Recent content by jixie

Loving the ideas! BWeaves, thank you for the reminder that these can be redone as many times as needed. Obvious as it is I hadn't really thought about it.

Teal Beaders Secret

Thanks all! I will try the suggestions to loosen up the necklace. It's a funny how the learning curve goes both ways... at first I was afraid of breaking the thread and had to learn to really pull on the beaders secret to get it tight against the pearl... Also it's interesting how different...

For many years this cheap three strand necklace were my only pearls... it's my wedding necklace, and they worked fine for that, but otherwise not my style at all. I think they're boring and uninspired. I think I've worn them once in the last 10 years. Unlike the coral necklace I revamped, I...

So, "to be continued" I've done a couple of these "Mad Max" pearls, this one is mine. Dyed black freshwaters, with odd rusty brown splotches. They've got this punk, post-apocalyptic feel and I like to think these are the pearls Furiousa would wear if she wore jewelry, lol. Here's an action...

Oh man... that sounds like it was the problem. There's always a learning curve, and some new skills are easier to pick up than others, but after wrecking a bunch of head pins with zero improvement it was like "boy I'm really terrible at this". Never even considered the wire hardness. I'll check...

Thank you! If I had strung them without knotting, it would have been fine, but I like the added security knotting offers (because with my luck, they would break at the precise moment I stepped onto a sidewalk grate). Beading wire or fishing line are probably better options, but my understanding...

Hard to believe until recently I didn't care for pearls... but I had no idea the variety they came in. Discovering pondslime pearls was what won me over. I picked up some pearls and some Beaders Secret (thank you Pattye!) and learned to string them. I really have to thank all the wonderful...