Good as Gold Heart Necklace
February 6, 2007 by Tammy Powley
Filed under Beading
I wear this Good as Gold Heart Necklace all the time. It incorporates gold-colored beading wire, crystals, and wonderful glass beads from Italy. Crimp beads keep the beads in stations in various spots on the necklace.
Nursing Necklace
December 1, 2006 by Tammy Powley
Filed under Basics - Getting Started, Beading
No, this is not a necklace for nurses. It’s a necklace for those who nurse. b5media’s breastfeeding blogger, Angela White, author of Breastfeeding 1-2-3, has written a few posts about these popular mommy-type necklaces (one on how to make a nursing necklace and another on safety issues), and she asked me to see what I could come up with. So here goes. Oh, and to cover myself, I’m not a nurse, nor nursing, nor a mommy to humans, so don’t let your little ones stick any of this in their mouths.
You’ll need the following supplies:
10 – 12mm barrel-shaped onyx beads (I got …read more
Beading Wire Guards
June 11, 2006 by Tammy Powley
Filed under Basics - Getting Started, Beading
One of the complaints I often hear from bead stringers when it comes to beading wire and crimp beads is that they don’t like how it looks when finished. They don’t like the fact that you can see the wire.
For me this has never been an issue, but I have to say I still think the new wire guards from Beadalon (pictured right) are pretty cool. Top that off with the crimp covers that came out this past year (pictured left) and I think these might be just want bead stringers who don’t like the look of beading wire were …read more
