[pattye]

Here are some photos which will help me officially qualify for membership here--as indicated before, I have not started knotting yet.

Baroque pearls with Hill tribe silver "washers" pink and gold Oregon sunstone


coin pearl with green tourmaline and pearls



11mm star pendants on sterling chain with pink Oregon sunstone



wait! There is more--------

[pattye]

continued-----

white drop pearls with pink tourmaline and multi color pearls with golden sunstone spacers



stick pearl pendants, Murano glass stars with white pearls, smoky quartz with multi color dyed pearl spacers.



Thanks for looking! I am trying to wean myself from overuse of crimps--the urge to put 2 on each end except for the heaviest necklaces. Love the Oregon sunstone with pearls--recently got more to experiment with!

Pattye
so many pearls, so little time

[knotty panda]

I don't think knotting is a prerequisite for admission. Just the desire to have some fun! Pattye, they are gorgeous! I love the star pearls. Where have these been all my life? Tourmaline! Drool! I love it.

Re: multi crimps: rather than doubling up with crimps at the end, you might try using crimps in the design and placing them throughout the strand then covering them with a design or crimp bead cover. If the strand breaks, you will only have a few beads to pick up and not the whole strand.

[boo]

The pearls with sunstone are fabulous (but then I am a sucker for sparkles). They're all quite lovely, Pattye - very nice job!!

[GemGeek]

Leave it to Pattye to make a fabulous entrance! They're terrific. We expect to see more very soon.

(It must be a little much for Knotty Panda to see so many star pearls all on the same day! )

Cheers,
Blaire

[Raisondetre]

I love the stars ... one of these days I'm going to start beading ...

[Caitlin]

HI Pattye
You are a born designer! Those hardly qualify as lowly beads- thy're more like fine jewelry!

I like to use wire too and have done many necklaces with wire- I often double crimp at the ends too- like the ones in my show me your pearls thread. I especially like wire for bracelets.

You are going to go nuts at the gem shows!!!

[pattye]

Thanks, Everyone, for the encouragement and kind comments!

Pattye
so many pearls, so little time

[drea]

Pattye,

you have a great eye.. Beautiful work!!

[Sueki]

Lovely, Pattye,
Just lovely.
And I do think "Lowly" Beaders is a mis-nomer.
From what I've seen, there is nothing at all lowly about the pieces or the workmanship of all you beaders.
How about "Esteemed Beaders" which would seem much more suitable.

[jerin]

Pattye,

I agree with the other members, beautiful designs, I like the "stars" very much.

[Ingykiz]

Wow Pattye, great designs. So diverse, I really like smokey quartz with the pearl spacers. They look very fashion forward. All of the necklaces are strung on wire?

[pattye]

Thanks Ingykiz,
Yes, all on wire with "tornado" crimps! My nicest pearls are still in the stash, waiting for me to learn to knot....... But I will learn, with a little help from Caitlin during my time at the Tucson Gem Show......

Pattye
so many pearls, so little time

[pattye]

Here's a few more of my creations and the explanations-----

I went crazy for these old coral beads, natural color and fun I think with fw pearl spacers---this was just about the first thing I made.


Here are some big organic aquamarine with pearl spacers----



Here are some bronzy bead-nucleated fw with matching keishi spacers---there are some very opal-like colors which don't show up well, antique gold vermeil spacers----




More to come, but I have to get them from my camera card to here--no small feat for me!!!

[Pearl_dreams]

Nothing lowly about any of those magnificent creations!