I really love how this turned out. if I decide I have energy to sell my jewellery, I'll make at least one variation of this to sell.
Cranberry goldluster 11/0s, siam 3mm bicones (crystals), the little thing on the inside is called a "dragon scale" bead, with a rainbow/copper finish, and the long purple-y beads are called "dagger beads".
This fits like a choker with the dagger beads spreading out like a collar, and uses St Petersburg stitch. #MelindreaMakes #mastoart #beadweaving #jewelry
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A tubular herringbone bezel: One side 8/0 seeds, the other 11/0 seeds. This format curls the rope inward, making it an easy way to latch the bezel, in this case an obsolete Italian Lira coin. After I connected the ends, I did some makeshift peyote beading on both sides with 11/0 and 15/0 seed beads, and there we go. The bail is tubular herringbone with some 11/0 seeds.
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I have decided. I'm going to make several beaded rings to help my finger joints to not do "unhealthy finger joint stuff". Not sure I'll be getting one for each finger, but here's my first, a pinkie ring.
Yes, it is *really* hard to take a photo of a ring you're currently wearing >.>
This is a natural cabochon stone, with 11/0 and 15/0 seed beads to bezel it and create the band. #beadweaving #jewelry #MelindreaMakes
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Finished my second piece of beadwork jewellery. This uses superduos (a type of two-hole bead) and seed beads, working it into the herringbone stitch, with a peyote toggle bar to keep it in place.
I'd originally hoped the central stripe would be more turquoise, but I like the mottled effect of it in the end. It looks great together! #MelindreaMakes #BeadWeaving
My first attempt at #BeadWeaving and while it's a lot shorter than I foolishly expected it'd be (I'd probably need at least 4-5x the amount of focal beads compared to what I had ...) I really like how it came out.
Spiral rope using a tutorial by Jill Wiseman on u-tube, from 8/0 miyuki seed beads, 11/0 toho beads and some kind of clear/red crystal I got from somewhere
The person who bought the blue version of this contacted me the day after the purchase and commissioned me to make a green/purple version of it. So I did.
Amethyst beads look so danged pretty with silver-lined 6/0 seed beads.
The pattern belongs to Carole Ohl and is found in the Aug/Sept. 2010 edition of Beadwork magazine.
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My first non-loom bead weaving project.
It's slow going, to say the least. But the repetitive tasks are good for my #mentalhealth so I am happy to make 18 failed projects before I get a decent one, heh.
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I finished my first bracelet!
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My first attempt at #BeadWeaving. I am feeling encouraged to keep practising. #Metis #beading #beadwork
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A thingamabob #seedbeads #beading #beadwork #beadweaving
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Random #jewelry #photography #beaded #beadweaving #beadwork #BeadedJewelry #handmade #GreenDragonArtist
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Random #jewelry #photography #beaded #beadweaving #beadwork #BeadedJewelry #handmade #GreenDragonArtist
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