Tag: peyote

  • Failure in pink

    Actually, I discovered two ways that don’t work for a beaded bead. I think I can probably find more! I like the dodecahedron, but I can barely wedge the needle into the 8s. I can’t fight it for all the rest of the sides.

  • National Park souvenir

    Hiking in a lovely western national park this summer, I found this indigenous rhinestone ball. (It had a hook on it, which I cut off.) Breaking park rules, I removed this from its natural habitat, brought it home, and made a ring, using beads which reminded me of the pine forests that I hiked through.

  • Bead Around the World 2012 necklace complete

    Done! The black beaded beads don’t show up particularly well, but they are right angle weave, and acting as fillers/spacers. This is not a retiring necklace with these colors! The start bead for this collection is the blue multi-armed starfish with yellow tips on the right. I made the wheel bead in the center as…

  • Beading For a Cure complete

    The due date was yesterday — I got my piece done and mailed just in time! The pendants are my favorite part of the necklace: The matching earrings are a duplicate of the center hanging dangles. I did use an added bead, a size 11 pink bead to match the size 8 bead. The necklace…

  • Beading for a Cure 2013, step 2

    I’m making progress! I like it – these, and others, will be strung with the addition of the other beads in the kit. My addition to the kit is the size 11 matte pink beads; the kit comes with the same color in 8s.