Fun with Pearls.
Okay, so, I really have been playing with the pearls. My first project with them were Japanese Plum Blossoms, little self-sustaining spheres. I'd made some with my smaller freshwater pearls before, and couldn't wait to see how they'd look with larger, more uniform pearls. I started by breaking into the red ones, then the black ones, then the white ones. I even gave them a whirl with the bigger pink potato shaped pearls.
I made a few more pearl bangles, and had a brainstorm: I've had these huge size 5 seedbeads kicking around for over a year, not knowing what to make with them, since the holes are so large, any time I tried to use them with the intended size 11's, they'd just get lost in there... O_o
But 'lo and behold, they're just a tad smaller than the 3-4 mm round black pearls. So, on Saturday, when Maria (read Nonna, LOL!) invited me over for some coffee, I made sure to bring along some project work. I figured, if M didn't mind, I'd socialize, enjoy some coffee, AND get some pieces done. I sat at her kitchen table, and started playing. Well, the bangle with the pearls and size 5's worked up so fast, I actually got it strung and finished right there. And it looked Wonderful! So much so, that I just couldn't wait to get home and make MORE! LOL!
The second one was made with metallic iris greens, and then a third with metallic iris blue:
Green
Blue
Here they are, all stacked up. Just the way I like to wear them.
They're weighty, but I like that in my bracelets. *Gives you a good arm workout! LMBO!*
Just playing around with some advert button ideas:
Pearltini anyone?
:)
Japanese Plum Blossoms.
I'll be offering these individually, and in sets.
I made a few more pearl bangles, and had a brainstorm: I've had these huge size 5 seedbeads kicking around for over a year, not knowing what to make with them, since the holes are so large, any time I tried to use them with the intended size 11's, they'd just get lost in there... O_o
But 'lo and behold, they're just a tad smaller than the 3-4 mm round black pearls. So, on Saturday, when Maria (read Nonna, LOL!) invited me over for some coffee, I made sure to bring along some project work. I figured, if M didn't mind, I'd socialize, enjoy some coffee, AND get some pieces done. I sat at her kitchen table, and started playing. Well, the bangle with the pearls and size 5's worked up so fast, I actually got it strung and finished right there. And it looked Wonderful! So much so, that I just couldn't wait to get home and make MORE! LOL!
The second one was made with metallic iris greens, and then a third with metallic iris blue:
Green
Blue
Here they are, all stacked up. Just the way I like to wear them.They're weighty, but I like that in my bracelets. *Gives you a good arm workout! LMBO!*
Just playing around with some advert button ideas:Pearltini anyone?
:)
Japanese Plum Blossoms.
I'll be offering these individually, and in sets.
So you see, I have been keeping busy. I'll be adding the new bangles to the site today, and sending Katy her package. (I just HAD to put in a little something extra in there for my very first E-customer! I'm still doing a happy dance!). Katy was the very first blog reader to jump on that wagon, and I couldn't be more grateful!
Thank you Katy!!! *happy dance! happy dance!* ;)
Jewels
Thank you Katy!!! *happy dance! happy dance!* ;)
Jewels
Comments
heehee...those reddish Japanese Plum Blossoms look EXACTLY like slightly under-ripe blackberries!!!
CUTE!
Sigh. The holidays are coming soon, I guess... And somebody's birthday.
Thanks for promoting me! ;)
Leave it to Jin to see something yummy in beads! LOL!
They're soooo nice, and I put them up on the site yesterday. I love how the pearls really give them a nice weight.
They are fun. The bonus was when this lady (total strange to me!) came up to me in Winners on Thursday and noticed the three I had stacked on my wrist (one of each, Natch!), and just HAD to know where I got them. Her eyes widened when I told her I'd made them. She just went on and on about how she had never seen anything like them.
I could kick myself for not having any business cards at the ready, 'cause I think she was might interested in them... Oh well, I told her about my site, who knows? Perhaps she'll visit it. One can only hope.
Alright. Pieces done? CHECK! Site build and up? CHECK! Next? BUSINESS CARDS!!!!!
LOL!