Some have called this my "Christmas" jewelry, but I just like the way the red stone chips go with the red specks in the lime beads.
Here I was trying to match the purple and gold prairie flowers on the side of the road this fall here in Wisconsin, but some have called this my "Minnesota Vikings" jewelry.
I just thought this combination of jet and gold glass faceted beads looked classy together.
This is made of snowflake obsidion stone chips. I wish it was a clearer picture. The chips were, as the clerk at the bead store, obscenely cheap, but very attractive.
I've experimented with different stringing material. I used to just love fishing line and clamshell knot cups, but lately I've just been using Beadalon and crimp beads. Beadalon wire is almost as flexible as thread, and doesn't kink like fishing line.
It's still a new hobby for me. I've only been doing it since last May. It's addicting, I must say, esp. buying the beads. The hardest part is deciding what to charge when someone asks to buy a piece. Any ideas on that would be appreciated. I didn't keep track of how much some of the supplies cost, because it didn't occure to me at first that I might sell anything. But as people hear I'm a beader, they'll sometimes ask for specific pieces, or for me to repair something, or sometimes they want to buy something I've made. Still surprises me.
I'll keep posting as I make more. If I can get Photobucket to cooperate, that is. For some reason it doesn't like uploading from my little Mac.