I'm guessing you think I forgot about this post. Not so, I've just had a lot on my plate these past few weeks. So here I am again. Hope you will enjoy something of what I have to show for my work this time.
First I'm going to tell you about the Necklace I call Queen Bee. This necklace is made with one of my favorite finds. The pendant stone is called Dragon veins. The stone looks like an agate. The other ones I have seen are usually green and black, but this one is yellow, white, and black. The pattern is amazing. Nature has some spectacular designs. To think this is in a rock! It reminded me of a queen bee after it all came together. The necklace itself is about 22 inches long, not counting the pendant part of the piece. I started with this stone and then added on either side of it are two vintage matte black glass beads. On either side of that and added the two yellow jade stones, and I attached it with a beaded neckband. The triangle above the pendant is made of gold tone seed beads and vintage black diamond shaped glass two-holed beads I found at a bead store in Portland, Oregon on a visit to my sister. On the rest of the necklace, I put frosted white and vintage beads with yellow crystal beads in between large black glass beads. This one is warm and vibrant and reminds me of summer.
Next is one of the tree of life pendants I talked about in another post. It makes me think of fall and is made with stone chip beads, and some pear-shaped glass beads with shell disk beads, and other assorted glass beads, including copper wire and copper colored glass seed beads. The cord is tied with micro macrame' and copper glass seed beads. The necklace is about 20 inches in length and the pendant part is about three inches added to that. The bracelet is made in the same pattern and has two round shell disk beads and a decorative center bead as well. It measures 8 inches in length with a brass colored lobster clasp.
This next necklace is has two polymer clay beads called butterfly wings. These took a lot of time to make. the cane is made by rolling thin sheets of clay and wrapping them around each other and you then slice off the sides to reveal the design underneath. I also used polymer blue and white tube beads my husband Brad made. The detail on those is wonderful, and the pictures do not do them justice. The center focal bead is a beaded bead made over a small wooden spool. The large kind of muddy yellow beads are jade, and the bottom part of the necklace is threaded onto tiger tail wire to hold the weight. The rest of the necklace is macrame with blue cotton thread and glass seed beads. It measures about 34 inches long and closes with a hook and ring. 
The next necklace is micro macrame. It is 22 inches in length and the pendant part, including the fringe, is about 4 inches. It is light and cheerful. I used a deep purple nylon thread and glass and crystal beads. On the pendant is a vintage faceted pink iridescent cut stone. I'm not sure if it is glass or crystal. Included on the pendant part are tiny crystal butterflies. The knots on the pendant are tied onto a silver link of an old necklace. It is bright, light, and cheerful.
Now I'm going to talk about a bookmark sampler. The very top is made of tatting and needle lace below, which is needlepoint. Below that is micro macrame, with beaded fringe on the bottom. The bookmark measures 15 inches long and is 1 1/2 inches wide. The macrame part is made with cotton thread. On the bottom is a assortment of glass beads: some old, some new. I also beaded along the edge of the needlepoint . It is hard to see all the detail from the pictures. There are a whole lot of knots here; I would hate to have to count them. This was a fun project and I learned some new things as I went along.
I tried something new and I made a small book or journal using several techniques . The cover background is made with some of the marbled cloth I talked about in an earlier post. I made a starfish from micro macrame and crocheted a plant and also embroidered more sea plants and added a couple of fish made out of shell and attached a shell with some macrame cord. I stitched the pages together with cotton thread and nylon cord. I made a fringed attached bookmark with different beads and charms and put a small sea creature on the fringe just for fun. I wonder if you can spot it? The book measures 6 1/2 by 5 inches. I also beaded around the top cover with glass beads. It is bound together with three oval bone beads and some assorted glass beads. I also quilted a bit of the front cover to give some texture and movement to the the water scene.
This necklace is made with a sea sediment jasper in a teardrop shape. I inclosed it with macrame and beads. The necklace is micro macrame with some square tube stone beads and some seed beads. It is about 30 inches long. I knotted over heavy fishing line for support.
This next one is a fun little flower bracelet with a beaded bead center. The flower part is made with white silk thread and nylon thread with glass seed beads around two plastic rings and then sewn together. This one is a little tricky to explain how to put on, so I think I will make a short video on youtube and attach it. It is easier that way than trying to explain it here. It could also be used as a hair wrap.
Next are some little earrings I made with Micro macrame.
I also knotted them on two of those silver links from an old necklace. I used a baby blue nylon thread, and added small glass and metal beads. I will let the picture tell the rest of the story.
Last, but not least, I made a necklace with a Jasper picture pendant stone. It reminds me of the desert, nice and warm and peaceful. Above the pendant stone, I attached two other unknown stone beads, which I got from a broken bracelet I bought on ebay. I made the knotted part with tough nylon cord. It started out as the cord for the neck and it looked too uneven, so I knotted it up some more and made a nice cord to attach it to the other part of the necklace, which I beaded with brown glass beads and nylon cord. This is one of my favorite ones so far this time. So it goes to show that a mistake can turn into something lovely with a little more work.
So that is it for this time. Hope you enjoyed the journey.
