First, my "Miami Fiesta" earrings:
I also have a Miami Fiesta bracelet:
This bracelet also happens to match a pair of earrings I made from a Fanta soda can:
These are my AZ Heat earrings:
And there's my Mermaid Dream bracelet:
I do have earrings to go with it but I haven't photos of them just yet.
I also made some music note earrings, and I have an idea for a matching bracelet:
I think I'm having entirely too much fun with this.
First is the bracelet with the "bacon beads." LOL! My friend Shannon thought the hand painted paper beads looked like bacon.
Then there's this blue one...I kinda like the colors on it, and I have to admit I was a bit hesitant about including the little white howlite beads...but maybe it actually works...
Then I took these beads and made cluster earrings with them...I was going to try and do a ladder bracelet with them but I haven't yet worked out how to do that...
And there's this fairly simple monochromatic bracelet...
And of course there's my nice pastel bracelet:
I rather like doing jewelry with paper beads. Especially when you paint your own paper and can choose whatever color you want on the beads.
One thing I learned when putting these together - USE WHAT YOU HAVE. I'm not wealthy and buying things like Beadalon and toggle clasps is a rare thing for me, so I have to improvise and use whatever materials I have on hand to put it all together. And sometimes it works out quite well! Don't be afraid to improvise. As Mike Sellick of the Crochet Crowd put it: "It's YOUR art!" Make it your own - your own look, your own style. There is no other style in the world like it, so let it shine!
I hope it washes up soft. Some of the yarn I'm using is a bit scratchy so we'll see how that goes. Otherwise, how interesting and odd this will look! Like an explosion in a yarn factory!
CLICK HERE for the pattern.
