Sanja’s Friendship Nekclace
I’m happy to share with you Sanja’s Friendship Necklace. It is nice to see the different beads from the Fall Colors Bead Trade showcased in a long necklace. Some of you may recognize the beads that Sanja used, we tried to evenly distribute the participants beads to everyone.
Long necklaces are fun specially to go over sweaters and turtle necks, also pretty doubled up into a two strand or a bracelet!
I hope everyone had fun playing with their beads because we sure did!
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Friendship Necklaces
Sher and Deb finished their Friendship Necklace, I love how the necklaces looks similar, they are supposed to! Beautiful fall colors are the one thing in common and it has a little bit of everyone’s beads, how cool is that? It makes my day, when I see other people’s work, to see growing interests in paper beads and somehow to be connected with each other no matter where you are. Sanja, is always coming up with new ideas and I just love how she tries and incorporates different things into her paper bead jewelry.
Sanja's necklace with snowflake pendant
I’m happy to see that she used the elephant charm I sent her, she was one of those who sent a picture of her wearing her paper beads jewelry and this was the giveaway!
Deb, I think you have the perfect Thanks Giving outfit right here, I love all the colors!
Aloha, from Sher, I see the salwag beads that she loves so much, now I know why, it is neutral and yet a beautiful accent to paper beads.
For those of you who would like to share your paper beads jewelry, email me first on the Contact Us link and you will receive instructions from me on how to do it.
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………..and last but not least, beads from Sher, Jennifer and Ashley. I am so pleased with all the beads, they came out so beautifully! It is amazing how everyone got so creative experimenting different shapes and paper. Even if there is no bead soup this time I would like you to see everybody’s beads.
Ashley's paper beads
Sher’s beads I think is from Japanese rice paper and scrap booking paper. I specially like the long tubular ones, they almost look like Moroccan beads.
Jennifer sent us a few big chunky beads that are so unique. According to her they mostly come from cartons/boxes: Philly Cream Cheese, Arm and Hammer, the purple and green beads from dog and cat food, the teal color is from a friend’s Newport cigarette carton and a few Annie’s food boxes like Mac and Cheese.
All these idea sharing to always challenge our creative side is great don’t you think? I cannot wait to try making tube beads and big and chunky beads
Friendship Beads Necklace
Seeing all the beautiful beads in beautiful fall colors; pumpkin, spice, oranges and browns from places as far as Croatia and France each painstakingly rolled into a bead makes me think of them as Friendship Beads. I counted seventeen participants including Ashley and Jennifer whose beads are being mailed as we speak. I have shown you the Beads In Orbit and Memory Wire Bracelets as examples of what we can possibly make out of the trade beads. Kayla and I look at the beads and thought that they would be displayed better in a longer necklace because of the different shapes and size of the beads. Take a look and tell me what you think.
The necklace is about 48 inches long
You can wear it also doubled up like this
Since it is strung on jewelry elastic, you can also wind it several times on your wrist
The necklace is highlighted with seed beads, crystals, buttons and wood beads
I think your necklace would look nice with all the fall colors. Your kit would include: jewelry grade elastic, seed beads, wood beads, buttons and of course the paper beads from all the participants. Play with it, have fun with it add more beads from your own collection.
I want to be a gracious host, therefore, I am giving you a choice in your kit: Memory Wire, Beads In Orbit or the Friendship Beads Necklace. You can do so by leaving me a comment here.
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