Black/white quarts tourmaline necklace and earrings

I love the finer beads, like these which are semi-precious. However, they are expensive to buy and also I do find that in many instances they have surprisingly small holes which limits the type of thread one can use. 

This necklace and the earrings was part of batch I bought where they were suggested used simply by size. However, I felt that I wanted to do something a bit more. The holes were too small to really get a good threads into them and that did limit my ideas a bit. 

So I tried several different ways to get these to flow better, when I hit upon this design. here I have simply put one of the smallest beads inbetween the larger beads. I really liked the finished expression. 

Only issue, again, is how to get an image to really show the amazing colors of the beads. I am getting better I believe, but still, it is difficult. 

As I have leg that will not heal properly, it is not easy to enrol into a photography class either. So I just have to muddle through on my own. 

At least I am very happy with the design "in the flesh" so to speak! 

Making a bead chocker

In the winter I really like to wear large pieces of jewerly as they fit better against wool sweaters and so forth. I tend to wear turtlenecks and scarfs as I do tend to freeze a lot.
When I was younger, my mother had a chocker necklace in black. I really liked it, and now I decided to try my hand at making this type of a chocker, with black beads.

Then, for a bit of color, I added a glass pendant with a lot of color against a black backdrop. The beads are braided, but I do not know what the technique is called. It makes for very firm and at the same time elegant knots.

Advent og kos

Det er mye kos nå i adventsperioden, synes nå jeg.  Dette året så har jeg klart å bli ferdig med de fleste julegavene tidlig, mye fordi jeg har gitt bort mye selvlaget. Så da har det ikke vært så mye snakk om å gå å tråkke i butikker, men mer å skulle finne den perfekte gaven for forskjellige venner og familie.
Jeg har storkost meg med å bli ferdig med forskjellige smykker, bare stoppet innimellom av endel tekniske problemer. Bl.a. har min høyt elskede iphone blitt svært ustabil plutselig. Plutselig så får jeg ikke koblet den på WiFi, og dermed får jeg ikke overført bilder eller annet.
Svært irriterende, spesielt når jeg er så inderlig avhengig av å være tilgjengelig pr telefon og per sms.

En ny iPhone er jo ikke akkurat billig, så jeg må bare prøve å finne ut hva som er galt og hvor mye det vil koste å reparere den. Alltid moro, men det får vente til over jul.
Nå skal jeg bare kose meg med familien.

Jeg fikk gjort ferdig noen prosjekter da….

Halsskjeder /necklaces

Her er et utvalg av halsmykkene som jeg har laget.