Her recent post, of spiral flat square stitch earrings, prompted me to make my own. Hers are better — she’s better at this stitch, and I used more irregular beads. I still like mine quite a bit though. These beads remind me of Black Hills gold, which is gold jewelry marketed/sold from the Black Hills of western South Dakota, and contains rose gold, green gold, and yellow gold (and to be marketed as Black Hills gold, has to include the leaf motif, I believe).

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I made a coworker very happy today. She had admired a pair of my earrings, and she commissioned me to make a pair for her. I designed these, and my instructions were in the December 2007 Bead & Button. She chose the color of the Swarovski open square that she wanted, and then chose the Delica from the colors I brought in for her to see. This is how I brought them to work today:

I temporarily put gold findings on one, and silver on the other. I agreed with her that gold was better, and finished them at lunch. She wore them the rest of the day….

(In case you’re curious, that’s DB604 - perfect match to Sahara Swarovski. And, to those of you who have mastered photographing Swarovski, you continue to have my respect!)

Thanks for coming!

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