Red, Red, Red, Part II

As in my previous post, I made a necklace set for a customer who wanted to give a present to her sister.  I felt good that she wanted to give one my pieces.  I delivered the necklace set and she loved it.  I was very happy.  I informed her that I had some beads left over and I could make her a bracelet.  My pictures did not turn out the way I wanted(I need a new camera).  I took pictures at different angles.  The bracelet was made with memory wire(my favorite way to make bracelet these days).  It wraps around the wrist at least 5 times to give that cuff effect.   Here goes.

One view



You can see the spirals and each bead that was used.



I think it turned out alright

Recycling for a friend

 A friend of mine ask me to redo a necklace for her.  I love the beads and wanted to make something very pretty for her.

 I took several pictures of the necklace so that you could get a good view of what I was working.  As I said before the beads were beautiful and I liked the color.   The necklace was two strands only at the bottom, so I had more than enough beads to remake a bracelet and earrings

 With only two attempts(the first design, I was not pleased with.  I placed the bigger beads together, which threw the weight of the bracelet off balanced).  I made the bracelet on memory wire(my favorite method to make bracelets these days).  Due the size of the beads, I only had three complete circle.

 I was comfortable with this decision.  My friend has a small wrist and could carry the look off.

 After counting my beads(which is something I rarely do), I made the earrings to accompany the bracelet.  If you can look closely, the tops do not match the bottom half of the earrings. 

 I think they came out rather good.  My friend was pleased with the results and so was I.  Sometimes, I have incorporate some of my own bead to complete a redo.  Not this time.  See how pretty the beads are?