Baronne Bracelet...

I seem to have a thing for bracelets at the moment and this is my latest creation.

The pattern is Baronne and is available at Centperles.

The pattern is in French but is relatively easy to understand as it contains great diagrams.
I did try using Google Translator but in one part of the pattern it told me to add food to one of the rows so I decided to rely on the diagrams only!

I was originally leaning towards stitching this piece in browns and bronzes (as I always seem to do) but I saw these gorgeous turquoise Czech firepolished beads so decided to opt for turquoise instead!

As you can see from the picture below, the pattern includes a picot edge of 11/0 seed beads on the very edge but I found these to be too loose and flimsy and actually liked the look of the piece without them.

I am currently stitching a pair of earrings, Paika, which are also from Centperles using herringbone and peyote stitch, and yes this time I have gone for brown and bronze... 

BUT I did order some turquiose and red delica beads for this one which will be completely different for me so

watch this space for a burst of colour!

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Tranquil Turquoise

I have decided to join the world of Etsy Treasury.

I have found some lovelies through looking the many Etsy Treasuries people have posted on their blogs Treasuries so I thought I'd create one of my own.

So here is my first Treasury

Tranquil Turquoise

Visit Etsy and click HERE to see my Treasury

In the mean time above is a tiny sneak peek of a few of the 

turquoise treasures I found.

A few might even look a little familiar to you!
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There's something about turquoise

Don't you just love it when you finally complete a UFO?

I've had this piece sitting around for a good 3 months now mainly because I had tried so many different ways to attach the beaded cab to a simple strung necklace without any success... or at least any of which I was happy with!

My final solution was to glue a simple silver bail to the piece and VOILA an instant bail!

The turquoise cabochon has been beaded with silver galvanised seed beads as well as Bali silver beads.

I finished the ends of the necklace with Scrimps and wire guardians and if you have ever used Scrimps you will know that they are frustrating little things. It took me a good half an hour to finish the ends of the necklace only to discover that my necklace ended up being a good 50mm short...DOH! If they didn't look so great I wouldn't bother with the Scrimps but hey they do add an extra professional touch to a piece!

My hubby reckons it looks fine but for me it is more of a choker than a longer style necklace so isn't what I had planned for myself so me thinks I might have to restring it.

Mental note.... use thinner tiger wire and leave a lot more wire at each end to compensate for me stuffing up the scrimps...

Beads...GLORIOUS beads!!

Look at the latest addition to my endless collection of beads...

Gorgeous turquoise and Amazonite
















Tiger's eye, Tiger Iron and natural Howlite
















Gorgeous turquoise cabs as well as Tiger Iron and Howlite pendants




















Stunning lampwork beads made by my friend and one of my favourite lampworkers, Sally from Happilyeverartist
















And something practical - magnetic and lobster clasps