Posted by: startigerlily on: January 29, 2010
The butterfly is salvaged from another necklace. One of the jump rings was missing when I got it and was held together with thread. I couldn’t find a jump ring that would fit through the chain. It didn’t dawn on me until now that I could’ve made a new jump ring with wire. Anyway, I [...]
Posted by: startigerlily on: January 28, 2010
I saw and fell in love with the black necklace connector (from Blue Moon Beads) at JoAnn Fabrics and I bought it on the spot. I had an idea of what I wanted the necklace to look like. It uses glass pearls, red Swarovski bicone crystals, silver rondelles, and seed beads, which I got at Hobby Lobby. The [...]
Posted by: startigerlily on: January 23, 2010
I’ve added a new hobby into the mix: beaded jewelry. These earrings are my first completed project. It’s not the first one begun just the first one finished. I started on a necklace but ran out of silver beads in the middle of the work. So I’ll have to order beads from online (more about that [...]