Black Filigree Beaded Brooches

A while back, I found these black enameled filigree disks.  I'm not always sure if I'm using a component in the manner it was intended, but then again, I'm not sure if it really matters.  I made several brooches with these little filigrees.  The first photo shows the brooch with fuchsia rhinestones and cream pearls. 

This one was done with all green.

White and red.  When I used seed beads rather than perfectly round beads, you can see the thread a little more.

This last one has a red beaded center and heart shaped rhinestones.  I think I'd like this one for Valentine's Day!

Blue Glitter Resin Pendant

Here I've used a heart frame purchased from Auntie's Beads.  It is quite deep and lends itself to some dimensional work.  Along with Ice Resin, I used both microbead glitter and flakey glitter in a similar blue shade, and then stuck in a brassy golden key charm.  The surface texture is bumpy, you can feel the glitter and charm in 3d.

You can see the depth of the frame more clearly here.

I wanted the resin pendant to be the main attraction here, so I strung various complimentary seed beads for the strand.  If you look closely (or click for closeup), you will see I used Miyuki 5/0 triangles in a matte bronze from Red Panda Beads.  I like to have several different shapes, sizes, textures, and colors in my designs, and when I discovered her triangle beads, I was thrilled!  I'll definitely be heading back for more of those. 

Pink Heart Earrings with Painted Flowers

I'm always interested in sampling different beads.  These are heart-shaped glass beads.  A floral pattern is painted on them.  They look to be hand painted.  I don't think I could do such a good job at painting flowers on beads.  With such a nice pattern on them, I didn't add much else to the earrings in order to keep the focus on the pretty beads.

Heart of Clay - Polymer

I started working with polymer clay a little bit, right before my accident.  Here is a necklace with a clay heart pendant.  I used green and brown colors, and accented it with glitter and a ribbon. 

I put a little glaze on it to give it a sheen.  Then I strung it with a seed bead pattern that picks up the colors in the heart.

And THEN, added the antiqued bronze chain.

In that fanciful time of my imagination, when I have time for all things, I will get back to making some more clay items. 

Pink and Red Hearts Charm Bracelet

I recently got these red and pink heart charms, and was really pleased with their look.  They are about 5/8" long and was concerned that they might be too big for a charm bracelet, but you can see it turned out nicely.  Of course, it is not subtle, but then I don't do a lot of "subtle". 

Pale Pink Pearls with Puffed Silver Heart

This has a nice romantic look to it.  These are glass pearls strung with silver pewter beads.  The necklace focal is a filigree puffed heart.  I also made matching earrings.  I prefer glass pearls to the natural ones because I think they will hold up better.  With real pearls, they always say no hairspray, no perfume, no lotion, etc.  Those are too many rules for me.  I always treat my jewelry carefully, but I'm not keen on a long list of rules.  If you've ever seen the many collections of glass pearls, oh my!  So many beads, so little time!

Hannah

 

This is a very sweet necklace made with white beading wire and a beautiful green lampworked heart pendant.  The two “tails” below the pendant are finished with tiny white glass pearls.  The necklace is finished with a sterling silver lobster clasp.  It’s really adorable!