Project #6 - Ombre Seed Bead Bracelet

Materials Used (per bracelet):

1. 60 seed beads in 3 different colors (180 beads total)
2. Nylon coated wire
3. 12 crimp beads
4. 8 jump rings
5. Pieces of chain
6. A lobster clasp

I saw this bracelet while on Pinterest one day and I thought that this would be a nice project to get myself back into this blog project. It looked fairly simple to do, but requires a lot of patience. The green ombre one was the first one I made, and then I decided that I would make a red, white, and blue one to wear on the 4th of July this year! I think the only difficulties with this project were trying to find different shades of the same color and size seed bead to use in the bracelet. Overall, I'm in love with these bracelets. You can find the original blog about these bracelets here.

Difficultly 2/5

Quick Update!

Sorry to any of you who actually followed this blog with blog with the hopes of me actually keeping up with it. I started this over my winter break at school and once I went back after break, this project just kinda got left behind at home.

But now, I'm home for the summer, and I've also transferred colleges to one that I can live at home and commute to, so hopefully I'll be able to keep up with this blog this time!

I have lots of new projects in mind that I'll be eager to make and post for you guys. And hopefully I'll be able to get my Etsy shop up and running too!

-Rachel

Project #5- Textured Segmented Necklace

Materials Used:

1. White, round seed beads
2. 11 Focus beads (I used the teal, rectangular stone ones)
3. 8 smaller square teal beads
4. 18 silver seed beads
5. 34 silver tone eye pins
6. 1 silver tone head pin
7. 8 silver tone jump rings
8. 1 lobster clasp

Though it definitely had it's challenges, mostly with trying to find enough beads in my stash that had more than 1 matching component, I did enjoy this project and the final outcome. I absolutely LOVE these teal stone beads. Luckily I have enough to maybe make a bracelet or a pair of earrings out of the remaining beads :)

Difficulty: 3/5

Project # 4- Double Triangle Earrings

This pair of earrings was made to match the bracelet that I made earlier this week. The exact same materials and beads were used, so there's no point in making a huge long list for this one when you can just look at the post below and see :)

I promise I'll make more interesting things, I just have to go supply shopping :)
Critiques and comments are always liked! If you have something you want to see me make, leave it in the comments! :)

Project #3- Double Triangle Bracelet

Materials Used:

1. 24 silver eye pins
2. 16 sparkly copper-toned beads
3. 4 green and gold sphere beads
4. 8 green seed beads
5. 4 black sphere beads
6. 4 silver jump rings
7. 1 lobster claw clasp

This project was definitely a challenge. Between going through my bead stashes and looking for something to make to make anything other than earrings, I found myself to be very stumped. It took me a good while to finally come up with this combination of beads, while they may not be my first pick of beads to match together, I think the final product came out fairly well. This was my first time making a bracelet like this; linking eye-pins together. It was definitely a challenge, but I accepted the challenge and did my best! 

Difficulty: 3/5

I hope you all are enjoying this blog. Please feel free to leave comments about what you would like to see next! I'd love to hear your input :)

Project #2- Simple Drop Earring

Materials Used:
1) 2 silver toned French ear hooks
3) 2 silver toned head pins
4) 2 large, tiger-striped turquoise beads
5) 4 turquoise seed beads
6) 2 silver spacer beads

I needed to find a quick project to do today because I was going over to my Dad's house today to stay for the weekend, so I did the very first and simplest project in the book, and simple, single drop earring. All you need to do is put the beads on the head pin the way you want, then take a pair of round nose pliers to create a loop with the remaining part of the head pin so you can open the earring and connect the two. Definitely a very quick and simple project!

Difficulty: 1/5

Project #1- Interlocking Jump Ring Earrings

So after going through my remaining bead supplies and comparing what I had to the materials needed for some of the projects, the options for what I should make as my first project were rather slim. Luckily, I had an abundance of jump rings to use, so most of my first projects may be rather focused on jump rings.

Materials Used:
1) 24 silver-toned 6.5mm jump rings
2) 2 Silver toned French ear hooks
3) 2 silver toned head pins
4) Two beautiful beads of your choice :) (I used a textured rectangular bead that has a bit of a twist in the outer glass, with a black inside and a sparkly, copper swirl mixed in. Not sure where I got them, but it was probably years and years ago)

Looking at the picture of the project in my book, it didn't look too difficult, especially since I had worked with jump rings before. Though if you haven't worked with jump rings before, you may find it frustrating at first trying to open and close them, and to interlock so many! It definitely gave me a headache. This is a fairly simple project to make a nice, simple pair of earrings for someone who doesn't have a lot of beading experience, not to mention, fairly inexpensive to make as well.

Difficultly level: 2/5