Glitter Glow Beading

My aunt-in-law asked me to make three rivoli pendants for her to give as gifts. This is last one. I tried a different bezel this time from Cathy’s Beadwork, which has a netted back. I added the crystals differently than in the pattern as I didn’t have that many. The necklace part is a spiral [...]

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I felt like doing some beadweaving and thought I would have a go at Sandra D. Halpenny’s version of the Wheel bracelet which is found on Ruby’s Beadwork site.

The next three bracelets are from the book The Beaded Bracelet by Yvonne Rivero, a really nice book.

I got a tutorial for netted triangles by Kim Dorman [...]

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The cross and the earrings in the first two photos are from tutorials by the talented Iza Malczyk. I made the ankh for my husband’s birthday using the same weaving method as the cross.

The necklace is a pattern from the book Bead on a Wire by Sharilyn Miller. Check out her blog for heaps of [...]

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I made this for my mum for Mother’s Day, my first try at this kind of filigree wirework. Its from the book Bead and Wire Art Jewelry by J Marsha Mischler.

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I’ve been attempting some wirework again. I made this cute bunny rabbit for my husband for Easter.

Then I tried out this wirework pendant tutorial by Eni Oken, just using what beads I had. It would look much better with the right beads!

I found instructions on YouTube by Camille Sharon for making string art pendants, I [...]

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I gave my aunt-in-law a rivoli pendant for Christmas and she has ordered three more for gifts! This time I used a herringbone box chain to hang them on. These two look the same but I have used slightly different colours of bicones and size 15s on each rivoli.

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This is a really pretty pattern by Sandra D Halpenny. Click for closeup.

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I made this necklace for my mother for Christmas. I based it on a pattern in Beadwork magazine (Aug/Sep 2007) by Laura McCabe, but very much simplified it due to a lack of beads! This rivoli crystal colour is called Volcano I think, it really sparkles very nicely. I did the necklace in four bead [...]

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Here is my entry for the Etsy Beadweavers December challenge “Snow Queen”. It took many hours to make this branched fringe necklace! There are two layers, one of blue and one of silver. Click the photo for the larger view and pattern info. See the listing on my Etsy shop for more photos.

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This is a pattern I tried from the book Netting All The Way by Varvara Konstantinov. I had to add the line of beads around the top, as the top zig-zags of the necklace flop forward when you put it on. Didn’t turn out too well really!

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