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Gray Seed Bead Necklaces

Posted by Heidi Smith on 12/8/2008

The gray necklace with white pearls I made for my mom's 60th birthday. The gray and peridot I redesigned for my sister.

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Gray & White Be 954 x 240 px (79 KB) 0 Comments		Gray & White Be 1024 x 1000 px (308 KB) 0 Comments
Gray with perid I reworked this necklace with beads from a necklace I had given my sister last year for x-mas. The clasp had broken and so I wanted to use new technique to improve the design. 1024 x 437 px (315 KB) 0 Comments	Gray with perid View 2- I used a few real peridot stone next to the Swarovski crystal beads. 1024 x 518 px (261 KB) 0 Comments

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I've been working with seed beads since around 2001. I do mostly tubular peyote. Despite it being a very time consuming process, I've made a countless number of necklaces over these years...giving a lot away as gifts to family and friends. It is what I do in my leasure while watching/ listening to TV/ movies with my family. I experiment with a lot of different size beads. For awhile I did a lot of tubular with an emphasis on spiral form, sometimes using small Swarovski crystals. For a period I was trying a lot with the Americana theme which I may revisit soon. Lately I've been creating necklaces that have taken on a beaded bead form as is evidenced in the silver and turquoise Carribean necklace. Almost all of my work contains the smallest seed beads, size 15 Rocailles or size 13 Charlottes(which I discovered only recently). I like colors, but also enjoy experimenting with black and white. With the exception of four bridesmaids' necklaces, all my necklaces are unique. I like adding names and dates to customize each one further. There is still so much to try!! I remain passionate about beadworking. Be certain to enlarge pictures, so you can see the detail of the beadwork.

Pittsburgh PA 15206

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