What Do You Do......

when you are confined to the house.  Hurt my back and have been pacing the house, up and down the hallway and standing up most of the time.  Did you know you can bead standing?  Oh yes indeed.  I was sooooooooooo bored I had to do something!  The bracelet in the front is Elegant Noir.   I have always wanted to use these sliders and finally came up with something I liked.  I have also made earrings to match.  The tutorial will be available soon.  The middle bracelet is from www.passioncreation.fr  I had these sliders already waiting.  The third is my own design.  Once again, ages ago, I bought some bead frames thinking they would be perfect for something.  Well the something came to mind yesterday and turned into this bracelet.  I'm sorry my pics are not the best at the moment.  Having to use my mobile phone to take them but it gives you an idea of what I have been up to.

Eeeeeekkkkkk Odd Count Peyote......

So many of us shy away from odd count peyote.  It's that tricky turn we don't like to contemplate.  I was the same but now actually really like odd count.  This video may help - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaFT8FcTC-U&feature=related  It is well explained and is produced by Doodlebeads.

A Friend's Wedding.....

A work friend has a wedding to go to this month.  She asked me to creative a necklace that was not too fussy or bulky and would go with the outfit she had purchased.  It was a particular shade of green and these colours bring it alive.  Loved it so much she asked for a bracelet to be made too.


Simple stringing using some orange and gold glass beads I had left over from a project a few years ago.  Black beads are faceted glass, orange glass rounds and they have gold daisy spacers and bead caps in between.  Threw in a few seedies so it would not be too bulky around her neck.