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on “Chandeliers and Vintage Glass”:“Your earrings are beautiful. I haven't heard of dill glass before but will definitely be…” read »
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on “Chandeliers and Vintage Glass”:“Gorgeous glass drops. They must be quite difficult to make. They look wonderful with the caps…” read »
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on “Chandeliers and Vintage Glass”:“I don't know what silk glass is but it sure is pretty. Nice little bead caps…” read »
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“The hawk and feathers are a wonderful center piece/focal. Great design with an excellent choice…” read »
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on “Don’t make this mistake”:“Yeah - um - can you accidentally do a full strand?
Beautiful fix!…” read »- on “Hawk Spirit”:
“What a great tribute to hawks. They are such grand creatures and this bracelet will be…” read »
- on “Don’t make this mistake”:
“What a brilliant save Robin. The new beads are quite beautiful.…” read »
on “Hawk Spirit”:“Wow GZ, this turned out fantastic--you nailed it! Everything here depicts the Red Tailed Hawk…” read »
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Fire and Ice Mala
About this design:
Traditional style Mala necklace.
What you’ll need: (buy products below)
42 8mm Lava Rock beads, 66 8mm Picture Jasper beads, 2 8mm round gold beads, Ice Blue C-Lon, Lake Blue Tassel, Picture Jasper Guru bead, & antique gold Buddha charm
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On Aug 25, 2016 at 8:57 pm #
dolllady aka Pam says:This is so cool!
On Aug 25, 2016 at 10:50 pm #
Little Round Chick says:Excellent design with an unusual combination of bead colors.
On Aug 25, 2016 at 10:54 pm #
CAS says:Jenneba, this is very oooohhhh … aaaahhhh and quite inspirational too! Gorgeous … gorgeous … gorgeous!
On Aug 26, 2016 at 10:55 am #
Crystal Canary says:Love the bead combo with the knotted turquoise C-lon in between. The color block is very effective in this design.
On Aug 27, 2016 at 8:22 am #
Asia says:Love it too, traditional or not they are all fantastic
On Aug 27, 2016 at 12:28 pm #
kye says:Beautiful! That ice blue C-lon really adds to the beauty of the piece.
On Aug 29, 2016 at 9:36 am #
Jenneba says:Thanks everyone! It was so much fun to make!
On Aug 30, 2016 at 4:25 pm #
Nancy Mc says:Fabulous. I also like the combination of beads you chose. The little bits of turquoise are great!
On Jun 13, 2017 at 5:00 pm #
Faith Z says:This is the very first beading thing I have decided to do, but I don’t see any instructions. Can you send me then @ faziegler@gmail.com please.
On Jun 25, 2017 at 2:18 pm #
Faith Z says:How do you attach the guru bead to this. I was able to figure out the other beads but not that.
On Jun 26, 2017 at 9:48 am #
Crystal Canary says:Faith, saw your post here, Go under the ‘Tips & Techniques’ section on this site…and look for ‘String a Guru Bead on a Mala Necklace.’ Hope that helps!
On Jul 24, 2021 at 11:48 am #
Delia C says:Beautiful colors