tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64806292656015748662012-02-16T09:31:22.740-05:00CodyBCleohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00609035670977054571noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480629265601574866.post-64447778039012148182010-05-17T18:42:00.039-04:002010-07-06T20:27:24.661-04:00

I decided to spend this lovely warm afternoon making the next kit from Simply Beads, the Indian Agate Coil. This bracelet is made with memory wire which I have never worked with, and various shapes and sizes of Indian Agate, black stone and freshwater pearls. Indian Agate is also known as fancy jasper and is considered a semi-precious stone. It is an opaque stone that comes in many different

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I had this nice round shell pendant with a hole in the center, left over from my first project, Seaside Ensemble. I wanted to do something with it but wasn't sure what so I set it aside and waited for inspiration. It didn't take long to be inspired! Penrapture and I went to South Hadley's Tower Theaters to see Alice in Wonderland with her boyfriend and a couple of other friends. (This is the best

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My second Simply Beads kit came quickly after the first one. This time it was an Abalone Watch and Earrings kit. While I initially liked the picture, when I got the beads out I discovered that I didn't like bright blue bicone crystals with the subtler blue and green of the abalone shell beads. Off I went to the beading store again to pick up some substitute beads. I brought home some cool bent

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I have been using beads on my quilts for years and I have even dabbled in the jewelry making realm a decade or more ago but the beads and materials that are available today at your local craft store inspired me to check out the beading world again. My first trip to the local beading center with the plan to break into the jewelry realm left me overwhelmed with inspiration and clueless where to

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