Icy crocheted rope lariat

It has been a very long break since I wrote here last time. 

It´s mainly because in July I started to work again, after being at home woth my son, and now I have very few time for my passion to beads. But I still try to do something :)

This lovely crocheted rope lariat is custom order. One very stylish lady saw my blue lariat and loved these glowing drop-beads I used there. But she didn´t wanted a blue necklace. So we decded together that these blue drops would like nice with white as well. And here is the result. 

This is long lariat (I forgot to measure the length before I gave it away), so it can be worn in  different ways.

I used Czech seed beads - white ones are milky ones with lovely silky shine. Blue ones are transparent.

One more picture  - the same fringes on jeans :)

Gold and black jewelry set with clip earrings

 This jewelry set is made as custom order. I used big glass cabachons that I colored loght gold. This is very beautiful color. Depenging on the light it somethimes looks darker, somethimes lighter. I love this color.

Cabachons, I used, are quite big as you can see. I surrounded them with different sizes of black seed beads, small golden ones and big (size 6/0) gold filled light beige Toho seed beads. These beads match perfectly with light gold cabachos.  

Backside of bead embroidered details is covered with brown ultra suede. 

And this is the first time for me to make clip earrings. But actually the difference compared to making hook earwire earrings is not so big. But still .... 

Pink and black set of necklace and earrings

Some time ago I finished these pink and black earrings and necklace.

 

I used glass cabachons again :) The central one is quite big approx. 3 x 4 cm. I glued them all to black felt and started stitching. I used different sizes of black seed beads and some small pink and gold ones, too.

 

As the cabachons are quite big, the necklace itselt is quite massive as well.

 

 

And matching earrings with round glass cabachons (14 mm) and black lever back earwires. Backside of earrings and beaded tiles of neckalce are covered with ultra suede.

 

 

 

I started with matching bracelet as well, but I haven´t had enoug time to finish that.

Gold and black shoe clips

To complite my black and gold collection I made also matching shoe clips. These are simple oval shape clips. In the center there are the same golden handpainted glass cabachons surrounded with different seed beads. 

In the back there is brown ultra suede. 

And here are the clips attached to beige shoes. 

Black and gold jewelry collection

As you can see from my blog I have done quite many beaded butterfly brooches. And some days ago I finished one with golden wings. I used black seed beads to surround the cabachons and lovely Toho gold lined seed beads (size 6/0) to finish the edge. These beads are so beautiful - they are gold lined and look a little like frosted, but they also have swome gray and green shine. 

Actually I colored these cabachons quite a long time ago and I had also these golden Toho seed beads waiting ... but somehow they just staid for waiting. Now one day I took these cabs and beads and started stitchong.

I like the color of these golden cabachons. They are like glowing in the center of black beads. Brooch is like others with metal brooch pin on the back and backside is covered with brown ultra suede.

As I liked the combination of these colors I made also one round shape brooch fot those who like more classical shapes. 

And after fisinhing these two brooches I took two 12 mm glass cabachons and colored them for matching earrings. I have used this design before for black and pink earrings last winter. These earrings are small and lightweight.

And here you can see earrings and round both brooch together. 

And here are the same earrings combined with butterfly brooch.

And I found that I have done also a pair of simple lever back earrings eith the same golden glass cabachons.

I made also matching black and gold shoe clips that I will show in next post.

Dark blue flower earrings

For these earrings I used beautiful dark blue glass flowers. These flowers are Czech glass beads with nice flower shape window cut with lovely silver center. 

Earrings have simple design as the flowers are so beautiful itself. I surrounded the flowers with calvanized silver Toho seed beads and added some black seed beads to the final row. I think these black beads in the edge give that final toutch. 

Earrings have silver plated nickel free earwires and backside of beaded part is covered with black ultra suede. 

Metallic gray buterfly and matching earrings

I finished this butterfly some time ago. Now I made matching earrings and made some photos. 

This time I used metallic gray color for glass cabachons. Cabachons are surrounded with different seed beads - transparent silver lined (size 8/0) and silver (sixe 11/0) Toho seed beads and black (size 9/0) Czech seed beads. The edge is stitched with transparent gray (size 6/0 ) and black seed beads. 

This butterfly a brooch again. It has metal brooch pin and backside is covered with black ultra suede.

I made also matching earrings. I used smaller glass cabachons and the same beads as in brooch. 

 Earrings have silver colored stud earwires. 

Sunny bead embroidered butterfly brooch

This bright yellow and red butterfly brooch is a real summer jewelry peace.

 I used two different tones of red and bright warm yellow to color these glass cabachons. This is the second butterfly where I didn´t used black seed beads to surround the wings. The first one is the one with teal and light green that landed on a hair barrette when I used gray seed beads. All others have some black seed beads also.  

But this time I wanted to make one really colorful and bright butterfly. Butterfly body is still black, as I didn´t had suitable brown beads. But I think black body makes nice contract with these yellow-red wings. 

Wings have also some glitter :) 

And backside again is covered with black ultra suede and has golden brooch pin. 

So much about colors  ...  next butterfly will be a monochrome one in gray and black.

Orchid violet jewelry set

Today I listed a new orchid violet jewelry set to my Etsy shop.  Again butterfly :) and small matching earrings. 

Materials are the same - glass cabachons and different seed beads. Backside is covered with black ultra suede and it has silver colored metal brooch pin. 

Earrings are simple lever back cameo earrings. Glass cabachons are exactly the same as butterfly wings so they make perfect set together. Cameos are small, 12 mm (0.5 inches) so they are light and perfect for everyday wear. 

And one more closer picture of earrings. 

White butterfly brooch and earrings

This time I shoe you white bead embroidered butterfly. This one has clear white, a little glittering wings. I used different silver lined, black and clear seed beads to surround glass cabachons I used for wings. 

And this butterfly has matching earrings. Small lever black earrings with white glass cabachons. 

And here is white and black butterfly attached to my new jewelry tag. As I like my butterlies so much I used butterfly motif to design these tags.

More butterflies

  I have some butterflies waiting to be finished. I got a new portion of brooch pins today, so I can finish them soon. 

 And one finished  bead embroidered butterfly brooch. This light green butterfly has also glittering wings.

Bead embroidered jewelry set

This tanzaniite purple blue butterfly is with a little different color combination compared to the first one. I used the same color glass cabachons, but different seed beads. This time I used 8/0 size gray silver lined Toho seed beads and smaller ones in black and silver. I stitched the edge with smaller silver and and a little bigger blue seed beads that leave the edge a little lacy.

This butterfly has silver brooch pin and backside is covered with black ultra suede. 

 I made two pairs of matching earrings to complete the set. 

One pair is bead embroidered and more luxury for occasional wear. This time I used bigger drop shape glass cabachons and the same seed beads as for butterfly. 

Earrings have silver colored nickel free stud earwires. 

 The other pair is smaller and suitable for everyday wear. I used small (12 mm) glass cabachons and dark gray lever back earwires. 

This brooch and earrings are listed in my Etsy shop.