Time to make Some Christmas Jewelry!

These are some of the beads that I will be using for my Christmas jewelry.  I hope to make a dramatic necklace, a subtle bracelet, and some AMAZING earrings!  This will be an interesting challenge.

Ok, I have 4 more photos to show you.

You know there had to be some green in this set.  I love the mixture of greens in these beads.  Very pretty.

These beads are very lightweight.  I plan to intersperse these as bits of shock beads for the jewelry.  I want them to be where you don't think they should be. 

This "Mother and Child" heart bead is what I will use for the focal, but since there is no sparkle so, I'll have to do something about that.  I think it needs sparlies!

I added some glitter to the focal.  Truly, it looks better in person than in this photo. 

All I have to do now is seal this heart so the glitter doesn't come off.

















These are my components. 
Soon you'll see what I did with them.
How would you use these components?

Bead Star

I'm so excited to report that two of my entries in this year's Bead Star competition were chosen as finalists in this year's contest!

 I named this entry

Pearl Soup.

There are a lot of pearls in this one!

Obviously, Pearl Soup is in the Pearl Gallery.

Cirque des Couleurs

is my entry in the Crystals gallery.

So far, I have a total of 5 votes.

Changes were made this year in the contest.

If you want to vote,

you do have to register to become a member of the Beading Daily community.

That process is quick and easy.

I've been a member of the Beading Daily community for a few years now.

I receive some very interesting emails from Beading Daily about beads, jewelry making, designers, and the list goes on.

If you choose not to join,

you can still peruse the galleries to see the wonderful works of wearable art that were entered in this year's competition.

Enjoy the journey!