Busy as a Bee!

I've got some more new pieces to share again. Like I said, I've been busy! I recently got done some more necklaces, bracelets, and earrings, in various styles and colours. Enjoy!!

2-strand bracelet

Another 2-strand bracelet, with this sweet little bird charm

Chain and paper bead necklace

Another one with chain between the paper beads

A few pairs of earrings! Each pair matches a bracelet and/or necklace :)

Link Bracelets

I have been busy, busy, busy, working on new pieces! I got more of the items I had ordered in the mail, and have been loving making bracelets with them. This seems to be a really popular style right now--bracelets with a large link/charm in the middle--and I can see why! They look great! Here are some bracelets I made with some of the new links:

I started with the cross links, since I had a few requests for them

A couple more various links

This is probably my favourite bracelet yet! I love the little silver beads in between the paper ones. I've got to get more of those!

The colours on these beads are awesome. I love seeing how beads turn out once they're rolled... sometimes you get some nice surprises!

I've already sold a few of these, but I'll be making more for sure! I'll post more as I make them, so keep your eye out! :)

Until then!

Some Random Works

In between making specific book bead pieces I've also made some random pieces of various bead style, shape, and colour. So I thought I'd share some of them, which will be added to my Etsy shop later this week!

I had found an ad in a magazine that had this pretty light teal colour in it, and I couldn't wait to make beads from it! I paired them with some pinks, and made this bracelet of pretty pastels!

I love making these pendants with all the charms, so I put a few together, and then made the necklaces to go with them. I love the colours of this one in particular :)

I used a lot of chain with this necklace, but added some paper beads as well of course. I like this one so much I've worn it a few times! Does that mean I have  to list it as "used"? ;P

(p.s. Note the little grizzly bear charm...one of my new favourites!)

I used random book beads for this necklace, and, again, lots of chain, and some pretty pearls and large pendant. I love how it turned out :)

Another random book page bead bracelet...2-strands this time. A friend of mine ended up buying this for a friend of hers. I added a little owl charm to it, as per her request, and it looked so cute!

Had a few extra random book page beads left over, so what better use for them than earrings? I'm tempted to wear these as well... ;)

Lastly, here's a sneak peek of a few beads I just made this morning. I tried a different method, yet again, and I love how these look! I used scrapbook paper, and used 3 strips per bead, which makes the bead nice and thick like this. I love the chunky look! These are being used for yet another custom necklace that a friend requested. I can't wait to get it finished! It's going to be the perfect Fall necklace ;) 

So that's what's been keeping me busy as of late! When I'm done this Fall necklace with the above chunky beads, I will be done my special requests so far, so I've got to start thinking about what I want to do next! I hope to have some updates soon! 

More Austen

I feel as though I haven't been producing as many pieces of jewelry as I had been earlier this year, but I'm still at it, adding to my stock little by little! After I made all of those Sherlock Holmes pieces, I made a couple of pieces with random book page beads...which was a lot easier! No searching for names and specific words to use cuts the process of making the beads in half! lol But after those, I did do another book--Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen. I know, I've done lots of Austen, but this book was a request from a friend, and it's my goal to make pieces from all of her books anyway. ;) So, I prepared lots of beads, all of which bear a name or title from the book, and got to work! Here are some pictures of them all...

I made sure every bead had a character name, or the name of a place from the book

I made these 2 bracelets first... simple, but pretty :)

This cuff bracelet was a custom order for a friend. I made it a bit different from my other cuffs, as I strung black beads instead of using chain as the main frame for the bracelet. I like how this one turned out, and I think I'll use this method again next time I made a cuff bracelet. :) 

(A shout out to my friend Cindi who ordered this for her friend as a gift--I'm so grateful to my friends and family for their support!)

And last, but not least... a necklace was a must, of course

So those are my latest Austen additions! I'll post again with other miscellaneous pieces I've made recently. Until then!

More Faith

A friend of mine owns a Christian bookstore in the Niagara region, and she is going to be putting some of my bracelets in her store to see how they do! So I got busy making a bunch more bracelets featuring the cross beads I posted about a couple of entries back, and a few other charms I came across. I hope they sell well... it'll be a good test to see how they do in an actual store! If they sell well, then I can hopefully continue making them for the shop. And if they don't sell, well, then at least I tried! ;) Here are the bracelets going for the "test-run":

I really like the Ichthus charms, and I have a feeling the will be the first to sell. I wish I had been able to find more of them!

As you can see, there is a bit of a variety of different styles... some with charms, some without... and lots of colour! It was fun making all of these :) I'll do an update once I know how they did in the store! 

'Til then... ! :D

I am Sherlocked!

It has been quite a while since I've updated, again! My apologies! But my lack of updates doesn't mean that I haven't been busy making stuff! I've been busy as ever, and have loads of new jewelry in stock. :) My latest additions have been more "Literary Fashion" bracelets, using Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" books. I've been a huge fan of Sherlock stories for a very long time, and I've been looking forward to making some jewelry with these book pages. So, this is what I came up with:

First I went through a book and found pages that had names and various words I wanted to use on the beads, and measured and cut the strips of paper accordingly. It took me about 10+ hours to prepare the strips, roll the beads, and glaze them. Then it was on to the fun part...

