Thursday, 19 January 2017

Beads, beads and more beads!


Hello again!


So unbelievably satisfying!

So I decided to go through the huge bag I'd found full of all my jewellery and I'm actually extremely surprised at the number of bracelets and earring sets I'd actually made back then; there must be over a hundred! Not sure where to start at making more or even trying to sell them to be honest but I feel confident I can figure it out down the line at some point....



Picked out some of my favourites.

My fiancé's sister is going to be one of my bridesmaids when I get married in July and she's only 9 so I thought I could maybe start by making her some little beaded bracelets that she could wear on the day. My colour scheme is purple so I'll have to see if I've even got any purple beads!

Had a go at making some earrings and I think they turned out quite good. The black and gold really seem to compliment each other and they were really quite simple to make. I have a very similar pair in red too, which also looks lovely. My designs are pretty basic at the moment but I'm hoping that with some practice and some decent research I'll be able to learn some new tricks! I'll add some before and after pics!



I laid out all the tools I would need and the
beads I wanted to use


Pictured:
Long nose jewelry pliers

Black tear drop beads
Black round beads
Gold beads
2 x Gold plated earwires with coils
Gold plated flat ended headpins (6 used)
Jump rings (not used)


Selected beads threaded onto the flat ended head pins
Note: The middle one was cut down in length


Finished product :)

Thanks for reading!!
xx



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