New Beadwork

Dark blue triangle beads (they look black here), dark blue transparent 8s and 11s; labradorite briolette (couldn't get the blue fire to show up!), black faceted drops with AB coating. In real life, the sparkle and blue fire off this piece is awesome. Got it done just in time to wear it to the local home and garden show, where I gave a talk on starting seeds!

New things

I just finished this bracelet: #8 silver lined purple seed beads for the zigzag, #6 matte seeds for the triangles, vintage bead for the clasp.

This next is not actually new- I made it almost two years ago. But I never took pictures, and I gave it to a friend. I finally remembered to take a pic on Saturday. It's cut from an old barrel, the rust ground off and then painted.

Actual content! Beading!

In a sudden burst of creativity (and refusal to work without let up on the taxes), I made this bracelet:

It's 4mm dark gray pearls, surrounded by metallic silver seed beads and then a picot on each edge of clear AB seed beads. Even though I haven't made anything in quite awhile, I had no trouble and I had a breakthrough- I finally was satisfied with how I wove thread tails back into the bead work so I didn't feel compelled to make ugly knots in them. I did still glue the ends, though- don't trust myself that much yet.