What's next

I finished the last two beads on the Midnight Fiesta necklace and re-strung it. It looks really nice.



On another note, I started to create a red bead with some dots. I haven't used this red before, so they all might be trash. We'll see later on tonight.

The necklace! :(

I created the "Midnight Fiesta" necklace. I never measured it before hand. I cut the bead cord and then held it up to the purple necklace. "Hmmmmm," I wondered. "Why was this necklace so much shorter then the other?"

I pulled out a tape measure and hit myself in the head. It was only 15 1/2 inches long. Standard lengths are 16, 18 or 20 inches long. The necklace is shorter than what is known as "choker" length. I put the necklace on someone last night and it fit really well. It looked great on her. She also is a person who has a small neck.

This morning I made a few more beads. They'll be ready this afternoon.
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Just finished the beads.

I just completed the set of beads for "Midnight Fiesta" and will string them up tonight. New fuzzy pictures to be posted soon.

As the bead/jewelry business is beginning to develop, it's a lot of fun.

Some other pictures

Here are a few more images of recent bracelets I have made. These are created on satin cord with sterling silver ends anf findings.

A picture (albeit a bit fuzzy)

I'll be getting better pictures of this necklace, but here it is. This is the purple necklace.

The necklace is around 17.5" in length and has sterling silver and copper findings.

I also made a 8.5" bracelet with the same look.

Necklaces

With me making cylinders, I realized that I need to make some necklaces. So, I need to make more cylinder beads. I'm concentrating on 2 styles for my initial designs. One is a simple purple bead. The way I make them draws out some deeper shades of purple. The second I'm calling "midnight fiesta" is a blue bead with three colors of trailing. It's a fairly cool bead that should look great in a necklace. I should finish up making the beads in a day or two.

Beads and little people

For the past few days, I've gone out to the studio and started to make cylinder beads. Man, I forgot how much I hate these things. They're fairly easy to make, but to make them really nice takes a bit of work.

In addition to beads, I've been making little 2 inch people for a friend. He has an idea where he'll use some little people. They're a bunch of fun because I can make them do anything.

Plus, I bought a 19" widescreen television for the studio and it is NICE! I realized that one of the reasons I haven't done much in the studio is that it is BORING 0n the side of my garage. I never knew how nice I had it looking out the window of studio I & II. I'll call the garage, "studio 2.5." It's not really a new studio, just something thrown together.

If you haven't heard, I'll be moving to Texas later this summer. What's interesting about this move is it's going to be cheaper to buy a house than to rent. Studio III should be nice. The job I got down there is considered a full-time 20 hour a week job. That will leave plenty of time to focus on glass.