I hopped a cruise ship to Bermuda yesterday. Before I left I wanted to make a few extra pieces of jewelry to bring with me.
I had made this bracelet earlier in the year to wear on the
bead cruise but found that I had selected some beads that made it too heavy and the waxed linen began to stretch.
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| Original bracelet |
While it's a really cute bracelet, I couldn't have it expanding in size on me so I took it apart. It turns out that it also contained some beads that went really well with a dress I purchased for my Bermuda cruise.
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| Dress Fabric |
There were so many wonderful colors in this print to work with; aqua, cobalt, yellow, pink... I began pulling out lots of wood, lucite, shell and art beads to play with!
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| Messy Desk |
Then I remembered I had some memory wire and thought it would be fun (and easy) to work with that. After lots of pulling out beads, putting back beads, pulling out more beads, I had a finished bracelet!
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| Finished bracelet |
I used art beads (bronze, ceramic & polymer), wood, brass, czech glass and shells.
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| Art beads |
I'm really happy with the finished piece. Although I do miss the original bracelet, this works so well with my sundress!
Art Beads
The next time a piece of jewelry doesn't quite work out the way you hoped, take it apart! You'll find inspiration elsewhere...maybe even in a sundress!
Happy Beading!
