BEAD PEEPS SWAP 'N' HOP
Welcome to my blog and the third annual Bead peeps swap 'n' hop.
My partner this year was Natlalie Davidson who's blog is here http://www.northshoredays.com.
I sent Natalie what i hope was a challenging mix of beads pictured below.
Lots of natural agates, amethyst , cherry quartz and beautiful ceramic focal.
The beads Natalie sent me were wonderful and very challenging! so many colours.
I got stuck in straight away using the main Paua shell focal and dyed hoplite.
I adore the colours in this focal so wanted to keep it simple with a basic silver chain dotted with the howlite and the little daisies , i had just enough left to make a matching pair of earrings.
After making this necklace i hit a wall and kept coming and going from my beads until something clicked!
'Smartie' Bracelets!
Whilst playing lining up the same colours these sweet little bracelets seemed to form themselves.
I absolutely love how these turned out, such a simple design but really eye catching.
My attention then tuned to the wonderful bird clasp and glass flowers and i decided to reverse it up like this.
Natalie had sent the flowers on a string and they looked so pretty i wanted to emulate that in the design. So each each connected to the other in a pretty waterfall and then attached to the dove clasp using a tiny silver flower cap. All i then added was some purple glad beads to the chain and placed the toggle through the clasp.
I thought i was beaded out at this point but yesterday (Friday) i had a last minute flash of inspiration when i found a little bead from 'Grubbie ceramics'
So i managed to put together this set which i am planning to wear today.
Adding simple wooden beads to the pretty shell diamond beads and focal bead i added made the perfect relaxed beach bracelet and earrings set.
Thank you so much to Natalie for being my swap partner.
And big THANKYOU to Linda for setting up the swap.
Cant wait to see what everybody has made and i hope you enjoyed visiting my blog.
