Here are a few of the new things I've been making...Bead & Button Show pix coming soon!
I heart this classic color combination and it's totally affordable in dyed stones: red agate, faux coral and (dyed howlite) turquoise. It reminds me of a lovely vacation in Santa Fe, NM. I used 3mm beads inside the channels of the curved Katiedids™ components for these swingy earrings. There was some variation with the beads so the smaller size worked out just fine.
I just finished this piece...I can't show you the whole thing yet, but I'm calling it my Orange Blossom Necklace. Firepolished 4mm rounds and 11/0 seed beads snuggle together inside the channels of the Katiedids circle components. I used E6000 to glue flowers in the center of the circles. I'm loving the layered look and it seems to be turning up in all of my newest designs.
Debbi Simon used epoxy resin putty to glue Swarovski pearls and a rivoli inside one a Katiedids circle, then I did a little wire wrapping to suspend a Green Girl Studios pendant underneath. I slapped it on a piece of steel ball chain and I've been wearing this almost everyday! I'll bead the necklace someday, but you'll have to pry it off my neck first :)
This is a really simple sample of my Katiedids double-circle pendant, but check out the beads in the inner channels! Those are crimp covers! I'm so excited to have this tool in my repetoire. Crimp covers are ideal for this technique because they're a little more forgiving than ordinary beads when you push them down into the channels. The outer beads are 6/0 and 11/0 seeds.
Last, but not least, I've been wire wrapping like crazy lately! For this earring, I wrapped Artistic Wire around a piece of rubber tubing and passed a head pin through it inside the channel of the Katiedids rectangle. You can also make coils without tubing using a Wire Coiling Gizmo.
I heart this classic color combination and it's totally affordable in dyed stones: red agate, faux coral and (dyed howlite) turquoise. It reminds me of a lovely vacation in Santa Fe, NM. I used 3mm beads inside the channels of the curved Katiedids™ components for these swingy earrings. There was some variation with the beads so the smaller size worked out just fine.
I just finished this piece...I can't show you the whole thing yet, but I'm calling it my Orange Blossom Necklace. Firepolished 4mm rounds and 11/0 seed beads snuggle together inside the channels of the Katiedids circle components. I used E6000 to glue flowers in the center of the circles. I'm loving the layered look and it seems to be turning up in all of my newest designs.
Debbi Simon used epoxy resin putty to glue Swarovski pearls and a rivoli inside one a Katiedids circle, then I did a little wire wrapping to suspend a Green Girl Studios pendant underneath. I slapped it on a piece of steel ball chain and I've been wearing this almost everyday! I'll bead the necklace someday, but you'll have to pry it off my neck first :)
This is a really simple sample of my Katiedids double-circle pendant, but check out the beads in the inner channels! Those are crimp covers! I'm so excited to have this tool in my repetoire. Crimp covers are ideal for this technique because they're a little more forgiving than ordinary beads when you push them down into the channels. The outer beads are 6/0 and 11/0 seeds.
Last, but not least, I've been wire wrapping like crazy lately! For this earring, I wrapped Artistic Wire around a piece of rubber tubing and passed a head pin through it inside the channel of the Katiedids rectangle. You can also make coils without tubing using a Wire Coiling Gizmo.
