I blogged about these "Mary Ann" bracelets back in 2015 but apparently I forgot to upload this blog post about the sets that I had made. Better late than never. You can read about the bracelets and download the free pattern HERE. The "Duo Fan Earrings" pattern is from Jewelry by Beth and you can download the free pattern HERE. 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457D) 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457D) SuperDuo beads "Metallic Suede Pink" 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457D) 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457D) SuperDuo beads "Opaque Grey Travertin" 1 ..read more

LIZZIE BRACELET 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Pewter" (4222) 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Pewter" (4222) 6mm fire polished beads "Matte Pink" 3x4mm rondelles "Vintage Rose AB" (Chinese) While going through my blog files, I came across this bracelet that I have never blogged about. I was probably waiting until I had published "Lizzie" as a separate pattern but I still haven't gotten around to doing that. "Lizzie" is a variation of Teejay's "Lizbeth Band" which is a free pattern that you can download HERE. With "Lizzie", 6mm druks replace the SuperDuos that ..read more

EYE GLASSES CHAIN 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Matte Metallic Bronze" (2006) 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Matte Metallic Bronze" (2006) (you will need 2) SuperDuo beads "Opaque Grey Picasso" (you will need 37) 3mm druks "Champagne" (you will need 152) When I saw Deborah Roberti's "Beaded Lanyard" pattern recently, I immediately thought that it would work great for a glasses chain with some modifications. First, I went to Walmart and bought the only glasses chain that they had in stock so that I could determine how long to make my chain. You can see the clunky tortoise shell chain in the photo belo ..read more

HONEYCOMB EARRINGS These cute little earrings were made by following THIS JRPDesigns video by Jigisha Patel. They are called "Honeycomb Earrings". I made sample earrings in three colorways. The sample with the turquoise SuperDuos is the same combination of colors that she used in the video. For some reason, her Duracoat Champagne (4204) seed beads look silver but they are actually a pale copper color. For that reason, I used copper jump rings and earring wires with mine. Jigisha has the pattern for these earrings for sale HERE on Etsy. 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Cha ..read more

I originally blogged about the "Galadriel Bracelet" above HERE in January of 2017 after receiving it as a Christmas gift from my friend, Teejay. In that post, I mentioned that I hadn't yet made a pattern for this design. I have since then typed up the instructions for making it but haven't made diagrams for the pattern yet. I've decided that I will go ahead and post the text instructions for download because I have no idea when I will get around to creating the diagrams. If I ever do make them, I will update this post. You'll find the link to download the free PDF down below. Although this ..read more

When I saw these beautiful earrings on the Sonysree Creations YouTube channel, I had to give them a try. You can watch her video HERE. Although they are pretty, I have decided not to make the mates to these two sample earrings. I'm very fussy about neat netting and it's a struggle to keep this netting looking as orderly as I'd like. It may look fine in these photos, but that's because I manually arranged the netting as well as I could. I also had to use a little different method to make these because she leaves thread showing on the outside of a lot of the beads. Doing that isn't acceptabl ..read more

BETHANY EARRINGS 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Light Pewter" (4221) 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Light Pewter" (4221) SuperDuo beads "Opaque Baby Blue Star Dust" SuperDuo beads "Ruby Luster" I made these earrings to go with the top in the photo below. The colors in the photos are a little off and the earrings go quite well with this top. In THIS previous post, I showed the same top with a pair of "Russian Leaf Earrings" in a similar colorway. You can download my free "Bethany Earrings" pattern HERE. Here is a photo of the "Russian Leaf" earrings that I me ..read more

HONEYSUCKLE BRACELET 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457) 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457) 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457) DiamonDuo beads "Chalk Lumi Purple" SuperDuo beads "Opaque Olive Picasso" O-Beads "Opaque Green Luster"  I first blogged HERE about a birthday bracelet that Teejay designed for me way back in 2016. At the time, this and the other bracelets that she sent me didn't have names. I later gave each of them a flower name and I called this one "Honeysuckle". I have already published free patterns for "Blue Bell", "Clover" and "Ivy" and you can fi ..read more

I previously blogged about Deb Roberti's "Arabesco Earrings" HERE and HERE. Although I love all three of these colorways, they don't match any of my clothes so I will take them apart and use the beads to make something else. Below are the bead lists for the earrings in the photo above from left to right. LEFT EARRING 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Gunmetal" (451) 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Gunmetal" (451) 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Gunmetal" (451) Paisley Duo beads "Polychrome Mix Berry" 4mm fire polished beads "Polychrome Orchid Aqua" 4mm fire polished beads "Transparent Amet ..read more

PEYOTE & BRICK STITCH EMPRESS EARRINGS 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L) 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Light Bronze" (DB22L) 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Matte Glazed Anjou Pear" (DB2290) 4mm Czech bicones "Chrysolite Celsian" Read THIS post for more information about Bronze Pony's video tutorial for making these earrings. I also blogged about them HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. I really like this colorway but it doesn't go with any of my clothes.   ..read more