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on “Sonya or 'Earth' earrings”:“Love it! still trying to figure out how you did this tricky wire work. …” read »
on “Country Leaves”:“Oh My Goodness!! This is so bright and cheerful! I usually associate maple leaves with Fall…” read »
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on “Grampa's old tree”:“Love the way your design makes the pendant pop. Gorgeous colors! Great design!…” read »
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“You have captured the real thing in these earrings beautifully. Lovely work!…” read »
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on “Pearl with a touch of Silver”:“I love pearls!! Gorgeous necklace. Great painting also. Love the bird stoey. I have a bird…” read »
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- on “Grampa's old tree”:
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Lilypad necklace
About this design:
Lilypad inspired necklace. Bead embroidered pendant with a bead crochet rope. All beads and seed beads are from Limabeads. Czech glass button is from Etsy.
Components:
TOHO seed beads, czech glass beads, copper cones, peridotsAdditional Images:
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On Jul 06, 2012 at 8:36 am #
Elis Mom says:Wow! Very pretty!
On Jul 06, 2012 at 8:56 am #
Gramnan says:spectacular!!!! I’m gonna have to learn that method.
On Jul 06, 2012 at 12:50 pm #
Jeanne S says:That’s awesome!
On Jul 06, 2012 at 1:58 pm #
Lee D says:So fabulous! Amazing beadwork and I love the colors!
On Jul 06, 2012 at 2:05 pm #
D Oliver says:So awsome!! Love the beadwork.
On Jul 06, 2012 at 2:09 pm #
nancykathryn says:Oh gad this is so beautiful! Love the colours, love the design, the craftmanship, everything.
On Jul 06, 2012 at 2:21 pm #
Asia says:You must be the most patient person in the world to do those,what a beautiful beadwork
On Jul 06, 2012 at 4:28 pm #
Chippy Chick aka Lindys says:I’m speachless!!! What a fantastic design!
On Jul 06, 2012 at 7:11 pm #
Miannda says:Thank you! Beadwork is repetitive and very therapeutic (at least to me)
On Jul 07, 2012 at 1:04 am #
KatsAllThat says:Really beautiful…I envy anyone with the talent to bead like this.
On Jul 07, 2012 at 1:22 am #
puppychick labratbecky says:Gorgeous colors and beadwork! love the frog!
On Jul 07, 2012 at 11:20 am #
Sonali says:What a creative design! Love how different bead types and techniques come together in this piece. The necklace compliments the pendant well. Your work is inspiring.
On Jul 08, 2012 at 4:26 pm #
AllureofGemsGlamJulia says:Beautiful work, Do you use kumihimo on the braid? or you do everything peyote?
I just started kumihimo, that I thought is not something I would want to do and here we go…lol It does help me to calm down … in a way…
On Jul 08, 2012 at 6:23 pm #
Miannda says:Thank you all for great comments! @AllureofGemsGlamJulia: Thank you! No, I don’t use kumihimo (in fact I did not know what it was until you’ve mentioned it
) The rope is regular bead crochet (good tutorial here: http://www.beadersshowcase.com.....gPost:3497). It is supposed to be faster and easier than peyote but wasn’t for me until I really understood it.
On Jul 08, 2012 at 6:26 pm #
Miannda says:This video in addition to the tutorial above helped me to finally understand it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwPwZWsWO9I
On Oct 19, 2012 at 3:22 am #
Bunny says:Oh I must checkout the tutorials. I was just going to say it would be fabulous to learn from you. I adore this piece. Love the little frog and how you showed him off. =)