For Lois

Finally I manage to make the earrings that Lois been waiting for. I dont know whats the best excuse, but I think my Muse abandoned me for some periods this year.
Either way - This is the SSE Round 4 earrings I made for Lois.

4mm pink firepolished and clear 11/o’s.

20g Copper wire with 8/o purples.

By the time I actually manage to make the earrings I also drawn Lois name for the Round 2 of the Bracelet Swap. I tried my best to make a “matching set”. But Plan A to E seem to go bad … due to cursed beads I think …
But Lois said she wanted something to use with black, so this is what I made;

Popnicute Angels

Kay posted on the beading Daily Forum the other day about her new Christmas Angels. And they are so cute.

These little cuties was very inspiring and I so wanted to try make one myself. So I did ask Kay for permission to try copycat her, and she said yes. So with her blessings I did try.
I ended making 2 cause I had a bit mis calculating with the gauge on the wires, and the first one got to be really big.
Here are my little angels.

Please visit Popnicute to learn more about the angels or to buy your own.

My 1st Wired Bangle

I been thinking about making this one for a long time … Only took me 11 months to start … and about an hour to finnish.
This is made from a tutorial by Stephanie Matheson from the Starving Artists forum. And it is actually kinda easy tho I had a bit problems with the start and the finnish.
Made with Copper Wire and 8mm Fancy Jasper, here is my bangle.

J for Jeni

Finally today my little surprise package made it to Italy. So I can reveal that the J was for Jeni.
As a little thanks for all she do and all the costs she taken upon herself to help out all her “forum-famile”.
Here is the matching earrings.

And she loved them =)

J for ….

I have had a few positive remarks on my last days of wirewrapping. So I took this oppertunity to make a little gift for someone special …
I wont reveal what the J stands for yet … But feel free to guess …

Balloon for Oliver

Today on Beading Daily Forum Kia asked us to release a balloon to mark the 5 year since she lost her son, Oliver. I so wanted to do this for her, but I live in a small town and helium balloons are only sold when the town-fair is on town. So I had no way to release a balloon. And on the other hand releasing balloons are not that good for the wildlife and the enviroment either.
So I wanted to make something – to show I was thinking about Kia and her family. And having played a lot with my wires the last days I ended up making a copper balloon, 18g with white 4mm firepolished and with a matching 18g “rope” knotted into a heart at the end.

Mmmmmm…. and J!

I was messing around with my beads and wires today. Not really any plans. 
After lately reading my new books and online tutorials – I had a few little things I kinda wanted to try out.
The result ended being some letter pendants. 1 M and 1 J.

Just a plain M with 4mm Firepolished wrapped on 18g wire.
My next try was a bit more planed – and didnt turn out 100% – but I guess its ok for a test project.

Kimmie design – SSE6 Earrings

Today was not a nice day – everything just was wrong. And it was cold and grey and depressing weather too.
I saw the other day that Kimmie posted that she had sent her earrings off. (Since I’m the organizer I know who sends to me) So I knew if the postal and customs was just perfect they might be here today. But I didnt even dare hope that they would. 
But this morning the only thing in my mailbox was a small bobble envelope postmarked Rotterdam. I was so happy.
I got inside and opened it – and totally got blown away. They where so me. It’s like she knew what I wanted. The color and design was so amazing =)
She wanted to make something in Teal and with a goth style since I like the goth style colors with loads of black.
So here is my little “dutch goth turtles” (my nickname for them)

Totally Love them =)

Octobers bracelet – From Melinda

Today I got my bracelet from the October’s Bracelet Swap.
And mine came all the way from Alaska =)

even with a special box =)

If you look you can see the bracelet on the box logo =)

Cursed Beads … or ?

I think my beads are cursed. I have this project – for my Bracelet swap piece and I bought some beads for it that should suit my person’s color likes.
So I make something – and either it fails in the start, or I never can manage to make the beads do what I want. Or like today, I finish the bracelet and was about to take it to get a photo of it … and it brakes and instead of a finished bracelet I have beads exploding in all directions …
So again I am having nothing to ship – its like my bead are cursed …
Well I made my decision – I am going to change beads … No clue what I am making – but these beads are in the “bead swap” pile cause I am done with them …
Hopefully I can find some beads tomorrow that can work as a bracelet … I just dont know if I should stick to the pattern I had planed … or mix it up a bit.

I guess we will see … when its done.