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Sarah's Sleek Bracelet
Simple sleek bracelet using even count peyote stich, a row of picot along the edge, and a row of little pearls strung along the edge from picot to...
Components: 6/0 Dark red Picasso seed beads that I bought here at Lima. 11/0 pearl colored seed beads, 15/0 silver lined seed beads, 4mm silvery gray pearls, 1 rhinestone button.
Wanderlust Bracelet
For this bracelet, I made bead links with seed beads & attached them to chain with a focal link. These bracelets are simple to make and you can...
Silk Wrap Bracelet
The silk ribbon and large hole beads are great for making a quick, trendy wrap bracelet.
Budding Lilac Stretch Bracelet
It's easy to make these pre-made stretch bracelets uniquely yours by simply adding tassels & charms.
Woven Hemp Bracelet
These beaded woven tubes are great for creating a quick & unique bracelet. For these bracelets, you just need the woven pieces and some hemp!
Sugar Plum Bracelet
For this multi-strand bracelet, I made bead links with the pearls and attached them to chain. I Love how great this color combination looks with...
Dragonfly on a Green Sprig
I must have made bracelets with this focal, I think three or four times. This is the first time using leather.
Components: green sprig focal, Dragonfly button..LB, Green Aventurine...LB, 2mm leather cord, LB, copper leaf..LB, Gs Hypo Cement
Sari Wrapped Embellished Cuff Bracelets
Transform a simple cuff bracelet into a unique, trendy accessory by simply wrapping it in sari silk & sewing on your favorite beads!
Brown House with a Red Flower
I have always liked house beads....I just do. I like all the neutrals in this too. It was a fun bracelet to design.
Components: PC house, two paper beads, a birch bark bead, Lava Rock, Mookaite, leaf chain, terracotta farfalle, African Wood Opal, Black Onyx, Czech flower, beads from my stash....lobster claw
Autumn Bracelet
I came across these Czech glass discs and thought they would make a lovely Fall piece. I like it..... but I don't think I'll put it in my shop.
Components: big Carnelian rondele, Autumn Agate, olive peanut beads, Czech Glass Desert Palm wavy 9mm, copper bead caps, PH copper toggle
Ice Blue Bracelet
Wire wrapped bracelet. Winter is coming at last, so I wanted cool colors. It's fairly simple to make.
Components: Oval faceted crystals, light blue. Frosted 3mm metal beads. Silver craft Wire.
Dew Drop Bracelet
This delicate bracelet is made by attaching tiny crystals & Czech glass to stainless steel chain.
Passion Flower Bracelet
I made this bracelet by making a bead chain with the freshwater pearls & using the rainbow fluorite flower as the focal piece- the colors of the...
Sweet & Simple Bracelet Stack
Tracy Gonzales from TierraCast designed this great bracelet stack using leather cord, spacer beads & these new cord ends.
Wheat Harvest
This bracelet is an adaption of a necklace design by Allie Buchman. After watching her YouTube video I decided to make a bracelet. The herringbone...
Components: 20 gauge Artistic Wire, Weave Got Maille jump rings, 4mm Moss Agate, Czech Glass 7x9mm Rondelle, Czech Glass 10mm Flower Square, Super Duos, 11/0 seed beads.
Bling Bracelet
Beaded bracelet using a variation of a basic pattern that I use a lot.
Components: 10mm multi faceted fusia beads for the center, metal spacer beads, crystal rondells, 4mm metalic silver bicones, 11/0 seed beads, gunmetal and fusia, clasp and bead stringing material, Fireline or other.
Fright Night Charm Bracelet
The color palette & charms I used for this easy to make seed bead charm bracelet make it the perfect accessory for Halloween
Tourmaline Beauty Bracelet
using 6 mm Assorted Tourmaline beads I bought here at Lima Beads with a sweet sterling silver puffy heart charm to top off the design
Components: 6 mm tourmaline beads, sterling silver puffy heart charm, and .8 mm strong stretch cord
Cherry Quartz Delight
using 8 mm Lima Bead's Cherry Quartz. I love the sweet cherry color of these beads they made such a beautiful bracelet!
Components: Cherry Quartz, Sterling Silver lock & heart Charm, .8 strong stretch cord.
Silver Leaf into Fall Bracelet
using Lima Beads beautiful Matte finished Silver Leaf beads in 8 mm. I love the beautiful cream and brown colors
Components: Matte Silver Leaf Beads, QZ Pave bead spacers, and quality strong stretch cord in .8 mm.
