Friday, September 05, 2008

Wrapping lots of loops.

Now that I actually know the proper way to wrap a loop, it allows me to do things like this! I made this necklace this morning, with a little corgi help. It has a few leftover beads from the Collaboration Exploration that I did last year, a little locket that I bought in NY a few years ago, and Sterling chain with lots of dangles. I call it Keeper of Mementos and it's today's Daily Design Challenge piece.

So, the good news is that I found my 100ft spool of Beadalon that I was sure I had ordered earlier this year (it was actually right where it belonged, but I thought it was something else). The bad news is that after making this necklace, I'm down to only a dozen headpins. Yikes! Definitely time to order some findings before the holiday rush.

I feel like doing a little beadweaving, so I think that after I finish all of the networking things that I have to do here at the computer, and put away the leftovers from my last two projects, I'll go pick out the beads for a medusa necklace that I've had planned for a very long time. While I was deciding what to make today, I actually came up with 3 weaving projects. I think what I need to do is make sure to put a little weaving time in every day after I complete my Daily Design Challenge piece.

This is especially important because I'm trying to join the Etsy Beadweavers team, so I need lots of beautiful beadwoven items for my store! Most of my best woven pieces are on my website, though since that is still down, I might re-photograph some of them and move them over to Etsy.

6 comments:

  1. Your beadwoven pieces AND your art bead pieces are beautiful! I'm glad you joined Etsy Beadweavers! :-)

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  2. Thank you, Adina! :)

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  3. Keep it up AJ! You're definitely inspiring me to use those findings I have for something other beadweaving :) I have a pair of chandelier earrings that are now talking to me and my Swarovskis :)

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  4. Charlene, chandeliers are so much fun to make! They don't take very long, and then you have something extremely elegant and wow-inspiring. I've got to buy some silvery niobium or titanium earwires and make some for myself, I always want to keep the ones I make :)

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  5. Keeper of Mementos is very nice -- you've balanced the pixie/flowers against the more traditional chain and dangles.

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  6. Thank you, Marilee! I originally intended to space the dangles out along the entire length of the necklace, but I think having them all clustered at the front works better... otherwise it might have been weird to have the floral links between.

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