Work in Progress

This is just a few of the projects I am working on now. The top two are obviously bead embroidery projects, both necklaces. The one on the right is called "Northern Lights" and will have a herringbone spiral strap. The one in the middle is twisted herringbone and will have some crystal accents added. The bottom one is a spiral herringbone with triangle beads. There are also some 14/o beads to make the twist work a little better.

Not pictured are other projects I am working on: a spiral rope necklace with a cellini spiral pendant, a herringbone necklace made with white-gold delicas, my BJP bracelet for December, my BJP bracelets for January through August (most are not started at all, but I do have the cabs chosen for some and the cuff blanks purchased), some earrings for my MIL (probably will be a Christmas present), and a couple of purses (one in RAW and one in bead embroidery).

Whew! Lots of stuff. I think I'm gonna go bead. :)

Kaleidoscope Collar

This right-angle-weave collar is made with glass pearls, Swarovski crystals, bugle beads, and seed beads. I tore it out several times because I couldn't get the bead sizes to work correctly, and then I ran out of pearls and had to improvise. It turned out pretty good, though!

Royal Spiral Necklace

Goth Pearl & Crystal Bracelet

This bracelet pattern is from Bead & Button's Crystals 2 magazine. The crystals are all Swarovski and the pearls are glass.

Even More Bangles

This bracelet is the third in a set made for a customer. She requested matte beads in a herringbone twist. I made two, not knowing which she would like better, and she requested a third to go along with them. The first was brown and green, the second was brown and blue, so this one I made in green and blue.Triangle beads in straight tubular herringbone look very slinky! I love these Toho triangle hybrids I got from Artbeads: I also got some jewelry cleaner for some tarnished silver components I have sitting around. I also have white-gold delicas that I am going to (surprise, surprise) use in a spiral herringbone necklace. It will be the backdrop to some embroidered pendants I plan on making soon.

More Bangles

I had a request for a herringbone bangle made with matte beads instead of the metallics I have been using, so I made this one from matte brown beads with green accent spirals:

I wasn't sure it was exactly what she was looking for, so I also made this one out of matte bronze and blue iris delicas:

I'm sure she'll like one or both of them... in the meantime, I made two of these (one for me and one for a friend's birthday present):

I am having so much fun with these bracelets! Now I am starting work on a neck piece that is a combination bead embroidery and herringbone rope (for the strap). It's called "Northern Lights" and will use colors similar to the blue bracelet above.

Etsy Treasury :)

I just got an email from a fellow Etsy user letting me know she had included my Chimera's Tear cuff bracelet in a treasury. Click here to see the treasury.