Streamlining a bit - Battah's bead babies
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That's what I thought was going to happen. Random is a lot harder to achieve than people think ! And, not being familiar with this beading style I can't help at all. Don't get me wrong..I think it's a pretty necklace...it's just not what I thought was going to happen ; )
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Thank you, SunSeeker! I haven't updated on a while - finally got out the light box and took decent pictures. Here we go...
First up, the coral and howlite necklace:
I had a cute little Hill Tribe clasp I thought kind of went with the overall vibe.
Then, one I completely forgot I made - lavender metallic rice pearls and tiny off-white rice pearls.
First up, the coral and howlite necklace:
I had a cute little Hill Tribe clasp I thought kind of went with the overall vibe.
Then, one I completely forgot I made - lavender metallic rice pearls and tiny off-white rice pearls.
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Just kidding there's more.
A good pic of the kumihimo collar:
And I restrung my triple strand into an ombre rope and I'm a little obsessed with it - this is heavily inspired by Purranha's gorgeous Emily Thorne (with pendant option here):
And of course there's a matching tassel - FYI Beader's Secret makes lovely tassels (thanks again, pattye!):
Ok done for now
A good pic of the kumihimo collar:
And I restrung my triple strand into an ombre rope and I'm a little obsessed with it - this is heavily inspired by Purranha's gorgeous Emily Thorne (with pendant option here):
And of course there's a matching tassel - FYI Beader's Secret makes lovely tassels (thanks again, pattye!):
Ok done for now
gorgeous!! the ombre rope is fabulous -- did you hand-wrap the tassel out of BS? how much did it take?
also those tiny little keshi/baroque strands in #54 (akoya keshi maybe??) look like they'd make a cool strand for your MS river pin!
so many inspiring designs!
also those tiny little keshi/baroque strands in #54 (akoya keshi maybe??) look like they'd make a cool strand for your MS river pin!
so many inspiring designs!
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Whenever I do a random placement of pearls, I dump everything into one dish and "blindly" pull out a bead. If I try to pick a "random" pattern, my mind always steers me toward a pattern and not a random placement. That said, I rather like the coral and turq colored beads together.
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Thank you! I did hand wrap, it was pretty simple - not sure how much it took, I get the spools of Beader's Secret and they hold a ton of thread. You'd need more than a few cards of thread, I would think.
Great idea re: the keshi! Yes, they're akoya - I fell in love with the look of them, they're just so gorgeous. I think the two strands in those pics are from Ehret Design Gallery, and the ones in my twisted Tahitian strand are from PP. They're pricey but worth it, so pretty.
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That's a good idea, I tend to gravitate toward patterns, too. And with a braid like this, even if the spacing on each warp is similar, you may still end up with a spiral instead of scattering. I have a bunch of little pearls I got for another kumihimo braid, I may just calculate how many I need on each warp and dump them into a bowl, mix them up, then separate and string. That's going to be really tedious (they're tiny), but I think it'll be much prettier than a spiral.
