Wednesday, March 17, 2010

St. Patrick's Day Pandora Bracelet

I know I already posted today, but I just put my St. Patrick's day Bracelet on and had to share. The glass beads are made with the frit dipping technique I learned from a tutorial from Etsy.

Have a great day! Be Safe!!!
Gwen

Bead Day!!!

This is a soft glass with red, black, ivory and silvered ivory stringers. It was lots of fun to make and hangs great from my chamilla chain.
This one I call Ocean. It was my first try and it has a few cracks. So I must keep it for myself :)
This is a Boro Barrel. I made it at Accents Glass in a class taught by Chad Trent. It was a great class, and I love this bead!
I just got a new camera and wow what great pictures of my beads. There will be more to follow but I hope you enjoyed these!

Blessings,
Gwen

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Silver Silver Everywhere!!



Hello all,

I have been having such fun playing with silver wire this week! It is amazing what you can do with a hammer and a stainless steel block!! I have started out simple, but my head is a buzzing!!!!

I made my own head pins and earring wires. It is amazing how different the same style looks using different beads. I used coin pearls on one and lampwork beads on another. I am hooked.


Well I am off to do some errands, maybe I will pass a bead store and have to go in? Don't tell my husband!!!

Blessing!
Gwen