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!



Saturday, December 17, 2011

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!

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