I made 4 bracelets first, with beads showing words including Sherlock, Holmes, Watson, Baker Street, Baskervilles, Lestrade, and Scotland Yard.

And one for myself as well ;)

Then necklaces, both with a second strand added in. The necklaces had beads that showed words including Sherlock, Holmes, Watson, Moriarty, Mycroft, Lestrade, Irene Adler, Miss Adler, Baker Street, and Baskerville.

 

And lastly, I saved 2 beads to make these:

A pair of Sherlock earrings!

So those are my Sherlock creations! I'll be adding them to my etsy shop soon! 

And I will also update again soon to share more of my latest work that I've completed these past 2 weeks. :)

Blessings!

Faith Inspired

Last week a friend of mine gave me some jewelry that she didn't wear anymore, for me to take apart and reuse all of the pieces: beads, charms, findings, etc. Included in this bag of fun, was a string of little wooden crosses of all sorts of colours. So since I had so many colourful paper beads to use, I thought I'd make a few pieces with these crosses. These were what I made:

This sweet pink one was the first I did...

Then got a little fancier with 2 strands and glass beads among the paper beads. The bracelet on the right has one cross on one strand, and 2 on the other, so no matter how it turns on your wrist, you're going to see at least one! 

And lastly, these 2:

I used some beautiful jade glass beads in these, which I've been saving until now. I love how they look! And I also love the clasps on these ones. :)

I also finished a few other random pieces this week...

This 2-strand necklace with paper beads and wooden beads, and this great compass pendant!

And I had another custom order from a friend, who needed a bracelet for someone who loved owls, and another plain one with any kind of charm. So I came up with these:

They went over well! :D 

All in all, it's been a busy week and I got A LOT accomplished! Hopefully next week will be just as productive!

Busy Day!

I have had a very busy day today working on making some new necklaces... as a result, I ended up completing 4 new ones! And I've still got beads ready for 2 more, which I'll hopefully get to do tomorrow. :) So I thought I'd share some quick pictures of the ones I got done today!

First, I made this turquoise and brown necklace. The paper beads all have turquoise colour in them, and then I used some wooden beads and a few turquoise beads among them. And of course, finished it off with my favourite owl pendant. :)

More fun colours and some wooden beads worked in there. It's got a bit of a second strand of beads too, which I always like to do if I've got enough beads! 

Lots of reds in this one! Fun paper beads and some nice glass beads; and again with a bit of a second strand. This one's pretty funky!

This was my last one of the day. I've really liked making this style of necklace, and have had good reactions to them too. I did this one in purples, for something a bit different again. :)

I also did another one of this style the other day, in blues:

So overall, I've got quite a few nice additions ready for order! 

Now, I'm going to go relax for the evening, and leave the rest of these beads until tomorrow!

Good night all!

Rainbow of Colours

I made a big batch of beads this past week, and some of them turned out so colourful! Each bead has lots of colour, and all together they're nice and bright and fun. I made this necklace with a turtle pendant using some of them:

I love it! Very summery and fun :)

I also made 2 new necklaces using metal bails I recently bought... one with chain and pendants, etc., and one with paper beads. They're both kind of neat:

I ended up selling this one within 10 hours of making it, so I'll be making more like this for sure!

Got some paper beads in there, along with glass beads and lots of different pendants! 

I've got lots of colourful beads left, so I'll be making some more bright, cheery pieces this week I'm sure!

Lots of Bracelets!

I've recently made a few new styles of bracelets, all completely different from each other. I love the look of wearing lots of bracelets together, and on a regular day I usually wear at least 4 different bracelets on one arm. Here are a few that I particularly like wearing:

 

I made this one the other week, and love it paired with a hemp wrap bracelet I also made:

The hemp bracelet is made with 3 strands of braided hemp in 3 colours, and I worked in a few small glass and metal beads, as well as paper beads, and a few tiny charms. 

And for a bit of colour, I made this to add to the collection:

Colourful paper beads with some glass beads in between, and a second strand of just tiny glass beads. Very fun, and matches great with the chain necklaces I posted previously. :)

I hope to have all of these different styles in my Etsy shop soon! 

Chains

Sorry that I haven't updated in a while! I've been busy making jewelry still, and trying out some more new styles. I've been playing around with chain necklaces and making some layered pieces and doing some fun stuff with different beads, along with the paper beads. Stuff like this:

And I just bought some metal bails today to make some more like this... I'm sure I'll be updating with more pictures soon!

I also made this style of necklace this past week with paper beads and chain:

Last, but not least... my newest arrival for UC is my new business cards! People keep asking me where they can buy stuff, so now I can just hand them one of these!

Well, I'm off to finish up some more beads. I've got about 150 or so sitting here ready to glaze, so I've got lots to do today! Hopefully it won't be so long before I update again! 

Have a great day!