April 29, 2006
April Showers bring Beaded Flowers!
I’ve been going flower and spring crazy lately! Tonight, while watching Brokeback Mountain, I made a Daisy Chain Vine bracelet and anklet. I’m not a big movie watcher, but if I can bead while there’s a movie on, I’m happy and productive. The bracelet and anklet are super easy and cute – had gotten instructions from The Bead Monkey, but they appear to have gone bye-bye. I’ll try to get something up in the next day or two.
Also made some sterling bookmarks, one with a dragonfly and flower dangle. These are fun, really girly…been getting a couple of looks since my current tome is Stephen King’s The Stand! Oh well, my friends know I can be girly and freaky at the same time.
Speaking of dragonflies, this gold and silver-toned DragonFly anklet is terrific for spring and summer. I made this for a client and the pictured version is larger than the average 9 1/2″ ankle bracelet, but the instructions and number of beads will fit the “average” ankle.
One other thing I’ve been experimenting with is French Beaded Flowers…they are absolutely gorgeous, and easier to create than you’d think. If you have the patience to work with seed beads, these lovely beaded floral arrangements will last FOREVER.
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