Cellini Spiral

I saw this on YouTube and had to try it. I used size 11 silver lined amber cylinder beads, some size 10 seed beads (which were really all different sizes), and size 8 silver iris seed beads. This probably took about 9 hours all together but I worked on it a little bit here and there.

I also made a simple pair of earring to go with it.

More Earrings

Still beading quite a bit, though a couple of projects I'm working on will take a while to complete and I have started redoing some digital artwork I lost when my computer crashed.

 One pair of earrings I made is a twelve bead beaded ball with red crackle beads, which are made by Preciosa.

And then I wanted to do something black and white and made these dangle earrings.

Preciosa

Stocking up on beads and watching beading videos has led me to learn about Preciosa and to discover their bead contest. And this led to a personal challenge to create something using only Preciosa beads. Just a couple pairs of earrings, I thought.

Being the end of January, I guess I was ready to start thinking about spring and I created this flower vine using these amethyst AB flowers with medium green and lime green size 11 seed beads.

Then I used the flowers again to make a wreath shape along with more green seed beads, pearl white seed beads, and emerald AB 3 mm round beads. I only wish I could take better photos so that you could see how nice the pearl beads are.

Next I used some crystal AB double cones and honey AB bicones with some pearl seed beads and 3mm copper luster beads.

I thought the lime green seed beads were such a pretty colour and also loved the sheen of the pearl beads, so I used them to try out the spiral stitch for the first time. First a spiral doughnut with a loop of 3mm emerald beads for the earrings, then I made a bangle with the 3mm beads mixed in.

There are many more Preciosa beads in my stash and I'm looking forward to using them.