My very own Rainbow

At the last moment

2011-12-21T08:48:00.005+03:00

It has been so long since I wrote here last time!

I think I better hurry and show my new projects before this year ends.

I begin with some jewelry I’ve made for Christmas.

Three brooches with serpentine cabochons.

Two of them have a “real Christmas” design and the last one has been already sold at the Christmas Bazaar in November.

Two similar necklaces in Christmas colors with embroidered pendants and spiral ropes. The pendants are made with milky quartz cabochons.

Pearl Collar

2011-04-24T10:41:00.008+03:00

A new embroidered necklace. This time I’ve used “water treasures”: fossilized coral cabochon and freshwater pearls; and blue rivoli Swarovski, Czech and Japanese seed beads, and metal findings as well.
I’ve chosen the color “coffee with milk” as the primary color of the necklace. I wanted to emphasize the iridescent whiteness of the Biwa pearls (they are so "wrong" in shape, but so beautiful). I’ve also used Czech beads mix (gold nuances), which suit the golden colors in the cabochon.
So now I’m ready for our summer vacation!

"Cheshire Puss"

2011-03-22T20:36:00.005+03:00

"Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin," thought Alice; "but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing I ever saw in all my life!"
Those two necklaces were made at the same time and I practically used the same beads selection for them. The idea was to make ONE necklace and with help of colors to create a stylized image of the CAT. But then I began to understand that the necklace will be too unwieldy – too much for me and not my style. So I decided to split it into two projects.
And here they are: a Cellini spiral Necklace with a metal pendant and a big embroidered pendant with a turquoise cabochon.

I found a picture of the Cheshire cat from the new movie about Alice, and made two collages with it and my new necklaces.

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A new project

2011-02-07T21:45:00.010+03:00

I’m learning (teaching myself) a new beading style - Free Form.
This collar is my first Free Form work. The color combination is also new for me.
Variscite pendant, variscite round beads and Czech seed beads.

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Winter mood

2010-12-21T10:58:00.005+03:00

Last Friday we had a little Christmas dinner for my friend and her family. They are going on vacation this week, so we wanted to meet them and to wish a pleasant trip before they go.
My friend is one who wears jewelries practically every day. But almost all of them are made of silver and gold. The only bead jewelries she has are earrings (white round beaded beads), which she has bought last year; and a spiral bead rope, which I made for her last year as well.
So I decided to make another present for her, and this time I wanted to try something new for me – a brooch. Of course it should be a winter brooch, something in white and silver colors.
I have chosen a cabochon of mother of pearl shell and freshwater pearls. For decoration of those I took silver color Japanese seed beads and tiny Swarovski crystals.
So here is the brooch.

The backside is covered by a piece of white leather. The brooch measures 6 cm x 4.5 cm. And the photo … yes, I still need to practice.

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"January" (a collar and earrings)

2010-11-18T10:41:00.006+03:00

A big jump to cold color spectrum.

From the bright and warm autumn colors – into the January tinkling air and frosty silver patterns.

Blue agates in silver. Very simple and rather strict.

Autumn … again

2010-10-22T12:16:00.004+03:00

This time: a sunny day and blue sky through the golden crowns of trees.

A blue Dragon Veins Agate Bead, czech seed beads and acrylic leaves.
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Indian Summer

2010-10-04T10:40:00.009+03:00

Bright green, orange and, of course, gold; a little bit of cool lilac and watery transparent. The golden leaves and a dragonfly, lost in time. The last dragonfly of this summer.

Czech glass button, an agate bead and a little cabochon, Czech and Japanese seed beads, crystal chips.

Lost

2010-08-02T07:52:00.001+03:00

I’ve found it yesterday - the last season of “Lost”. Now I can see it before it’ll be shown on the local TV.

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One more and that will be all … I think.

2010-06-27T22:10:00.004+03:00

This necklace is a gift for my sister as well.
A rectangular cabochon of dark-blue pietersite, Czech and Japanese seed beads.
I am very pleased with the result: pendant looks very smart. But it wasn’t easy to make a good photo of it. The pendant seems to be not too photogenic :)
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2010-06-25T14:26:00.006+03:00

There is summertime and our vacation is close, very close – only five days away. Those few last days I’m using to make some presents for my family. Two necklaces with pendants, which I finished last week, will go to my mother in law and my sister.

The colors of sea freshness and summer coolness

2010-06-06T09:58:00.008+03:00

Before

and after

The necklace is made like a very simple bead chain. Blue, white, turquoise and silver – the colors of sea freshness and summer coolness.

