Tag: fringe

  • Co-worker bead gifts

    I often make beaded gifts for co-workers; this year’s gift is Gwen Fisher’s spinning top bead, intended as a small Christmas ornament, but it could certainly be a glitzy pendant.

  • Beading for a Cure 2012, earrings

    It was relatively simple to make a pair of earrings to accompany my Beading for a Cure necklace: The fan element is a repeat of an element in the necklace. These are 2″ from the top of the earwire to the bottom of the fan. Here’s a quick, jury-rigged earring display: Nope, not that great…

  • Hand jewelry complete!

    In late spring Diane Fitzgerald had openings in a local workshop, and sent invitations to local beaders to join her. This was a series of six sessions, with the ultimate goal of creating a piece of jewelry for the back of the hand. I am very happy with how mine turned out. This is totally…

  • Hand jewelry, step 5

    The leaves are done! I had some help from classmates and Diane Fitzgerald about the tone of green to choose; Diane sent me home with a green silk oak leaf that we felt was the right color. My first inclination was to go with brighter, lighter greens, but they were too close in value to…