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I recently created a set of jewelry for dear friends.  I used several metallic colors: gold, silver, copper, antique brass.

A silver barrette (acrylic and firepolished beads).

I used oval "Hope" beads, and round beads that had the sun on one side and the moon on the other.

White Pearl Barrettes

I'm a big fan of glass pearls, and white pearls are a classic.  This is a nice barrette for a classic look or a bridal look.  I also made them in a small size.

I've been fairly happy with the hairpiece I purchased from Ulta.  It was on clearance, and then I had a coupon.  I have no idea how one actually uses it on their head, but it is useful for my photography in that you can see how the hair ornaments look on hair.  I originally had it strung up on a necklace display, but then found a styrofoam head at Sally's Beauty supply.  One must roam and shop!

Garnet Red Barrettes

I purchased some barrette backings a while back, and then couldn't decide what to do with them.  I tried gluing ribbon, which failed.  I tried gluing glitter, oh that didn't look right.  I thought large flatbacks or buttons might look strange.  Then I made a section of bead weave, which, after many different attempts, came out just right.  So it reminds me of the story of Goldilocks, who kept trying things and saying "this one's too hot, this one's too cold" until she came across the right combination. 

If you are a beadweaver, you will see that I used the right angle weave.  I originally tried Miyuki 6's, and they just flippity flopped.  When I used these 6mm druks, it all seemed to work out nicely. 

I plan to try out some other beads, like glass pearls, fire polished rounds, or maybe some 4mm druks.  Then I might venture out into a peyote stitch with the smaller seed beads to see how that works.  But don't hold your breath on me fiddling with a complicated stitch pattern and the tinier seed beads!  Oh no!  To paraphrase Dr. McCoy from StarTrek, "Jim, I'm a beader not a weaver!"