Merry Christmas!

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Twelve Days of Zentangle - Day 12

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Twelve Days of Zentangle - Day 11

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Twelve Days of Zentangle - Day 10

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Twelve Days of Zentangle - Day 9

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Twelve Days of Zentangle - Day 8

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Twelve Days of Zentangle - Day 7

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Twelve Days of Zentangle - Day 6

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Twelve Days of Zentangle - Day 5

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Twelve Days of Zentangle - Day 4

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Twelve Days of Zentangle - Day 3

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SuperDuo Rosette & Bethany Set - Gold Shine Ochre

SUPERDUO ROSETTE BRACELET

• 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• SuperDuo beads "Gold Shine Ochre"
• 3mm Czech pearls "Ivory Pearl Coat"

This set will be a Christmas present for someone. Although the pearls look white in these photos, they're a yellowish cream color that's almost the same as the SuperDuos in the earrings. You can buy Sam Wescott's "SuperDuo Rosette" bracelet pattern HERE.

BETHANY EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• SuperDuo beads "Gold Shine Ochre"
• SuperDuo beads "Pearl Coat Cream"

You can download my free "Bethany Earrings" pattern HERE.

Twelve Days of Zentangle - Day 2

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Twelve Days of Zentangle - Day 1

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Bethany Earrings & Lizbeth Band Set - Hematite & Silver

BETHANY EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Nickel Plated" (190)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Nickel Plated" (190)
• SuperDuo beads "Jet Hematite"
• SuperDuo beads "Silver" (25028)

I made these "Bethany Earrings" to go with the bracelet that I blogged about HERE. The set matches a top that I wore to a Christmas party the other night. You can download my free earring pattern HERE. I'm hoping to make the bracelet pattern available sometime next year.

UPDATE 1/24/18: A free pattern is now available and the new name for this pattern is "Lizbeth Band". Visit THIS post to download the free pattern.

 

Today's Tangles - Playing with color on black tiles

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Bracelet of the Day: Renaissance Bracelet - Jet Celsian

RENAISSANCE BRACELET

• 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
• 4mm fire polished beads "Jet Celsian"
• 6mm fire polished beads "Jet Celsian"

This time I made the "Renaissance Bracelet" pattern as it is posted HERE but I changed the way my clasp is attached (Unfortunately, this pattern is no longer available). This bracelet is same as the one that I blogged about HERE except that I used pewter seed beads instead of dark bronze ones. Aura Crystals has both sizes of these fire polished beads HERE and HERE. I bought the seed beads from Charlene's Beads HERE.

 

Bracelet of the Day: Renaissance Bracelet - Red & Gold

RENAISSANCE BRACELET

• 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Gold" (4202)
• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Gold" (4202)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Gold" (4202)
• 4mm fire polished beads "Opaque Red"
• 6mm fire polished beads "Opaque Red"

I blogged about this pattern before way back in 2014 HERE, HERE and HERE. I followed THESE instructions for the "Renaissance Bracelet" but I turned this one into a "Hugs & Kisses Bracelet" by adding gold seed bead strands in both directions. The pattern doesn't call for 11/0 or 8/0 seed beads but I wanted to attach my clasp in a different way. (Unfortunately, this pattern is no longer available)

I should also mention that the bead colors didn't come out quite right in these photos. The gold seed beads are a lot more yellowish and the red beads aren't nearly as bright. It would have taken way too much time to edit the individual beads in all of these photos and I have more Christmas presents to work on yet.

The red beads look more like this:

The gold seed beads look more like the ones in these earrings:

 

A Trio of Triangles

Each pair of "Peyote Triangle Earrings" features red along with black or a metallic color. I made them by following Sara Spoltore's video tutorial which you can watch HERE. I made the black and red ones pretty much the same way that Sara makes them in the video. I changed the design a little for the other two pairs. I used Delicas in a bright red to make the black and red earrings and used a more subtle dyed red in the other two pairs.

• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Gold" (4202)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Duracoat Gold" (DB1832)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Dyed Opaque Red" (DB791)

• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Nickel Plated" (711)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Nickel Plated" (DB21)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Dyed Opaque Red" (DB791)

• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Opaque Black" (401)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Opaque Black" (DB10)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Opaque Red" (DB723)