Bead Stringing & Silver Jewelry Ideas , Page 2

Mae Necklace With Chrysocalla and Malachite

A strung piece made for my Chinese Malaysian mother-in-law for Christmas 08, this necklace incorporates Thai Silver seed pod beads and toggle, chrysocalla, and malachite chips. The Thai silver components were temporarily stranded in the Bangkok turmoil as the Christmas deadline loomed, so this one is fresh off the beading board – I hope my […]

Glass Rose Bracelet

This piece was constructed with pink and black Swarovski bicone beads, glass beads with a rose design, silver plated antiqued beads, and a toggle clasp. The beads are strung on tigertail and finished with crimb beads.

Crimson Rose Bracelet

This bracelet is comprised of round, crimson glass beads and ornate, silver metal bead caps. The central bead has different metal bead caps than the others, and is the only variation is this simple design. I finished it with an antique silver metal hook clasp, which keeps with the design of the bead caps. I […]

Colorful And Fun Beaded Bracelet

This necklace is made with a variety of colorful Swarovski Austrian crystals, pink, orange and yellow fiber optic cat’s eye beads, a variety of faceted fire polished crystals, disc shaped glass beads and much more. I also added silver hearts and silver bead accents throughout. I made the bracelet adjustable so the length is 7 […]

Stole Pattern Beaded Necklace

This is a beautiful necklace and very simple to design. To make this necklace I took various kinds of beads mixes like glass beads, shells, uncuts, semi-precious, handmade marble glass beads, 4mm glass beads, 11/0 seed beads, bugle beads and some glass flowers. I made two strings of uncut chips, each separated by two black […]

Aventurine Gemstone Bracelet

This amazing gemstone beaded bracelet features green aventurine gemstone chips, copper glass seed beads, and a beautiful 1 3/4″ rhyolite gemstone in the center that I have surrounded in sterling silver beads. This bracelet is designed with a toggle clasp and measures 7 1/2″ in length.

Jasper Pendant Necklace

This necklace is made with a sage green jasper random faceted gemstone focal bead and finished with a couple of silver acrylic rounds mounted on silver plated wire. The ‘loops’ are created using foil lined green/grey seed beads mounted on clear nylon cord. It fastens in the back with a silver plated metal clasp and […]

Boot Bling

These anklet pieces are worn around your ankle over your boot. The dangles are made with headpins covered with liquid silver with a 4mm Swarovski Crystal at the end.

Purple Crazy Lace Agate Pendant Necklace

This is definitely a crazy necklace. I loved the octagon shape of this pendant, its beautiful combination of purples, greys and beiges and its large size – a little over 2″ across! The necklace is made up of a lot of different beads, two large silver foil lampwork beads balance out the huge pendant along […]

Pearl Necklace

This necklace was designed with white glass based pearls, Swarovski deep blue crystals, teardrop glass based pearls, and sterling silver.

Freshwater And Mother Of Pearl Necklace

I love making unique pieces of jewelry. This necklace consists of a strand of delicate freshwater pearls with briolette shaped mother of pearl beads. The simple clasp and findings are sterling silver. This necklace has a wonderful summer feel to it, like being by the ocean. I think the slightly green tint of the freshwater […]

Tropical Rain Forest Necklace

This piece was inspired by the tropical rainforests I have visited in Central America. The dark green leaves, dark undergrowth and sparkling sun breaking through the trees is depicted in this piece. It is made of malachite, obsidian and silver and finished with a toggle clasp.

Lillyana Bracelet

I have been making lampwork beads for a while and decided that this flower focal would look good with pearls. I used sterling silver findings and a hill tribe silver heart, just to add a bit more romance to it. It suited a double strand bracelet, due to the size of the bead.

Blue Blossom Bracelet

This bracelet was created with rustic aquamarine chips and hilltribe silver bead caps turned in on one another to create the appearance of beads. Finished with one of my signature handmade toggle clasps.

Fluorite Czech Glass Bracelet

I made this bracelet with faceted Czech glass donuts, sterling silver saucers, and sterling silver round beads. This bracelet has a sterling silver chain extender and sterling silver lobster clasp. Bracelet is strung using .019 Soft-flex beading wire. Bracelet is 7 1/2″ in length and extender is 1 1/4″ in length. I love the two […]

Jaffa Necklace

This necklace was inspired by the artisan crafted lampwork beads. The leopard fire agate, fossil coral focal, autumn jasper and bronzite all compliment the colors in the lampwork beads. I strung the necklace on accuflex wire and then finished it with an antique silver hook and eye clasp. The beads and gemstones are separated and […]

A Mothers Love Necklace

The inspiration for these piece is my mother who sadly passed away at the beginning of this year (2006). I utilized a puffed sterling silver heart as the focal to represent my love for mom. Swarovski crystals in ruby which is my mothers birthstone and the creamy beige pearls which were my mother’s which I […]

Jade Long Heart Cluster

A large jasper pendant forms the focal point of this necklace. Added to this are topaz Czech faceted glass rounds, amber Czech glass rounds, faceted resin rondelles and some silver plated Bali-like beads caps and spacer beads to finish. The seed beads are foil lined dark brown and clear cream, the bugle beads are a […]

Marshmallow Turquoise And Chain Necklace

For this necklace I used round marshmallow turquoise beads, cultured freshwater pearls, and sterling silver chain. The beads are strung on .019 softflex and then crimped onto the chain. I used a round hammered toggle clasp which is wire wrapped to a pearl and then the chain. I love how the pearls work with the […]

Coral Blues Necklace

The inspiration for this piece comes from the coral reefs, which to me is a beautiful harmonious blend of colour. I used American turquoise and pink salmon semi-precious beads for this necklace. For the centrepiece, individual beads were suspended on hand-made sterling silver head pins which were then strung unto beading wire. To finish off […]