Beaded Piano Keys Bracelet

Today I'm going to share with you a bracelet I made last month and just added the clasp today.  I am notorious for making bracelets and not adding the clasps. I'm going to be going through my beading stuff this year and pulling out all of those almost finished projects!!!  I will probably post them in my web store (cheap) to get rid of them. I have too much stuff here!!!

I found the detailed instructions on YouTube.  You can see it by clicking here.  It's very easy to follow along.  It is not in English.  My husband asked me if I could understand what the lady was saying and I told him "of course I can, she's speaking "bead"!"  LOL 

Beading is one of a handful of my passions.  I stamp, bead, knit in my knitting machine, crochet, I work with polymer clay (Sculpey, Fimo, etc), wire, PMC (precious metal clay), and some painting.  That doesn't leave much time for housework!!  LOL  

So here it is.  It's finished and it's actually sold!

Thank you for indulging me!
Wanda

The Countess Beaded Christmas Bulb

Today I finished a new design. I call it "The Countess" beaded Christmas bulb.  You don't have to run around looking for different shaped beads.  These are pretty easy to find.  This bulb uses seed beads, fire-polished beads and glass pearls.  

I'm SO horrible at taking photos. I was trying to make sure the wind wouldn't blow the dangling pieces together that I didn't notice the bulb cap was crooked.  Though I had nothing to do with that in the creation of the bulb cover.  

I like bulb covers better than the encased bulbs because of the ease of replacement.  Should this bulb break (and they can because they are super thin glass), I just go get another bulb.  With the encased ones you have to remove beads and hope you find them all and then resew the beads back onto the bulb.  Oh and another great benefit here is, you can send the mail without the worry of the bulb breaking (bulb not included!!!).  They would be easier to sell that way too.  

The PDF pattern for this bulb cover can be purchased in my secure web store.  Just click here to be taken to the store.  You can make as many as you wish to sell or to give away as gifts.  Entering it in a contest is not permitted.  

Thank you SO much for stopping by today,
Wanda

Victorian Christmas Bulb

I have been bust this week working on the pattern for my Victorian beaded Christmas bulb. I'm not schooled in graphic design so it takes me a while to plug in the circles on the software to represent beads and where they go but I'm okay with that because I like to do that kind of work.  I find making the patterns very gratifying.  Plus I enjoy getting them out in my web store for others to start creating their own fun holiday ornaments.

This is the most detailed one I've every made but I still found it fun, even though it took me a few days to complete it. Darn housework and cooking get in the way of my beading, plus other project and hobbies I have.  So, for Christmas I am asking for a clean house so I can spend all of my spare time playing with beads, making cards and metalsmithing. And maybe some clay. I have gotten away from polymer clay but I'm sure I will get back to that soon too! But for now I'm into beading along with the card making.  

I did not make a card today because I wanted to get the pattern done and finalized.  But I will be back in my workroom crating some fun cards, plus I need to finish up our Christmas cards and get them out in the mail. So much to do in December!

If you are a beader or know someone who is, the pattern for this bulb can be purchased here in my secure web store.  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Beaded Bangle

Today I thought I would get away from stamping and finish up a beading project.  What is really sad about this project is that all I had to do to finish it was to bury or hide the threads.  So sad. I think I didn't finish it because I didn't like the way it turned out.  It's my very first bangle and I used too many beads. And isn't the first time you do something a learning experience?  I know that the next one I make will look a lot better.  All of the beads will be evenly distributed around the bracelet.  Ok, here they are around the bracelet but bunched up because I wasn't really sure what I was doing.  And the end results showed me that I have too many beads at the beginning.  My plan is to make another one. It's not a difficult bracelet to make, just a bit time consuming.  And of course I will share with you how the next one turns out.  I may even put it up for sale in my web store.  I won't be selling this one as it doesn't not meet my quality standards!

The pattern for this is found in the Bead & Button 2nd annual Best of the Best books.  I'm not sure if that is what the book is called.  I'll check on that and add it to this post (in red) so you can find it if you want to make one of these yourself.  Just remember, when the strip is long enough so the ends touch stop and move onto the next step!

Thank you for visiting today,
Wanda

Beaded Star Christmas Bulb

Today I am going to share with you a beaded Christmas bulb I designed.  I taught classes for the past two holidays and the students enjoyed making them.  

It's an easy design to follow and it does go together rather quickly.  

I had fun designing it and even more fun teaching it.  

I finally got the pattern put in PDF format so I can make it available for sale in my web store.  You can find the pattern here.  

I'll be back to stamping tomorrow!

Thank you for stopping by,

Wanda