New beads, and an attempt at wire work.

Michaels had a sale on Blue Moon's "Royal Boheme" beads and pendants.



I'm going to make a necklace with the red/purple beads and peace symbols tonight!

This is what I sacrificed my nails for last week: my first attempt at wire work using my Thing-a-ma Jig!



I probably won't actually use these for anything. They're not exactly perfect! :p I'll have to practice a lot before I have any jewelry-quality pieces.

I learned a painful lesson yesterday. :(

Working with wire after having nails done is not a smart idea. I ruined my nails yesterday! Tore one right off, the other got partially torn. Good thing I do my own nails, or that would have been an expensive disaster! *laughs* I now know that you can't keep long nails if you're going to work with wire.

Forgot to post this...

The perfectly matched beads and butterfly:



Once again, much time was saved by my bead spinner. Some of the beads were too big for it, so I had to add them by hand. It still took a while to do, because I made mistakes with the length, and it took a while to figure out how to attach the pendant.

Birthday beads, used up!

Black and red beauties with black nickel chain.





The black and tan "lentils" and rounds, with silver:



The girlfriend pendant, on a silver mesh ribbon.



I have one more set of pretty art glass to work with. I haven't decided yet what to do with them!

Birthday goodies!

My sister gave me these books. I was actually thinking about buying the "Beyond the Bead"!



I like the idea of making my own pendants and beads.