Coastal Beads and Chain Maille

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Hearts

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both sides of hearts, the red heart in the middle has raised dots

the goldie band on the second bead is slightly raised as is the dot

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few beads made yesterday , had to get a new bottle of

gas

First 3 attempts with murrini bottom right 1st, bottom left 2nd

pink one 3rd I think I'm getting it !!!!

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All 8 charms are not flying to the States to join a charm exchange.

I took another photo with them all and the pink one facing the right way

with a £ coin just to show the size of them, these have a rustic finish

which means they are not uniformly wired ie they are untidy LOL

Heart charms

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beads waiting to be sold

anklet below just to show I do make things lol

I have a bead fair at the weekend, just haven't got as many beads as I wanted made lol, been having an awful time with hayfever , migraines and no sleep , I think this has been the worst year for me hayfever wise for donkeys years, not making for a very happy Karen LOL oh and I stuck my finger in the flame the other day that didn't help!!!!!!

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etched and not etched, some of these will be sold just as beads at the bead fair in July.

Others will be made into jewellery, the pastel 5 row up I did 2 of each colour 1 set are etching

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Bracelet for MIL blue beads with blue pearls and silver beads and catch

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better photo lol

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bad photo lol

hand made deep pink beads with turquoise dots

silver plated Greek washers and 2 deep red washers

on pink leather thong with silver caps a a silver hook

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2 different colour bracelets

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project finished

project started during Columbo yea yea I watch any film when hubby is away lol
he has been in Switzerland for a week and a half so I have been home alone, hopefully he will be home tuesday or wednesday
Notice the glasses I now need for reading and close work makes life a lot easier when you can see what you are doing lol may even try going back to stitching, I was told 6 months a go I didn't need glasses now I an told by a different optician I should have had them for quiet a while they are quiet strong lenses for a first script

2011-02-24T15:24:00.000Z

Thought it may be easier to see them here rather on the other album

Turquoise and ivory glass beads, ceramic round beads and turquoise clay beads

Pink glass beads with turquoise pattern, silver plated beads and Swarovski crystals

real turquoise round beads with Thai silver spacers

all three are anklets

Silver for a change

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This is my first attempt at silver castings , used a glass heart shape bead which probably wasn't deep enough lol. A friend gave me a few scrap bits of old jewellery to play with last year so I took the plunge and melted them . It needs finishing off , a hole drilled and polishing then I will decide if it needs to be re melted or made into a charm

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Beads from this weekend

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a few beady pics

my silver ring

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clear class with strawberry marmalade frit then etched

brown and ivory

few different try out beads

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these 2 are 2 views of 1 bead it's an encased floral my first

attempt , it's a bit big but with practice I will get better

these I like lol I think I will be doing different colours in both styles

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kids bracelets

copper chain maille bracelet with 2 of

my big holed beads

another keyfob pink this time

silver and copper bracelets 2 sizes of rings used

fire agate bracelet again but with 20p to show size

rose quartz heart on hand dyed ribbon

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one of the heart beads made into a keyring

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not the best pic butit shows the heart beads I made

need to take some more with a coin or something so

the size of the beads is shown

2010-05-03T12:22:00.002+01:00

I am so happy with the way these raised florals

turned out they are my first attempt

all the beads I made over the weekend

Off to do my course this afternoon so hopefully I will

return knowing how to go about decorating my beads

and making twisties to decorate the beads

will show pics possibly friday

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Fire Agate with copper

the links are oval

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made these at the weekend

now broken card reader soooo

no pics till I get a new one

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beads from abroad

natural stones ready to be made into jewellery

fobs and whatever else is requested lol

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bronze and copper

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just finished the blue one may do a green one now lol

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childs chain maille bracelet using silvered enamelled copper rings

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just playing with a sort of variation on the wave bead

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more bracelets

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all bracelets are elasticated

Rose quartz,green fluorite amethyst

Rose quartz and amethyst

mixed barrels and clear quartz

Rose quartz and blue lace agate

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striped black agate with black agate beads

black rutilated quartz black onyx Thai silver spacers

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Rhodonite coins these are big lol 35mm

s/p spacers and clasp

Blue spots and porcelain beads

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I love this side of the bead

other side of the bead

selection of beads I made yesterday

click on photos to enlarge

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I had a play last night the 2 single beads are the same bead different views

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a few test beads using the G109 glass

the barrels are not the best but

it was the colours I was trying for not the shapes lol

if you click on the photo you can see a larger picture and the colours

Gaffer G109 Chalcedony glass

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Look at the size of these LOL they are almost lethal weapons

These are Gaffer glass rods the big multi coloured one is the elusive G109 Chalcedony

the pale blue one is Chameleon, then a few other colours I wanted to try , time to start saving and have a mega buy up next time lol

2009-06-18T19:28:00.002+01:00

2 tone handmade bead with black agate,pearl and amethyst drops

pink transparent handmade beads

with ametrine,rose quartz and sliver findings

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Carnelian barrel, citrine and 2 tiny lamp work beads

lime lamp work beads fob

pink and blue lamp work bead bracelets

with clear quartz

red lamp work beads , porcelain beads and silver ceramic beads

Jade lamp work beads, clear quartz, clear beads

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some of the beads I made on sunday

