The instructions for these beads are brilliant and they're really easy to make, but due to their small size they're incredibly fiddly! I can see why rubber tubing is used in the project now, they look great while on the straw but once you take them off they collapse. So I popped a couple of size 6 beads inside them to hold them in shape and added some silver Greek ceramic washers to keep them from sliding over the Swarovski crystals. This scuppered my plans to make a bracelet as I don't have enough washers so I decided to make just two beads and create a pair of earrings. As you can see I didn't use very much of my bead stash but at least I've made some use of the magazine!
Thursday, 29 April 2010
4th Goal completed...sort of (Liz)
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4 comments:
Hi Liz, wow, these earrings are beautiful! Wonderful idea to make them in the way you have, they're gorgeous! I hope that you have a wonderful day!
Bead Happy!
Hugs and happy beading...
Bobbi
Thank you very much Bobbi! :)
Liz x
They are gorgeous! They look like mini erupting volcanos! Are those crystals Fire opal? I've got some but they look prettier in your picture.
Thank you Sarah :) I did have volcanos in mind when I made them, in fact I forgot to put their name in the post - Igneous!
Yes the crystals are Fire Opal, they vary colourwise don't they? I've got some that are very red and others that are pale orange with little red. I think these are in the middle :)
Liz x
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