Two-month delay

2010-05-29T07:13:00.009+03:00

Golden sunrays are melting blue-gray ice. And although there are still plenty snow around, that’s March – the first month of spring.

Good luck, Latvia!

2010-05-22T08:49:00.007+03:00

My best wishes, Aija!

Sunny necklace

2010-05-09T09:40:00.003+03:00

An Agalala lace necklace.
White and gold beads and morning sun rays.

So, here it is – my first BIG bead embroidery

2010-05-08T18:35:00.007+03:00

I’ve named this necklace The Master.
A big powerful bird is flying over the mountains, forests - over land and water.

It’s The Master of Nature and a part of it.

The gemstones in this necklace are lapis chrysacolla (the big one) and several small turquoises.

New and big

2010-05-07T17:45:00.005+03:00

My new project is finished. It’s a necklace in embroidery technique.
And the necklace is big; bigger, than everything, I’ve made before.
So it’s a little step forward for me.
Now I only need to take photos of my new work, so I can show it here. Until that – two photos of the components: two small parts and the backside of the central part.

A Spring necklace

2010-05-06T22:03:00.002+03:00

Snowdrops, young tender leaves and lilies, one of my favorite flowers.
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A bouquet

2010-03-17T11:21:00.003+03:00

Just a spot of bright colors. I’ve got these lovely flowers from our friends at their latest visit to us. My husband made this photo (by his new camera), and now I have it in my blog.

By the way: I’ve change the colors of my blog – now it’s DARK.

A bracelet

2010-03-06T16:56:00.006+03:00

This is my first bracelet with a metal blank inside of it.
I have used the same colors of the beads as in the heart-pendant, so they can be worn together.

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A necklace with a pendant

2010-01-31T22:04:00.003+03:00

The stone - Spider Web Turquoise; Czech seed beads.
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Mosaic-2009. Short addition.

2010-01-04T22:43:00.003+03:00

Nubian Desert

2009-12-22T18:32:00.006+03:00

Sun, Sand and Stones.

Cabochons - River Stones.

My watermelon

2009-12-12T19:28:00.002+03:00

No time for beading

2009-12-06T18:19:00.004+03:00

We have recently adopted two cats. Last week - a little kitten only 8 weeks old. Yesterday – a young female around 2 years old.
It seems like the little one thinks I’m its mom and is lying on my chest all the time, unless of course it’s not busy playing. It’s so sweet and so smart!

Another cat is very beautiful and sweet too, but she is quite shy and tries to hide all the time.

They aren’t friends yet, but they are working on it. They are still hissing on each other, but not too much.
The problem is that I can’t work with my beads, it’s absolutely impossible. I miss it so much!

A necklace with hematite

2009-11-18T16:45:00.004+03:00

It’s very shiny and sparkling, just right for the New Year’s Eve.

I know, it should be something in black and orange. But I wanted to make a necklace with a hematite for a long time.

I’ve also made earrings, so I’ve a hematite set now.

A kerchief

2009-11-02T18:11:00.005+03:00

My new work – a beaded necklace "Kerchief".

I used three colors of Czech seed beads and small glass beads.

I like the result and the colors. They are just right for summer.

Variscite

2009-10-30T20:18:00.001+03:00

A new pendant with very beautiful stone – Variscite.

Around a Coral fossil

2009-10-16T13:42:00.003+03:00

Finally I’ve made something lighter!
A very light coral fossil agate. It demanded white or light blue colors. I’ve chose to dress it in white with a cream frame around it. A few transparent drops below - only hint at the fringe – like a reflection of the transparent “rays” in the stone.

A new necklace

2009-10-06T17:40:00.008+03:00

Red isn’t my favorite color, I find it difficult to work with. Therefor I don’t have “reds” in my jewelry collections, yet. But one of my Dragon Veins Agates is almost red, may be a little bit brownish. So when I decided to make a necklace with it, I didn’t have a chose – I took black and red seed beads. Black and red! What a drama!
I used only one technique in this necklace – a double St. Petersburg Chain, and because of that it looks a little bit “scratchy”. So I named it Red Dragon.

In full size.

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A new necklace

2009-09-15T10:21:00.006+03:00

I’ve just finished it – my new necklace in black. Czech and Japanese seed beads, Czech Farfal beads, small grey pearls and a big round pendant - absolutely beautiful Abalone shell.
The design is very simple – an embroidered cabochon, suspended on a chain.
The chain and cabochon’s fringe are made of farfal beads.

