Designs by Kate L
Moonlight with a twist
I bought the centerpiece (can't remember the stone - any ideas?) and finally decided what to put with it when I saw a neat design in the summer...
Components: Garnet, Moonstone, lepidolite?
First sight of the keys
We moved from Marshall Michigan to Miami Florida last June, and our first weekend after getting settled into our new place we decided to drive to...
Components: lampwork beads, jump rings, various metal findings
Wired Rose
This design was on the cover of a magazine - I think it was step by step wire or stringing? I loved the randomness of the wire-wrapped beads.
Components: 18 gauge silver wire, rose quartz
Charlotte
I had this baggie of bright, striped seed beads and voila... another spikey bracelet. It reminds me of my aunt charlotte in Boston - she is fun...
Components: seed beads, nymo thread
Phoebe's Favorite
another spikey bracelet I made... something fuzzy got into the picture, it was a good day in the sun for phoebe and she seems to like this bracelet...
Components: seed beads, various glass beads
Expect Miracles
This isn't the best picture, but each time I see it my heart jumps. My mother and I made this charm bracelet together in her kitchen a few days...
Components: charms, wire, lampwork beads
Wood and wine
I make a lot of "spikey bracelets" with seed beads and odds and ends. Years ago, my husband and I spent some time in Galena, IL and we had dinner...
Components: matte seed beads of various sizes, pressed glass, more odds and ends, teak
Thanksgiving charm
Fall colors are so beautiful, I was thinking about the colors of the leaves. I love it because it looks delicate, but it's sturdy, and it jingles...
Components: Carnelian, pressed glass, sterling wire, pewter beadcaps, Green Water Jasper, hammered oval closed jumprings, sterling split rings
Odds and Ends
I love the color red, and had some odds and ends that seemed to go together, and wanted to make a three-strand funky design. I'm always drawn to...
Components: Pressed glass, red coral, walnut, various charms, turquoise, lampwork beads, sterling silver ball pins, etc.
