IVY BRACELET VARIATION
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Transparent Montana Gold Luster" (204)
- 8/0 seed beads Toho "Transparent Montana Gold Luster" (204)
- Silky beads "Alabaster Vega Luster"
- SuperDuo beads "Nebula Ivory" aka "Nebula Beige"
- O-Beads "Oxidized Bronze Berry" (about 2.75 grams)
Once again, I made an Ivy bracelet with Silky beads. These pale purple ones go very well with the new "Nebula" SuperDuos that I bought last week at 1960 Beads. There are quite a few Nebula colors but they're a bit pricey so I only bought one kind. I chose this one because it is different than anything I have in my stash. Some of the Nebula purples are very pretty but I already have SuperDuos in a lot of different shades of purple.
Note that the Silky beads that I used look a little too pink in these photos. They're actually pale lavender or lilac. The photo at the top of this post is the closest to the real color.
The Nebula finish is hard to describe. It's like they take three different colors and sort of smear them around on the surface of the beads. They also have a slight shimmery metallic look, or at least the shiny ones do. They also come in a matte finish. The ones that I bought are called "Nebula Ivory" (or "Nebula Beige" in some bead shops) but there is no ivory color on them at all. There does seem to be some hints of beige in certain kinds of light but they're mainly a pale bluish sage green color with hints of mauve.
Download the free "Ivy Bracelet" pattern from THIS post.
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457D)
- 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457D)
- Silky beads "Jade Red Luster"
- SuperDuo beads "Opaque Green Luster Iris"
With a little tweaking, Silkies work perfectly in place of the Kheops beads in Marina's "Duo Kheops" pattern. I didn't have to change the pattern very much. I only changed the order of the steps to get the Silky beads to be upright instead of sideways. You can read about my first "Duo Silky" bracelet HERE.
You can buy the "Duo Kheops Bracelet" pattern from Marina Beads on Etsy, HERE. I got these pretty Silky beads from Red Panda HERE.
DUO KHEOPS BRACELET
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
- 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
- Kheops® Par Puca® beads "Dark Bronze"
- SuperDuo beads "Green Turquoise Senegal Matte"
This bracelet pattern is from Marina Beads on Etsy and you can buy it HERE. You can get the SuperDuos HERE at Aura Crystals. I bought mine from Aria Design Studio but Lisa is out of this color.
- 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
- 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
- Kheops® Par Puca® "Metallic Matte Dark Plum"
- Silky beads "Metallic Trim Lilac"
- 4mm Bicones "Purple AB - #C12 AB" (Beads One - not available online)
I adapted this bracelet from Puca's "Camille Bracelet" pattern which you can buy HERE (this pattern is no longer available) in her Etsy shop. The main difference between mine and Puca's is that I've added Silky beads between the Kheops motifs.
You can buy these new metallic matte Kheops beads at Red Panda HERE. The only place where I've seen the lilac Silky beads is GCSuppliesTexas on Etsy HERE. The color in the photo on Etsy is not how they actually look. They're a very muted shade of mauve as they look in my photos. I did a Google search and also found them at Haute Hobby on Etsy HERE.
IVY BRACELET VARIATION
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
- 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
- 6mm 2-hole cabochons "Chalk White Vega Luster"
- SuperDuo beads "Polychrome Copper Rose"
- O-Beads "Metallic Amethyst Luster" (about 2.75 grams)
TARA EARRINGS
- 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
- 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
- 6mm 2-hole cabochons "Chalk White Vega Luster"
- 2-hole Crescent beads "Oxidized Bronze Berry"
I bought the Crescent beads and 2-hole cabochons at the same time not knowing that they would look so wonderful together. The color combination is glorious and the earrings look like they're very old. It was tricky to get the colors in the photos right but I think they're pretty close. The cabochons do look a little less red than in the photos.
You can buy Ellad2's "Tara Earrings" pattern HERE and the free "Ivy Bracelet" pattern is available from THIS post.
Here are some links to bead sites that have 6mm 2-hole cabochons:
Red Panda
Potomac Beads
ScaraBeads Etsy
ScaraBeads
GJ Beads (UK)
Robin's Beads (UK)
Old Bicycle Shop (UK)
Bello Modo
PoppyAndGenesBeadery Etsy
Beads on Parade Etsy
RShermanDesigns Etsy
Vivaccessories Etsy
IVY BRACELET VARIATION
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Light Pewter" (4221)
- 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Light Pewter" (4221)
- Silky beads "Chalk Mint Luster"
- SuperDuo beads "Opaque Purple Picasso"
- O-Beads "Jade Picasso" (about 2.75 grams)
Here you can see that the "Ivy" pattern works very well with Silky beads in place of the DiamonDuos. This colorway is very soft and subtle and I like how the jade green O-Beads highlight the pale mint Silkies. The SuperDuos look gray in the photos but they're a very pale purple or mauve.
Download the free "Ivy Bracelet" pattern from THIS post.
IVY BRACELET
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Transparent Montana Gold Luster" (204)
- 8/0 seed beads Toho "Transparent Montana Gold Luster" (204)
- DiamonDuo beads "Pastel Burgundy"
- SuperDuo beads "Pink Luster Turquoise"
- O-Beads "Oxidized Bronze Berry" (about 2.75 grams)
I wanted to make a "Bluebell" bracelet in this colorway but I wasn't happy with the way it looked once I got started. It looked too solid or something and I think it's much prettier with the open spaces between the DiamonDuos. I love this color combination.
Download the free "Ivy Bracelet" pattern from THIS post.
BLUEBELL BRACELET
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
- 8/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
- DiamonDuo beads "Pastel Bordeaux"
- SuperDuo beads "Bronze Pale Gold"
- O-Beads "Metallic Mix" (about 4.5 grams)
Here is "Bluebell Bracelet" in a very elegant colorway . I hope you like it. The "Metallic Mix" O-Beads that I used are a mixture of at least four metallic colors. There are mostly bronze ones in the mix and I picked out only those to use in this bracelet. You can see though that they're not all exactly the same shade of bronze.
Read more about this bracelet and download the free pattern HERE.
