January 24, 2010 |
| Still alive and slowly back to beading... |
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Quadruple Spiral ~ Work in progress
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Playing around with colors for a quadruple spiral.
Atolls necklace is on hold...I need to be more concentrated to work on it.
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January 24, 2010 |
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Quadruple Spiral ~ Work in progress
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November 11, 2009 |
| Atolls Necklace days 11 to 17 |
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Atolls Necklace days 11 to 17
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Oooops...where did the time go?
I haven't been beading at all for the past 3 weeks, so this is how Atolls looks like with just an additional week of work. It doesn't look like much, but all the sand parts are 3D, so it's a bit slow going.
It would have probably been much easier and faster to do this project in bead embroidery, rather than peyote, but I'm famous for getting myself in trouble with my own hands. ;-)
Hopefully the next update will not take me this long!
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October 17, 2009 |
| Atolls Necklace days 7 to 10 |
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Atolls Necklace days 7 to 10
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Here's a quick update on my Atolls necklace.
I finished all the bezeling and figured out how to make a miniature palm tree. Hehehe, that thing is tiny! ;-)
I'm using my Dad's PC 'cause mine has been messed up badly by a damn virus since last Monday and I can't get it fixed at least until next Wednesday.
If I'm going to be late replying to messages and emails, you know why. Sorry!
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October 11, 2009 |
| Atolls Necklace days 1 to 6 |
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Atolls necklace sketch
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It's time again for a big step by step project!
I'm probably going to get myself in trouble with this necklace, as I can already see that it's not going to be easy to achieve the results I'm wishing for, but I had to give it a shot. ;-)
I don't usually draw a sketch for my necklaces, but this time I thought it might have been a good idea.
The colors of the water and sand around the atolls and around the islands are shading in an opposite way, so hopefully with the sketch I will not mess it up.
I just hope it's going to work out, 'cause I won't know untill it's all done and it sure wouldn't be fun to have to take everything apart! ;-)
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October 11, 2009 |
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Atolls necklace colors palette
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This is the palette I'm going to use. I might add a touch of greenery for the islands vegetation.
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October 11, 2009 |
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Atolls necklace on day 6
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The brown shell flat round beads will not show up. They are just a base for the islands and will be completely covered with beads.
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October 11, 2009 |
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Peyote bezeled Agatha slices ~ front and back
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Since the Agatha slices are transparent, I decided to bead the whole back side, so there won't be any clothes color showing up.
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September 27, 2009 |
| Spiral Rope Necklace with Blue Aqua Terra Jasper Pendant |
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Spiral Rope Necklace with Blue Aqua Terra Jasper Pendant
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Aqua Terra Jasper, or Impression Jasper is one of my new favorite stones. I love the colors and the patterns! Yummy!
The necklace is a simple spiral rope beaded with size 11/0 Delicas, Japanese 11/0 seed beads and Czech SS plated true cut 11/0s.
The pendant's bezel and bail are beaded in peyote stitch with size 11/0 Delicas and embellished with a fresh water pearl, size 11/0 and 15/0 Japanese seed beads, Czech SS plated true cut 11/0s and Charlottes. Turkish Sterling Silver heart w/harrow toggle clasp.
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2010
Still alive a...
2009
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Kathy B
Thank you, Kathy! :-)
I needed some colors and what's better than a rainbow? ;-)
I'm sick of seeing this fog and rain!
I also need a boost of energy and mostly that Bubi gets better, so I can relax a little and try to get motivated again to do anything, other than taking care of him and playing on Facebook during the dead times.
I'm hoping to work on Atolls soon!
Meows