Famous Jewelry Collections: THE BEADING GEM'S JOURNAL

Saturday, August 27, 2011

THE BEADING GEM'S JOURNAL

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 04:00 AM PDT

Image by Anna

The dynamic duo have done it again! The beaders I mean are Mandy and Anna whom I featured before in my previous post about the Sultan's Turban bead tutorial.

Mandy in her quest to learn how to bead likes to try out tutorials from amazing European beaders. Anna then helpfully figures out the steps for English speaking readers on her blog.

Anna's latest tutorial (Part 1 and Part 2) for a beautiful beaded Porcelain Flower pendant stemmed from Mandy's post about her attempt to make the design by Diana Domjan, the Hungarian beader behind KreativVagyok.

Both beaders had to make a few attempts each to recreate the design from just the pictures as neither could read Hungarian. Anna wondered if the designer might have been a southpaw which could explain the unusual needle passes, "almost in reverse". Anna added, "It was on my 3rd attempt to create the pendant that I realized it was backwards ... after that epiphany the whole thing came together as easy as 1 - 2- 3 ( I no longer say as easy as pie because the only pie that is easy comes ready made from the local bakery)."

Well, Anna's sister was the very lucky recipient of the final pendant shown above!

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Rainbow Crystal Bracelet and Earrings

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 03:00 PM PDT

There is an easy solution if you are stuck wondering what sort of colors to use for a jewelry gift. Make rainbow inspired designs!

Cathy made these colorful bracelet and earrings. The pieces are guaranteed to go with any outfit! The crystals were from Debbie's (Widget's Beads) collection.