Very Cherie Xpressions : seed beads

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!

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Friday, January 3, 2014

Wrap bangle -choker - Sold!

This is a very versatile piece of jewelry. I made this with silver tubes and seed beads. It can be worn as a wrap bangle or a two strand choker.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Christmas Spider

Do you know the story of the Christmas Spider?


		The Christmas Spider Legend

		A long time ago in Germany, a mother was busily cleaning for Christmas. The spiders fled to the attic to escape the broom. When the house became quiet the spiders slowly crept downstairs for a peek. Oh what a beautiful tree! In their excitement they scurried up the trunk and out along each branch. They were filled with happiness as they climbed amongst the glittering beauty. But alas! By the time they were through climbing, the tree was completely shrouded in their dusty grey spider webs. When Santa Claus came with the gifts for the children and saw the tree covered with spider webs, he smiled as he saw how happy the spiders were, but knew how heartbroken the mother would be if she saw the tree covered with the dusty webs. So he turned the webs to silver and gold. The tree sparkled and shimmered and was even more beautiful than before. That's why we have tinsel on our tree and every tree should have a Christmas spider in it's branches ! author unknown This beaded spider is made with a crystal, pearls, seed beads and bugle beads.

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.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

A Windy Fall Day

I made this necklace for the competition 'A Windy Fall day' in the Canadian Beading Magazine.Autumn is my favorite season as I love the gorgeous colors ( my birthday also happens to be in this season!)

For the necklace I chose seed beads in the warm autumn colors - browns, yellows, pinky copper, pinky/gold some shell leaf shaped beads/pendants which I combined with copper to get the fall hues. The multi strands of seed beads with the leaves scattered asymetrically give the effect of leaves being blown in the wind. The leaves were attached randomly to add to the effect. I found this beautiful copper leaf shaped toggle clasp and I made up the pendant with the leaf shaped shell and repeating the copper leaf layering it on the shell leaf pendant along with tendrils of copper wire to show falling leaves.
I'm happy with the way it turned out and it placed in the top ten finalists.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Cellini Spiral

I finally learned this stitch! I've tried it and opened it up so many times.... it's a bit tricky because of the different sizes of beads. It was really difficult with the tiny seed beads and then upto a much bigger bead. There seemed like gaps all over. I haven't quite finished this; I have to decrease and finish it off. It's going to be a bracelet and I'm going to do a polymer clay focal bead with it.