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Bead Tray Metal Leftovers

I am a messy beader, I'll admit it. I'll pull this and that out of my bead boxes along with a collection of metals and go to town. I work in a variety

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Rag Rug

Inspiration can come from the most unusual places. Recently, someone attempted to publicly denigrate my work on her blog by writing that I use a simple

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Going out on a Limb

I've written previously about my lack of confidence wrapping briolette beads despite watching many on line videos and reading printed tutorials. Just

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Unfinished Time

If we apply the fantastic idea of time travel to the art form, I've found it to be forever unfinished and somehow synchronous with being finished no matter

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"Missing Bruce"

My husband travels and when he is gone away I miss him. He was on a trip and I was playing with my beads and I found the alphabet B bead, and it made

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Drawers-cleaning Wool Bangles

Bangles are my favorite style and last year I started making and wearing wool covered bangles, they're soft and warm and I think they're perfect to give

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Dead Hard Drives

A couple of years ago, a friend gave me two aluminum rings that had once been part of an old and defunct computer hard drive. I used those rings in two

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Copper Basket Necklace

I've always been fascinated by baskets, bottles, boxes, in fact, containers of all kinds. Miniature versions of any of these captivate me even more.

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Cleopatra's Blue Goddess Necklace NeoAmour Collection

Inspired by Cleopatra, the enigmatic ruler of ancient Egypt, I created this multi strand, lampwork glass pendant necklace. Using stabilized turquoise,

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Lamp Work Glass Boudica Celtic Sea Necklace NeoAmour Collection

Inspired by the ancient Celtic sea, a handcrafted lamp work glass bead in sandy beige, blue and silver is accented by strong yet soft hand stitched bead

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3Rs for the times

Your challenge was very timely for me since I'd spent part of the holiday season reorganizing my work space. While I had a pretty good idea of what stock

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Rainy Day Afternoon

It rained yesterday. Perfect time to get some good work done for the next big holiday. Can you guess which one it is? Lynda Carson Fresh Baked Design

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Mother of PearL

Inspired by the Czech Crystal and Mother of Pearl / Blue colors of nature and the High Sierra skies. Thank you for enjoying it ! Paul and Sandy SMSdesign

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Swirls of Gold Cuff Bracelet

Swirls of 14K gold filled wire are intertwined on a sterling silver plated cuff with 14K gold wire-wrapped side accents. A contemporary design that will

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Circles in Circles Pendant

I was trying to find use for some circular pieces of copper I received as a gift from a construction site. I had previously created a necklace out of

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Destiny and Desire

Because I am a gatherer, and a collector of stuff, I always have something to start inventing with, be it jewelry, or other mixed media pieces. The necklace

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HandCraftedByRegina

This is a Christmas present I made for a customer. I love leftover beads. Regin

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A Link in Time

This necklace and earring set was made of leftover pearls and coral. I was trying a wrapping technique and decided to use what I had already started.

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Recycled Wrist Bands

I hate the thought of dumping electronics into a landfill, so when my 15 year-old laser printer bit the dust, I took it apart looking for steampunk items

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Helms necklace

Just recently started making chain maille (love love LOVE it!!) and this is my first attempt at Helms pattern. The necklace is silver-plated, ~50cm long

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Potluck Bracelet

This bracelet is from leftover beads from other projects. This time I picked two colors--red and blue--to help refine my searching. I'm really bummed

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smART Jewelry

I wanted to make a stand alone art piece that could also be worn as jewelry, so I came up with the idea of a lily that comes off the stem to be worn as

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Little Turtle Brooch

This brooch was created from a scrap piece of leather and a vintage ear ring. The leather came from a bag of scrap given to me by a friend. The ear ring

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