Frozen
Still practicing - but took the advice of someone here that recommended utube for how to's. I've been following BronzePony Beaded Jewelry -...
Components: 11, 8, 6/0 seedbeads, Nunn tube clasp.
Sunset in Paradise
This bracelet and the colors used remind me of a beautiful sunset.
Components: Ceramic beads
Messy Makeover Bracelet
Wire wrapped bracelet. My friend Tracy bought a hideous old necklace in the thrift store and asked me to use the beads to design something new....
Components: Square, oblong, and round beads, plus 2 Chrystal rondells and 2 metal beads. Craft Wire. It's just kind of freeform and organically messy.
Chevron Bracelet Stack
Create a simple bracelet stack with these agate chevron beads & some Chinese knotting cord.
Blue on blue
Does anyone remember the song Blue on blue? I think Bobby Vinton sang it. Anyway, I was listening to oldies when I was beading- that was one of the...
Components: Aqua terra beads, seed beads, 18 g copper wire, copper chain and findings.
Harvest Moon Bracelet
The colors in this multi gemstone strand work great together-making it easy to design with. For this bracelet, I only needed to pair the gemstone...
Turning Over a New Leaf Design
I felt that my initial design was a little skimpy....so I beefed it up some.
Components: Carnelian nuggets, Hyacinth porcelain beads, copper chain, waxed linen, seeds, Czech leaf and flower and P.H. copper toggle
Lava & Picture Jasper Starred Bracelet
I love the layered patterning in picture jasper and its implicit connection to the Earth. By combining it with the unwaxed lava I can add essential...
Chakra Shambala Bracelet
The concept of a chakra bracelet pairs really well with the Shambala style bracelet. This is easy to knot and you can make it larger or shorter by...
Daisy Duo
I've been kinda obsessed with weaving daisies and daisy chains lately. It just hit me out of the blue. I haven't done any beadweaving in years and...
Components: Main bracelet-Weave Got Maille jump rings for the Foxtail chainmaille weave, 18 & 20 gauge Artistic Wire, 8mm Tibetan Dzi Agate (LB), metal charm, Super Duos, Rulla Beads and 11/0 seed beads.
Second bracelet-Weave Got Maille jump rings for the Twist of Fate chainmaille weave, 20 gauge Artistic Wire, 5-7mm Freshwater Pearls, tapered Czech glass beads, metal charm, Super Duos, Rulla beads and 11/0 seed beads.
Monochrome labradorite and pewter bracelet
Delightfully creepy, this monochromatic bracelet is full of Gothic character thanks to the unique artisan pewter bracelet bar (Vincent Cav,...
Components: Artisan pewter, Labradorite, sterling silver
Summer Fields
I hope you like my depiction of summer fields in the Southwest.
I had no idea it would take so long to make these wrapped drops—many, many...
I had no idea it would take so long to make these wrapped drops—many, many...
Components: SuzieQ Ceramic Bracelet Bar, Honey Calcite, Quartz (dyed), Czech leaves, AB rolo chain & findings
Brass Bracelet
I was playing around with a piece of 16ga wire and decided to make a bracelet with varied high and low areas. The second picture shows the...
Components: 16ga and 24ga red brass wire, 12 and 6mm rhyolite beads, seed beads
Getting Ready for Fall
Orange is my favorite color.....and Fall is right around the corner.
Components: ceramic leaf, Hyacinth porcelain beads...LB, various orange rondelles, waxed linen and Patricia Healy toggle..LB.
Arrows
I came across this focal the other day and thought I would give it another try.
Components: wood focal, wood beads, Black Onyx..LB, Blue Quartz, Amazonite flower..LB, Black crystals, waxed linen, toggle
Bold Bracelet
First bracelet made from beads from Lima Beads.
Components: Large metal beads, bicones, 11/0 seed beads, square rhinestone spacers, clasp
Many colours
Made this bracelet with African Trade beads turquoise & leather with pewter beads. I strung the Trade beads on 1mm turquoise leather knotting them...
