Hi Y'all,
OMG! I had to go back and check to see when was the last time Christine and I did a She Made/She Made blog post. Are you ready? It was six months ago on March 31st. I knew it had been a while, but I did not realize until today how long it had been. What was the reason you may be asking? Well we were both busy with other obligations and decided to leave our one on one challenge for later. Here is what I chose for us to play with this go around.
OMG! I had to go back and check to see when was the last time Christine and I did a She Made/She Made blog post. Are you ready? It was six months ago on March 31st. I knew it had been a while, but I did not realize until today how long it had been. What was the reason you may be asking? Well we were both busy with other obligations and decided to leave our one on one challenge for later. Here is what I chose for us to play with this go around.
We are getting down to just a few things left from the loot we exchanged back when we met in July 2012.
Here is what I made with the pick.
First a necklace made with a tubular netting using Twin beads.
I named it Rockin the Ball, because the rich colors of the tubular netting rock the Agate rounds.
The tubular netting using the Twins or Super Duos is very simple. If anyone wants to know how I did the stitch, just ask in your comment and I will give you the instructions.
Here is what I did with the Lake stone.
On the Lake stone I make a wire bezel using four lengths of 22 gauge copper wire. I strung the Twin beads on to the wire alternating between the matte black and the copper Twins. I crossed two of the wires in the front and in the back just to secure the stone and the last four wires I used to make the bail. The neck strap is a design that I borrowed from Tanya of a Work in Progress blog. Tanya is an amazing bead wearer. If you are not familiar with her blog click on her name and check it out.
I am a member of my local Gem and Mineral Association and in our last meeting I was asked if I would like to teach some seed beading classes. I said that I would if there were people interested in learning to seed bead. Well of course someone had to ask what seed beading had to do with Gems and Minerals. I told the Gentleman, that I use Gems and Minerals all the time in my seed beading. I will be bringing these two necklaces to the next meeting to show how Gems can be used with seed bead.
I hope that you liked what I did with the August pick and please go by and check out Christine's blog to see what she did with the pick.
Thank you for stopping by and please leave a comment, I love hearing from y'all.
Happy beading Y'all,
Therese
