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!

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!

Persuasion & Jane Eyre Jewelry

I made another few pieces of book page bead jewelry,  from Persuasion and Jane Eyre. I had special requests for bracelets using beads made from pages of those books, so while I was at it, I made a few extra things! The first is this Persuasion necklace:

And with some leftover Jane Eyre beads and some plain white beads from another project, I made this bracelet:

I used this kind of closure for something a bit different, and added a pearl as well; I like how it looks :)

 

These will both be in my etsy shop soon!

My Latest "Literary Fashion" Jewelry

My all-time favourite Jane Austen novel is Persuasion, and I knew it was my friend's favourite too, so it didn't surprise me when she asked if I could make her a bracelet using pages from Persuasion. I got to work right away, and made two different styles. The one made specifically for her is the second bracelet in this batch of photos... the vertical beads; and the horizontal bead bracelet is now in my etsy shop! Next Literary Fashion book beads will be taken from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre! So watch out for those!

I took these few photos on my latest purchase of Persuasion... a gorgeous material binding :)

I was glad to get a few beads that read "Captain," "Elliot," or "Wentworth" on this one ;)

Literary Fashion, Take 2

I wasn't quite happy with the end result of the bracelet I made yesterday, so today I decided to try making the bracelet a little bit different. I used a different kind of chain, with links that were closer together. That made a big difference in itself. I also decided to use two different size beads, which helped make everything fit nicely.

I also decided to put in a large pearl at each end, for a little flair ;) 

I am much happier with the way this looks... I hope you agree!

Even kitty seemed to like it! ;)

Now I can't wait to make more!! 

Literary Fashion

I decided to try a new kind of paper bead, using paper from a book. I wanted to make something for my cousin, so I chose the book Sense & Sensibility (which I had several copies of) and went to it! The beads turned out nicer than I was expecting, to be honest!

I had bought some chain that I thought would be good to use to make the bracelet with, so using that with some head pins, I attached the beads vertically to the chain links. The end result looks like this:

Unfortunately, I'm not totally content with the chain I used...it tends to kink too easily. So I think I will be changing that, and by doing so, putting the beads a bit closer together as well. But at least this gives the basic idea of what I'm aiming for! Hopefully I'll get it perfected soon! Keep your eye out for more "Literary Fashion" jewelry in the future!