Our beaded bead necklace, bracelet and earrings are almost completed. The pink and green set is very pretty. It is looks very delicate and dainty. This was a team effort. Frank created the crystal-beaded bead that looks like a bead ball, then handed it over to me to weave the seed beads onto it.
Frank also created three large bead balls (the first part of the beaded bead) in 8mm green Swarovski crystals then strung it together with a green crystal right angle weave. This created a stunning necklace.
I finished the pink and green set and also made the emerald set to go with the emerald right angle bracelet. I liked these so much I made a second set , the same size as the pink and green but these are sapphire and crystal in color and style.
Frank just finished a new flat right angle weave bracelet for my mother. It is made from pearls instead of crystals. As you know, Frank makes a right angle bracelet made of Swarovski crystals that is round when finished. This bracelet remains “unfinished” in order to leave it flat instead of rounded. My mother saw the black and white crystal flat right angle weave bracelet and loved it, but wanted it in cream and brown, so we found cream and brown Swarovski pearls. The brown and cream 4mm Swarovski pearls make a beautiful combination when alternated in one-inch lengths. This bracelet will be beautiful with anything cream or brown. I just might have to have one myself .
After Sheri wrote the blog I finished the bracelet for her mother. She loved it. I then made her a matching pair of earrings and a single strand necklace to complete the set. Yes Sheri wanted a set and I made her a similar set the earrings for Sheri where hoops not dangle and the necklace was 8mm not 6mm. Both are happy.
According to Wikipedia (a free encyclopedia), in 2004, Swarovski created the 9 foot diameter, 550 pound star that tops the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in New York City for the first of five consecutive years. Swarovski was also a sponsor for The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film), in which the “standing model” of the chandelier was composed of Swarovski crystals.
Turquoise was first mined in Persia, where large deposits were harvested and fashioned into jewelry or studded into precious objects. However, better known for most Americans is the fantastic turquoise which comes from the Southwest United States. When the westward expansion started, American settlers encountered Native Americans and recognized the beautiful turquoise jewelry which had been celebrated in their cultures for centuries. Turquoise deposits can be found in several areas of the Southwest including what are now the states of Arizona, Nevada, and California.