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on “Evergreen Copper”:“My bad--Brazilian rainforest JASPER. They still have the chips but these bigger pieces were a…” read »
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Gonna try it your way, post it later. …” read » - on “Blue Bird of Happiness in Brass”:
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)))I love your comments always …” read » - on “Leopard w/ Spark-le”:
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on “Blue Velvet Wraps”:“I thought your tute was very good! Everybody's directions are a little different and I'm game…” read »
on “Blue Bird of Happiness in Brass”:“So very pretty. I too love the brass & blue combo. The design is so 'clean'…” read »
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- on “Evergreen Copper”:
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Owl Necklace
About this design:
I love Owls and I decided to create a necklace so here it is it looks so nice I love it.I'm not good describing or doing the step by step thing I did a small demonstration of how i did it hope you guys like it
Components:
Seed beads,miyuki tear drops,quartz cabochonAdditional Images:
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Add your thoughts!
On Oct 04, 2012 at 2:39 pm #
Bettys Beads says:I too love owls and this is a beautiful necklace. So much work.
On Oct 04, 2012 at 4:48 pm #
Little Round Chick says:WOW! This is a very impressive piece of work and beautifully executed. I admire anyone who can work with seed beads and have such spectacular results. Seed beads drive me nuts! Guess I’m stuck with 12ga wire.
On Oct 04, 2012 at 5:33 pm #
PPR says:I love owls too. This is such a nice piece.
On Oct 04, 2012 at 7:27 pm #
TheBohemianCowgirls says:Qwl~some!!!! I love this:)
On Oct 04, 2012 at 8:36 pm #
Asia says:Love it
On Oct 05, 2012 at 8:49 am #
Gramnan says:Great work….Love it. Learning embroidery is my goal for winter. But I doubt I will be this good.
On Oct 05, 2012 at 1:48 pm #
Krystone Jewelry says:Thank you everybody!!! <3 Gramnan you are going to love it and you going to be surprise with yourself I've been doing bead embroidery only a few months when you get hook you not going to be able to put it down! And you are going to be as good as me
maybe better you never know!!
On Oct 05, 2012 at 4:09 pm #
Kristin V says:OH MY GOSH. I love this SO much.
On Oct 05, 2012 at 5:20 pm #
AllureofGemsGlamJulia says:This is so darling! Would go very well with a turtle neck sweater…:)
On Oct 05, 2012 at 6:35 pm #
Wemai Coffee Chick says:Wow, wow & wow! This is stunning!
On Oct 05, 2012 at 11:53 pm #
NY Bella says:Awesome!!
On Oct 06, 2012 at 2:20 am #
KatsAllThat says:I have to admire your work on this. Really stunning.
On Oct 09, 2012 at 10:30 pm #
Krystone Jewelry says:Thank you very much!!!!
On Oct 10, 2012 at 7:31 am #
Chicky Zee aka Alice says:Lovely!