Paper Beads

One of my finds at the Pasadena Bead and Design Show were these vintage perfume bottles.  I just get drawn to anything old and antique, I always imagine what kind of person owned this piece and wearing them somehow transports you to that time and place.  I must have been one of those ladies in [...]

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I like the idea of the stackable rings,  why not bracelets?  Well, these three elastic bracelets are supposed to be worn together with three good luck charms dangling from it: beckoning cat (popular in Asian culture), feather and the clover.  I made these using the diamond shaped paper beads strung on elastic.

I put red 8/0 [...]

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