Since I last wrote, I have gone through quite a clearing out process in the room I am making the jewelry in. I felt that I had to, as everything seemed to be really cluttered and unorganized. My husband made a table for me some years back because I needed a work table to fit a tight space in our computer/guest room. The table has really been handy when I have made greeting cards, done scrap-booking and also some sewing. I have had a lot of different stuff placed on this table and as I now was trying to do jewelry making at the same table, I just had to clear it up.
The main item I had to move was my sewing machine that 2was set up on the table - I moved it underneath the table instead. I also organized a lot of other hobby items to make space for all my beads and the necessary equipment on the table. Until now I have had to clear away all the boxes with beads everytime I was done working. It was quite a hassle to stack smaller storing containers into a bigger one to tidy up after a work session. I found it even more of a hassle that I wasn't able to have all the beads set up on the table when I worked. This because they were stacked on top of eachother in a large box, and I more often than not had to lift up several containers to get to the one I needed. As with all the other hobbies that I have done in this room the jewelry making has made me wish that this whole room was set up differently. I will have to talk it over with my better half and maybe we can find an acceptable solution:-)
Anyway, I cleared off the table and have now set up all my bead containers along the edge of the table hugging the wall. I am now able to just reach out and find what I need, without having to root around, stack and store a box everytime I need something! I have also bought a bead design board that makes it a lot easier to keep track of the beads I need at any given time. SO - there has been some progress in my jewelry making world:-)
I have mainly concentrated on making more bracelets since I last posted on the blog. As I have mentioned before, I really got hooked on this one method of "braiding" bracelets, and although it takes quite a bit of time and a substantional amount of beads to make them, it is basically what I have spent time doing. Until last night. Some time ago I purchased a lot of lampwork glass beads to make European Charm bracelets, but until last night I had only made one bracelet with lampwork glass beads. So, it was certainly time to make some!
Here they are:
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| White, silver and pink lampwork glass beads and silverplated spacer beads with elements of pink. |
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| Turquoise lampwork beads and a dangle made with a mix of turquoise and clear Swarovski beads. |
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| Amber lampwork beads and dangle made with a mix of amber and clear Swarovski beads. |
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| Black and white lampwork beads and dangle made with a mix of black and clear Swarovski beads. |
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| Blue and white lampwork beads and dangle made with a mix of blue and clear Swarovski beads. |
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| Light green and pink lampwork beads and dangle made with a mix of light green, light rose and clear Swarovski beads. |
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| Light green, pink and white lampwork beads and dangle made with a mix of olive green and clear Swarovski beads. |
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| Black, dark green and pink lampwork beads and dangle made with a mix of emerald green and clear Swarovski beads. |
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| Dangle made with a mix of light and dark purple and clear Swarovski beads and silver plated spacer beads. |
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| I came across these cute pig heads and I just had to get them! Pig heads lampwork beads and dangle made with a mix of amber and clear Swarovski beads. |
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| This bracelet I have shown once before, then in a set with earrings. Green Millefiori lampwork beads and a mix of tibetan spacer beads. |
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| Dangle made with a mix of black and clear Swarovski beads attached directly on a chain. |
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| Tibetan Silver Dangle beads and a mix of Tibetan Silver Spacer Charm beads |
I thought I would show some more of my braided bracelet as well:-)
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| 4mm clear Swarovski bicone beads, 6mm black Swarovski bicone beads and black embroidery beads. |
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| 6mm light purple Swarovski bicone beads, 4mm violet Swarovski beads and purple embroidery beads. |
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| 4mm clear Swarovski beads, 6mm light purple Swarovski bicone beads and clear embroidery beads. |
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| 4mm hot pink Swarovski bicone beads, 6mm clear Swarovski bicone beads and clear embroidery beads. |
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| 6mm turqois Swarovski rondelle beads, 6mm half crystal half silver Swarovski round beads and clear embroidery beads. |
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| 4mm clear Swarovski bicone beads, 6mm blue Swarovski beads and white embroidery beads. |
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| 4mm violet Swarovski beads, clear 6mm Swarovski beads and purple embroidery beads. |
On Tuesday I am going to have my first "jewelry-party" and in order to do so I have put my husband to work making racks that I can display all the different items on. The racks have really turned out nicely and they are quite convenient when I want to display the jewelry. The one below is just one of several:-)
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| My bracelet rack! |
I am quite nervous about the jewelry-party since I have never done anything like that before. Luckily I think I know all the people that will be there, so I am sure it will be ok! Wish me good luck!
