Blue, Oh So Lonesome For You!

"Why can't you be blue over me?" Leann Rimes once sang.  Well, now you can.  And with a funky twist to boot!    I made this necklace using blue glass beads that are clear as well as frosted.  I also used teal/blue beads with blue dots on them.  The showcase beads for the necklace and earrings are blue clear class with blue glass bumpies on them.  I used small silver beads, large teal seed beads, and small teal bugle beads as well.  The necklace has a lobster claw clasp.  I just realized, right this second that I need to go back and measure my jewelry and get dimensions for height and width!  Ach!  All this info.  And pardon my sporadic entries as I am busy trying to get a stubborn surgery wound healed ASAP!  To Bead Or Not To Bead Is Not Even A Question!

Just When You Thought Napkin Rings Had One Use!

I used to work at ShopKo in Missoula, MT in the domestics department.  I noticed some of the napkin rings on clearance that had some stringed cork (beads) on them.  The napkin rings where ghastly as a whole. They came in neutral, green and red colors.  They had a nice organic, natural-dyed look to them.  So Bead Bum and I bought some as we saw potential in them.

Bead Bum has taught me over the years to look for jewelry making findings in unusual places.   We took them home and dismantled the napkin rings.

In this pair of earrings I made a base with the cork pieces.  This proved to be quite a challenge as I did not have a caliper to measure the beads and had to eyeball the size and shape in order to have them stack evenly in the pyramid shape.

I then used the green bugle beads as well as green and pink seed beads.  I strung the hanging bead strands out of every other opening from the bugle beads.