Famous Jewelry Collections: THE BEADING GEM'S JOURNAL

Friday, October 28, 2011

THE BEADING GEM'S JOURNAL

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 04:00 AM PDT

Some of you probably cringe at the sight of spiders even the fake varieties! But for others, spiders are just a part of Halloween fun. For Sarah, who writes the Saturday Sequins blog, Halloween is not just for a single day but the whole month!

Sequins are her thing so check out her tutorial which makes use of large sequins as discs and spider confetti! It's a really quick project to complete.

Kathy Shaw's lovely beaded spider tutorial are a variation of the popular wire and bead made ones which I have covered before.

However her bead choices are what made the spider below attractive. She has other wonderful spider designs here.

For more ways to make spiders, check the link below or perhaps the butterfly or dragonfly ones if spiders freak you out!

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When You Cannot Identify a Gemstone.....

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:38 PM PDT

Sue brought in a strand of gorgeous green gemstones to a workshop earlier this year so she could create some jewelry for herself. Alas, she forgot to note what they were.

We made some guesses but in the end weren't confident enough to say what the gemstone was. So unless a reader can help out, all we can say is - it is a quartz!

Most of the common gemstones used in jewelry making fall under this umbrella - amethyst, agate, jasper, carnelian, tiger eye, onyx, jasper and citrine as well as the obvious rose quartz, rutilated quartz and smokey quartz.. A useful thing to know when you cannot identify a gemstone.

Sue really liked the larger holed metal rondelles which kind of flopped around the head pin. So she strung some seed beads which fitted inside the rondelles and served to keep the head pins in a central position.