Comments on: Beaded beads – trying something new

By: Boo's Jewellery

Boo's Jewellery — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:07:49 +0000

Thanks Diana, it was actually the colours that troubled me, they look a bit unsubtle to me, I was just tinkering with what was to hand.

By: Diana

Diana — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:03:42 +0000

I can see from those tutorials that you really had to do some experimenting to get the effects you wanted. They really do have that lush look of period beads and I think you have a terrific eye for color! I hope these sell well for you.

By: Boo's Jewellery

Boo's Jewellery — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:31:39 +0000

Thanks Diana. I’d like to try some slightly more subtle ones – I find them pretty therapeutic to do. The tutorials I started from for these were on this site: http://www.beadiferous.com/beadtutorial.php – the two I used were the ‘Filled Net Pendant’ as the basis (much amended as I worked) for the 3 bead earring beads and the ‘Netted Bead’ for the other type – the one big enough for a golf ball!

By: Diana

Diana — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:15:00 +0000

These are terrific! A very clever way to use beads, esp. when you just have a few of each kind left. I’d love to see a tutorial of this.