Very Cherie-Beaded Jewels

'I've got the world on a string...'



Beads, beads and more beads... brilliant, bold, bright, beautiful beads! They glisten, they sparkle, they shimmer and shine. they come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and textures; round, square, hexagon, bicone, oval, paddle and dagger shaped. They also come in flower and leaf shapes and so many others. The patterns on them are bold, flowery and pretty, geometric, abstract or psychedelic or exotic and in all the colors of the rainbow. They are translucent, opaque, matte, textured, shimmery, irridiscent, bumpy. Beads can be made of clay, metal, blown glass, lampworked; handmade or machine made locally or in far away places like Europe, Asia and Africa. They can be strung on wire, silk, cord, leather, ribbon or embroidery floss or woven into beautiful, stunning jewelry. Beaded jewelry can be worn everyday to work or a fun day at the beach; an evening out or a gala event.



I am fascinated with beading. I find it so relaxing. Just stringing them or weaving, picking up a bead, another and then another - the action is so repetitive... it's almost meditative. As you add the beads and watch your design grow, the joy and satisfaction of seeing the end result - a beautiful piece of jewelry; that is so fulfilling!



Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Orbit Earrings - Sold


I found these beautiful lamp worked beads that looked like something from space -  a planet? My daughter called them Orbit.  I added the black diamond Swarovski crystal to echo the shade in the lamp worked bead and the four petal bead cap sets it off. They hang 1 inch from sterling silver ear wires.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Black Elegance - sold

 These earrings look so elegant.  I used a faceted black crystal bead and some fancy silver spacer beads. I added chain tassels and it creates lovely movement. the ear wires are silver plated

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Thar Desert - Sold


This is a beautiful necklace that reminds you of a sunset in a desert. 

I had a photo of the sunset in the Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India.  The colors in the Unakite gemstone pendant and tiny round beads had these colors in them that echo the colors of the desert and the sunset, yellow, orange, brown, purple and the wooden beads had the color of the sand in the photo.  They looked so good together.  The little glass beads also had the sunset colors in them.
I've finished the necklace with a brass toggle clasp that adds to the warmth of the necklace.

Rosary bracelet - Sold

This wrap-a-round  Rosary bracelet is made with Czech fire polished crystal beads in beautiful shades of violet, blue and deeper purple.  The 'Our Father' beads are a wavy Czech glass bead in a shade of watery light blue that picks up the shade in the fire polished bead.  I've used a silver plated Cross, spacer beads and memory wire. it will fit a 6 inch to 7 -1/2 inch wrist.

I love the Rosary - a beautiful meditative prayer to our blessed mother.  It means so much more to me as my youngest daughter was born on the feast of the Rosary.  There were a lot of complications and  we all prayed the rosary for her and today she is a beautiful, healthy 18 year old - our miracle!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Lime 'n Wood - Sold!


Citrine nuggets and wood - a great combination.The brass spacer beads and toggle clasp complement it beautifully! It has a natural, fresh look. It would go with any outfit casual or dressy.

Rosette Bracelet and Earrings - Sold!


This chain maille design looks like little rosettes.  I added beautiful dusky purply pink glass pearls, decorative spacer beads and to finish the flower look a flower shaped toggle clasp.

Jewelry Sale

I've been having a jewelry sale - open house  and so far I've done quite well! I have two more dates to go and hope to have some more sales.

Fleeting - Sold!


I love butterflies and I wanted to create the effect of flying butterflies so I hung them on a chain for movement with silver-plated earwires.  I added a sky blue Swarovski crystal; the pretty blue skies in spring or summer. My daughter saw this and  suggested I call it 'fleeting' because here in Canada, the spring and summer, the sun and the blue skies, seems to go by so quickly.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Free form wire flower


I'm fascinated with wire.  I have been experimenting and trying out different shapes. This flower is made using brass colored wire.  It is a coated wire so i had to be careful about scratching my piece.  I have dipped my tools in 'Tool Magic'.  It coats the tools and protects the wire getting marked. I like how this flower turned out and plan to make some more.

Monday, February 28, 2011

Gold crocheted necklace and bangle - Sold!

This is another wire crocheted necklace.  It's the first crocheted necklace I made.  I used gold colored wire, glass pearls in these gorgeous muted earth tones and a brass clasp.  You can't see the clasp here, it was also one of the first few photos I took so I wasn't very good with the arrangement. The bangle is made with memory wire and glass pearls. I grew up in India (Mumbai) and the colors and designs also have an influence on my designs.I sold this set at my first house party.

Friday, February 4, 2011

So Romantic! - Sold!

Found this beautiful heart shaped lampworked pendant with the gorgeous flower within.  I used this black cord and organza ribbon to string it on.  It looked so beautiful, so romantic, I was in love with it myself but someone snapped it up.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Beaded Ring - Sold

Beaded Ring - Sold! I love beading;  it's just so relaxing!  I made this beaded ring with swarovski crystals and tiny silver and dark blue seed beads.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Chandelier Chainmaille earrings

I love chainmaille.  I made these earrings with a little blue bead on the bottom rings.  My daughter gave them to her friend as a birthday present.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Autumn Brilliance-Sold

I had bought these crystals in my favorite earthy colors. While going through my spacer beads I saw these little gold filigree tube beads and round  ones and I thought they'd go so well with these jewel toned fall colors. I used memory wire for this bracelet and I really liked how warm and rich the colors were together. This bracelet is sold.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Copper brilliance! Sold!

This beautiful necklace is sold.  I knitted this in copper wire and added pearls in warm, earth colors.  They are my favorite colors and they look so good together.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Down to Earth

This gorgeous cuff is crocheted with fine gold non- tarnish wire.  I've incorporated glass pearls and swarovski crystals in the earth colors.  The blend of colors is warm and rich; it would be perfect for fall too.