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Showing posts with label Suburban girl beads. Show all posts
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Sunday, August 30, 2015
August Component of the Month Reveal!
It's reveal day for the August Component of the Month!
Each participant was sent a rustic stoneware coin pendant to create with. Let's see what everyone created!
Sunday, August 2, 2015
August Component of the Month Giveaway!
It's time for the August Component of the Month Giveaway!
Up for grabs this month is one of my rustic stoneware coin pendants! Each piece is made to look like an ancient finding just dug up from the depths of the earth!
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| Rustic stoneware coin pendants |
Want to play along? Here are the rules…
- I will giveaway 1 stoneware coin pendant (chosen at random) to each of the 2 winners selected randomly from those who leave a comment below this post. Your comment MUST include your EMAIL AND BLOG address so we can contact you should you win.
- Please — only leave a comment if you can commit to creating a finished piece and blogging about it on the reveal date.
- The names of the 2 winners will be announced on Tuesday, August 4, 2015.
- This giveaway is open to US and international countries, but please be aware that these will be posted from the US and international addresses will have longer postage times… sometimes up to 3 weeks.
- The blog reveal will take place on Sunday, August 30, 2015.
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Beaded Wire Macrame Toggle Bars Revisited
I have all sort of beads and components in my stash that could be used as clasps if they had a bar to go with then and a while back I adapted the wire macrame techniques I used for these earrings to create some alternatives to the usual plain wire option.
This technique utilises simple macrame knots interspersed with small beads that can be adapted to match the component and give your clasps some individuality.
Here I use a half knot (spiral) with little etched beads to create this bar and added a jump ring to the centre by which it can be attached to a piece of jewellery.
This works fine but I really wanted to see if I could include the connection loop within the bar itself so this time I formed a loop in the centre of the core wire and instead of knotting from end to end as with the earrings I attached the wire through the loop and knotted from the centre out, wrapping the wire end over each other to finish.
This method takes a little bit longer but does create a slightly cleaner looking bar although personally I'd be happy to use either version.
For this one I used a square macrame knot again but this time gently curved the bar when I finished knotting to add a little something extra...
I think it makes a lovely focal closure for this beautiful ceramic element from Karen Totten.
For this ceramic link component by Marla James I used a spiral knot and teamed it with some lovely rustic faceted Czech glass beads to create an unusual clasp.
And finally, some simple seed beads add a little interest to a plain sheet bronze clasp - an idea that would translate easily to washers or large jump rings.
So it's really quite easy to add a little extra interest to your jewellery designs with a few beads and a length of wire and if you don't have any suitable components in your stash don't worry - there are plenty out there to suit all tastes.
Here I use a half knot (spiral) with little etched beads to create this bar and added a jump ring to the centre by which it can be attached to a piece of jewellery.
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