Beading update

[ellarien]

Two more necklaces. The second one is semi-serious bling for a special occasion; a lot of the crystal came from an old-fashioned necklace with a broken clasp that my mother found in a thrift store. I had other plans for that raspberry candy jade, but I can always get more, and the color was perfect for what I wanted.

	Necklace 59 Painted wood, seeds, bone, fake turquoise.
	Necklace 60 Assorted crystal (some vintage, some new), faux pearls, candy jade.

Most of them are wearable, but the first two bracelets really weren't, unfortunately, after all the effort that went into them. (The wood/seed/elastic trio, though, I've been wearing a lot.) Of the necklaces, some have proved more useful than others. Necklace number three was never satisfactory, and is currently resting in pieces, awaiting reconfiguration. The other failure was 28, which just seems to be too heavy/swingy for the crimps to hold, though I love the colors and textures.

Comments

[marykay]

Perhaps you need a different size crimp or crimper for #28? I discovered I'd been using the big sized crimper on regular sized crimps when some of mine came apart. Also, you might try Scrimps. I'd really like to save that necklace; it's very pretty!

MKK

[ellarien]

Thank you! I'd like to save it too, but it obviously needs some kind of re-engineering.

I do have some heavier-duty crimps that I bought by mistake when I was first getting started, but not the right tool for them. I usually use size 2 tubes, and I know the crimping pliers I have are correct for those.

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

It's a shame those first bracelets weren't wearable. They're reall pretty. Was it a case of not being comfortable or that they feel too dressy?

[ellarien]

Thanks! The real problem is that they're both almost impossible to fasten on my wrist. The brown-and-gold one is also too heavy for anything but dressy occasions and doesn't go with any of my dressier clothes, and the the green one is stiff and a little too large. Bracelet fitting turns out to be a lot trickier than for necklaces!

[athenais.livejournal.com]

That second one is a real beauty! I like the first, too, I love turquoise the color.

[ellarien]

Thank you!