I really need to have more time to

play with hot stuff :O(

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a few of the beads I made yesterday

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pink

grey

I decided to make a couple of scissor fobs with my beads

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Byzantine

ChainMaille bracelet

made using copper and brass rings

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Another ChainMaille bracelet

using Silver rings and seed beads

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Book thong using my beads

look out they may be for sale soon when I have more beads lol

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textured bead
beads I made yesterday

1st go at big holed beads

not glass

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My first attempt at making a chain maille bracelet

the name of the design is Byzantine

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More little fish lol I think these will be the last

as they are doing my head in

Little Lentil

Cim Dirty Martini with Elphaba

swirls and Thai Orchid spots

CiM sepia tiles I think this could be my new
Favourite colour
also used a little frit on 2

CiM Dirty Martnin with Elphaba swirls
and dots

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more little fish I think I could be getting the hang of

basic fish lol, the 4th one along has decided he didn't

like this world and did a flying jump and broke his tail

Prize Draw winning

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the box run over lol
oooo lookie glass

oh wow look at these colours

now just have to work out what they are and

how to use them

2009-01-26T11:20:00.001Z

the difference between etched and not etched
3 little fish now etched

Etching a bead for me is to place the bead in acid then leave it a short while and see if you like the finish , I think there are other ways but I am not sure .

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my first attempt at little fish lol

I am etching thses to see if they improve

cim Count Von Count
with BeadySams pink frit

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Sugared beads mixed with clear quartz

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Barrel bead made into a bracelet

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Wave bead made into a bookmark

with Amethyst,rose quartz

and clear beads

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Count von Count and heffalump glass lentil bead

Rose Quartz and amethyst beads

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Green glass and clear quartz bracelet

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selection of glasses sugared

CiM Glass

Count von Count

Silvered Ivory stringer twisted to make a wave

Dichroic glass

CiM Glass

Plum

Count von Count

Thai Orchid and plum stringer

Cim glass

Count von Count

Heffalump

Thai Orchid

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CiM glass Hefferlump and Rose Quartz

mauve fob

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Pale mauve glass beads

silver plate beads

Amethyst beads

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This bead is about a inch it went a bit wrong but in a funny way I prefer how it finished up to what I was trying to do , it's Ivory colour main and 3 different purple glass

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Christmas Fob

bracelet

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Various blue glass beads

2008-08-28T13:34:00.001+01:00

second attempt re did the beads in a better order and less

chips fits nicely now

this one is for meeeee
beads have white core then covered in various tranparent colours
then white dots added

lol need to take it apart again as it's too long for my wrist , I think I will have to take one quartz chip off every so often

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silver tone bookmark with silver plate beads

transparent blue beads with pale blue spots

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spots

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Ivory and blue
various beads made yesterday , the blue one 3rd in on the left is my first attempt at a sugared bead
now annoying lol , they looked good on the rod and broke in half pink and black beads out of 5 3 broke :O(

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Pink,darkish brown ,lighter brown ,teal,yeallow,pink,red

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Jade green beads
Green beads with cream dots

Green Bracelet

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used

Light Green EffetreTransparent Glass

Dark Green EffetreTransparent Glass

some pale green and clear beads

Star and Moon silver plate toggle clasp with a star charm

Yellow Fob

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Light lemon Glass

Black Glass

Blue Goldstone Beads

Silver Beads

Tibetan Silver Flower Charm

Pink Fob

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Various Pink Glass Beads

Rose Quartz

Silver StarFish

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Dark blue transparent glasswith a white stringer added
used waxed cord, 2 silver beads

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My first piece of jewelery finish and I am very pleased with the results, I know in a few months or years as I make more I will think boy is that basic , but right now I am very happy with my finish

I mixed my love of natural semi precious stones with hand made glass beads
I used Garnet , lapis,amethyst,citrine and fresh water pearls

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Yesterdays beads , now I just need to start making things lol

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beads made the other day

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beads made 19th May 2008

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beads made on the 15th May 2008

todays creations

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These are the type I want to use for a bracelet I may make some more though as I want lots of different transparent colours, maybe mix a couple of colours

well yesterdays creations really lol

2008-04-21T11:22:00.000+01:00

yesterday selection of beads one or two I am not happy with but hey we need to learn and practice

2008-04-19T12:29:00.000+01:00

Lavender, white and violet nights glass used, silver spacers and clear quartz

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Blue transparent glass with violet nights swirl, silver spacers and butterfly clear cracked quartz beads

fob

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I used Dark Amber clear glass and white glass to make these beads, the fob is for an exchange on a board I am a member of

beads

2008-03-22T14:07:00.000Z

I have only been making beads for about a month , so here are my creations so far

Fob

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First finish with my beads

finished the beads off with silver spacers and round clear quartz beads

Glass used

tribal turkquise

black

white

violet nights