Whee!

[shiny_omg]

I love coming home to a Fire Mountain Gems box full of shiny. I used my sister-in-law's upcoming birthday as an excuse to buy some awesome dyed freshwater pearls, and threw in some glass beads of various colors and finishes for good measure. I really like working with glass beads; they can be inexpensive, yet always look sturdy and nice. I got some two-toned crackle-finish, and some great foil finish that are big enough to make great focal pieces.

If I don't get totally sucked into the third Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series book tomorrow, I'll finally do a big update to Etsy.




Coral Reef. Choker. Mixed gold and red glass with blue-green acrylic seed beads on tigertail, with a gold hook and eye clasp. This was designed around a completely different focus bead, but in the end I didn't like how it looked.

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I thought the legos in the background were a nice touch...

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Unnamed. A strand of quartz with sterling spacers, a strand of three clear glass beads on silver-plated chain. Silver-plate spring clasp.

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Clearer view of the legos, and the dust.

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Comments

[audrich.livejournal.com]

The first three photos - very Egyptian - so rich.

The pearl one - like it - how does it sit on the neck, though?
I mean does it retain it's rounded shape or hang more pendant-like? Or both? Lol!

[shiny-omg.livejournal.com]

It does both. The outer tier retains the rounded shape from the tigertail, and the inner tier chain hangs in a pendant V shape from the weight of the glass bead at the apex. There's about an inch of space between the glass bead on the chain and the outer tier.