the Northern Lights. This button

is one inch across, and the beads used are 14o seed beads (the round ones)

and 14o hex beads(the longer ones). The black part is meant to be a mountain.

Hope you like it, Judy!! Click to full size the pic.

Crown Ring

I can't blame anyone but myself, and the creators of this Delica color, for this ring. I wanted a ring that was more simple than any I have found on the internet, used a bead with a hole in it, and was comfortable, strong, and fast to make up.

I think this one, done in all peyote, fits most of the criteria.

The bead is a 12mm black tourmaline, grade C, from Firemountaingems' online catalogue. Hope you enjoy it. Click on the photo to enlarge