Another soutache project

2009-08-30T09:29:00.004+03:00

My latest work – a necklace in dark colors.
I’m still learning, still trying to find out what I like more.
One thing I can already see clearly – I prefer a minimalistic stile in soutache as well.

Our garden in Denmark

2009-08-22T09:02:00.010+03:00

We are living in Qatar now. It has been almost three years already.
But our home is in Denmark.
There are many different interesting things here in Qatar, but there are also some things, that I miss very much. One of them is our garden. Or just a garden – the possibility to go out of the house into the greens and blossoms. I miss gardening too.
I miss trees, I miss flowers. There are many of them in Qatar, especially in compounds, around the houses. But it isn’t the same…

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My Doilies

2009-08-21T22:08:00.006+03:00

And now - my Doilies. I love to crochet them and already have a quite big collection of doilies.

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Bead Dreams 2009

2009-08-21T21:08:00.004+03:00

Now they are available, now we can see them.

72 works from the annual Bead&Button competition.

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Soutache

2009-08-21T14:21:00.002+03:00

And finally my newest beading project – a pendant with soutache.

It's also my first work in this technic.

Fresh and mysterious

2009-08-21T14:07:00.005+03:00

A fluorite set: a necklace and a bracelet.

The basic of them is a cubic rope, which I’ve decorated with fluorite chips.
In the middle of the necklace I’ve placed an amethyst cabochon. Its color is very close to the color of fluorite.
All together they remind me about wild violets.

A beaded bead

2009-08-21T13:44:00.002+03:00

I thought they will look good together: turquoise and old gold.
I was right, wasn’t I?
My first beaded bead, which I really like.

My own dragonfly

2009-08-21T13:17:00.004+03:00

It’s blue-green, if you look directly on it; and it’s purple, if you look on it from its side.

It’s so beautiful – this Czech glass button.
I used the same colors of beads and seed beads, and I love the result!

Grey and White

2009-08-21T12:22:00.002+03:00

I didn’t know those colors can give so beautiful effect, before I’ve made this pendant.
Here I’ve also used embroidery, and I liked to do it very much. The stone is unknown, just some grey and white stone.

Crazy Agate

2009-08-21T12:11:00.002+03:00

This cabochon is so beautiful! I love it! And I love this necklace, especially its color!

Embroidery

2009-08-21T12:03:00.001+03:00

This cabochon is the very first, where I’ve used embroidery. The stone is Moss Agate Cabochon, the beads – czech seed beads.
It’s very green and a little bit dark, but I think it looks nice and classy.

Just two of them

2009-08-21T11:43:00.004+03:00

In June (just before our summer vacation) I’ve made several of beaded spirals, which are quite similar to each other. Some of them became presents to my family.
They come in different colors and with different gemstones. Here are two of them, that I like most. The stones are Yellow Green Agate and Kambaba.

In 2009…

2009-08-21T11:19:00.004+03:00

It wasn’t easy to decide which of my projects I want to show here. There are many of them that I like… May be I’ll begin with a beaded spiral (again). I’ve made it in January, right after the New Year. It reminds me a cafe with milk, when I look on it.

The beauty of gemstones

2009-08-21T10:39:00.001+03:00

The last project from my last year’s collection, that I want to show here, is a couple of simple necklaces. The pendants in the middle are Dragon Veins Agates. Aren’t they just amazing?

Here they come!

2009-08-21T10:26:00.005+03:00

And then… Gemstones!
That is my very first cabochon that I’ve used in my project.
The stone is a blue Jadeite, it looks simple but classy.

Something else

2009-08-21T10:18:00.002+03:00

Now it’s coming something different. A very special necklace, which was crocheted too, but instead for a beading thread I used a thin fishing-line.

Another present

2009-08-21T10:06:00.004+03:00

This beaded spiral was also a present; a present for my friend.

I like the colors of its seed beads!

Last Christmas

2009-08-21T09:46:00.004+03:00

Those two beaded ropes I made last December for the Holidays.

The first one I have presented to my neighbor with a small Christmas cart.

Spiral in pink

2009-08-21T09:29:00.007+03:00

One more - a very girly, beaded spiral.

With a little cylindrical bead of Rhodochrosite in the middle of it.

I like it; I think it looks very glamorous!

Where do I begin?

2009-08-21T09:08:00.000+03:00

I think it will be fair to place here my very first beaded project - a simple crocheted spiral.
I tried … and I have managed it! I’ve got it right! It looked … nice!
Here it comes.