Components: African Trade beads, leather, pewter/silver beads, paw print button
Chatter
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“This is so bright and cheerful. It's so beautiful. Just what I needed to see on…” read »
on “Lariat in Bright Orange and Blue”:“Really cute design and a great choice of bright colors for a dreary winter day!…” read »
- on “Spiral Seed Beads in Pink, Red and Gray”:
“Beady, great necklace! I especially like the pink lucite flowers with it. That necklace would also…” read »
on “Spiral Seed Beads in Pink, Red and Gray”:“This is incredibly beautiful! I really like that it has two different pendants that go…” read »
on “Spiral Seed Beads in Pink, Red and Gray”:“That little red kitty is soooo cute and the flowers are sweet and very dainty looking.…” read »
on “Somemore Vintage Tin Earrings”:“Thanks for all your gracious comments!!…” read »
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on “Lariat in Bright Orange and Blue”:“LRC - I know what you mean - I'm always jumping up to do something so…” read »
- on “Mystery Tree for Winter”:
“Thank you so much kye - I found it very difficult to do. Many hours of…” read »
on “Holiday shows”:“Awesome display for all your excellent makings! Not surprised it was a success -- I love…” read »
- on “Czech glass pretties”:
“These are such a great way to showcase horse eye Czech beads. They're all so pretty.…” read »
- on “Inspired by Elaina”:
“This is such a great necklace. I especially like the contrast between the black tourmaline and…” read »
- on “Somemore Vintage Tin Earrings”:
“So cute!…” read »
- on “Mystery Tree for Winter”:
“Love your cute little mystery tree. And I checked out your website. It's so well done…” read »
- on “OldOilTree Wirewrap”:
“Very unique design. Love your wire work on the pendant.…” read »
- on “Lariat in Bright Orange and Blue”:
“Definitely a necklace to brighten the day. Love the design and of course the bead…” read »
- on “Holiday shows”:
“Congrats on making it through two shows and congrats to Izzy. I think it is…” read »
on “Retro Felt Snowflake”:“Just too darn cute! Fun!…” read »
- on “Lariat in Bright Orange and Blue”:
“KR - just saw your earrings on the front page. Congratulations.…” read »
- on “OldOilTree Wirewrap”:
“Gorgeous wire wrap work! I love the colors of wire you used. I also…” read »
- on “OldOilTree Wirewrap”:
“Looking forward to seeing the rest of the photos.…” read »
on “OldOilTree Wirewrap”:“Thank you. The pendant is about 1.25"x2"(bail makes it 2.5"). I have been trying to get…” read »
- on “veterans day”:
“What a lovely tribute to our veterans. Beautifully patriotic. Hooray for the Red, White and Blue.…” read »
- on “Lariat in Bright Orange and Blue”:
“Thank you both for your comments. KR -I actually didn't realize how long it took to…” read »
- on “OldOilTree Wirewrap”:
“Stingray - What beautiful work. How big is the pendant? Love the way the wire reinforces…” read »
on “Lariat in Bright Orange and Blue”:“I never know what to do with orange, but you have made it work in another…” read »
- on “Lariat in Bright Orange and Blue”:
“This beautiful necklace will definitely brighten up dark dreary winter days! Love the orange creamsicle…” read »
on “Ethereal Garden Necklace”:“Love this piece. The colors go together very nicely and you used my favorite color...aquaish lol…” read »
- on “Holiday shows”:
“Wow, Robin - Your display looks fabulous. I knew you'd do well. Congratulations to you and…” read »
- on “Holiday shows”:
“Congrats on your successful showing!…” read »
- on “Somemore Vintage Tin Earrings”:
“These earrings are really cute. I didn't noticed that they weren't exactly the same, but…” read »
- on “Inspired by Elaina”:
“Sweetjane-A beautiful necklace I love the black and crystals together-will be perfect for the holidays!…” read »
- on “Czech glass pretties”:
“Very pretty RF! I love czech beads too! Love the way you showcased them!…” read »
on “Czech glass pretties”:“These are so pretty! Thanks for giving me ideas for the horse eyes!…” read »
- on “Czech glass pretties”:
“Great way to use the horse eye beads. I especially like the pair of red…” read »
- on “Inspired by Elaina”:
“The black tourmaline and crystal points are an excellent re-interpretation of Elaina's design. Perfect for…” read »
- on “Somemore Vintage Tin Earrings”:
“Love the cheerful colors. The combination of the shapes makes a great design.…” read »
- on “Czech glass pretties”:
“RF, beautiful earrings! I love horse eyes too, but never thought to use them in…” read »
- on “Turning Over a New Leaf Design”:
“I never thought of using colored string as stringing material. I love the look. Great idea!…” read »
