Green Man and forest Woman

These two have been a long time in the making. I learned a lot in the process, but still have a long way to go. If one learns by her mistakes I should surely know nearly everything!1 Did as much un-doing as well as doing. The colors do not show up as deep and bright as they are.What's the deal blogger?

Anyway you get the idea.

Spring! Hurry up!

This was so fun to make.

 Started with a length of ribbon a little longer than the circumference of my wrist.

This is an embroidered ribbon, looks like it was made on an embroidery type sewing machine, inexpensive, a little over a dollar for a roll. You can buy the whole thing with no need to  have it measured.

I used seed beads in a mix of greens, and pinks mostly size 11s,  Then i added glass leaves and blossoms in pink and green as well. A loop on one end will fit over one of three blossoms on the opposite end  giving you a closure to fit three sizes. A couple of hours on three evenings and it was done.

I love spring and have been celebrating it's inevitable entry into this year since, well, last year, solstice!!

Greenman mixed media

Green man is nearly completed. Unlike lizard which was all beading Green man encompasses paint, ink and fiber as well as beads. I didn't know what I was going to do with him but he guided brush and needle and showed me what he wanted to be. The work is 81/2 x 11 and will be mounted on illustration board and stretched before framing. A matching Maiden is in the works.

The second bracelet looks very different due to the choice of colors, It looks to me like a tropical breeze in the jungle at the edge of the beach.

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I love this necklace! I love Katie's style. Bet you will too.



Dreams of Topaz


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click to enlarge Designed by Katie Hacker
Materials
17 champagne 1-hole CZ-Gem Dropz in assorted shapes and sizes
4 ½-yards of .006” white Dandyline beading thread
3 dark brown transparent rainbow10g packs of 11/0 Toho seed beads
2 gold beading cones
1 gold lobster clasp
8” length of 22-gauge gold ColourCraft wire
Tools
Spin-N-Bead with bent-tip Big Eye needle
Flexible beading needle
Beading scissors
Round-Nose pliers
Wire Nippers
Jeweler’s Cement


Instructions
Finished Size= 26” with dangles
Note: Use the Spin-n-Bead to string seed bead sections. When threading back through beads to create the beaded dangles, use a straight flexible beading needle. You’ll have lots of leftover beads but it’s easiest to string beads quickly when the the Spin-N-Bead is full.
Cut the thread into three equal lengths and attach a stopper bead 3” from the end of each thread.
First strand: string 6” of seed beads. Pass the needle through a CZ-Gem Dropz and back through 2 ½” of seed beads. String 4” of seed beads. Pass the needle through a CZ-Gem Dropz and back through 2 1/2” of seed beads; repeat five more times. String 3 ½” of seed beads and a stopper bead.
Second strand: string 7” of seed beads. Pass the needle through a CZ-Gem Dropz and back through 1 ½” of seed beads. String 3” of seed beads. Pass the needle through a CZ-Gem Dropz and back through 1 ½” of seed beads, repeat three more times. String 5 ½” of seed beads.
Third strand: string 7” of seed beads. Pass the needle through a CZ-Gem Dropz and back through 4” of seed beads; repeat four more times. String 3” of seed beads.
Cut the ColourCraft wire length in half.
Make a wrapped loop on one end of the wire.
Remove the stopper beads from one end of each beaded thread and tie them to the wrapped wire loop. Place a drop of jeweler’s cement on the knot and cut off any extra threads.
Place the wire end through the wide end of the beading cone and make another wrapped loop on the other side of the cone to attach half of the clasp.
Repeat Steps 6-8 for the other end of the necklace.



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Color Forecast

http://www.fashiontrendsetter.com/content/color_trends/2007/Pantone-Fashion-Color-Report-Spring-2008.html

The above link will take you to the Pantone color forecast for spring 2008. This is a great guide to bead and jewelry makers. I heard of it on the Bead Art site.
http://www.bead-arts.com/
Check it out!

paper bead necklace

Bead thread, nymo D, or fireline.
Two beading needles of a size that will go through your choice of seed beads. (I used # 12.
Scissors
Needle tool
Jewelry glue or clear nail polish to seal knots.



Use a bead board or your choice of work surface to lay out a dry run of your beads. Then use a needle tool to make small holes crosswise in one end of your vertical beads. Thread about2 yards of bead thread with a needle on each end. After the longer center bead you will be stringing paper beads and seed beads on one side and then the other in order to keep them symmetrical. When you have strung your beads to the length that you want tie the thread ends in a double knot and then a second double knot. To make a stronger necklace, thread a second to yard length of bead thread and go through the entire sequence a second time. End as above.