TALLULAH TILA BRACELET
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Hybrid Antiqued Metallic Black" (Y503) *
- 8/0 seed beads Toho "Hybrid Antiqued Metallic Black" (Y503)
- Tila beads "Smoky Black Picasso" (TL-4511)
- SuperDuos "Jet Picasso"
* These are the same as Toho "Jet Bronze Picasso" (Y506)
UPDATE: The beads that I used in today's bracelet are a rare and hard to find color. I bought mine at Artbeads and Aura Crystals but neither shop has them now. However, I did manage to track some down:
Beada Beada has them in 8/0 HERE and 11/0 HERE.
Bead Enchantment on eBay has 8/0's HERE.
Simply Beads has 11/0's HERE.
Oddly enough, they also have 11/0 "Hybrid Jet Bronze Picasso" (Y506), which are the same color with a different name and number, HERE.
Bello Modo has 11/0's HERE.
TALLULAH TILA BRACELET
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Bronze" (223)
- 8/0 seed beads Toho "Bronze" (223)
- Tila beads "Matte Metallic Patina" (TL-2008)
- SuperDuo beads "Opaque Ivory White"
I found the "Opaque Ivory White" Superduos in a local shop and I've never seen that color anywhere else. Beadoholique doesn't put any code numbers on their Superduos so I can't suggest what to look for online. There are other ivory pearly Superduo colors available that would work well but I like these because they're much darker and have a very old look. I take that back. I just did a Google search and found a few sources for them. Most add the word "Luster" to the name. I found some in an Etsy shop called BeadsToWeave HERE.
Also, I found out the other day that the "Bronze 457" seed beads that I use sometimes aren't actually made by Miyuki as I thought. They're Toho beads. I buy them from Charlene's Beads and she had previously listed them as Miyuki. However, I recently noticed that she had changed the brand to Toho with a notation that the color number is actually Toho "Bronze 223". I've got a tube of Toho's "Bronze - 223" that I bought elsewhere and the color does seem to be the same. I will have to go back through my whole blog and change all references to Miyuki "Bronze 457" to Toho "Bronze 223".
So, Miyuki and Toho each have two shades of shiny metallic bronze seed beads. Miyuki's are called "Light Bronze 457L" and "Dark Bronze 457D". If you see them listed as just Miyuki "Bronze 457", they are most likely dark bronze. Miyuki's "Dark Bronze 457D" is my go-to bronze. It's the darkest of the four and gives beadwork an "old" look. Miyuki's "Light Bronze 457L" is a lighter, brighter gold/bronze with a slight hint of red in it. In fact, they are red beads with a bronze metallic coating. The "Dark Bronze" beads are black beads with a bronze coating. Toho also has two bronzes but they confuse the matter by calling them both "Bronze" although I have seen "Bronze 223" referred to as "Antique Bronze" in some shops. I prefer Toho's "Bronze 223" over their "Bronze 221". "Bronze 221" has more red in it. Both of the Toho bronzes are in between Miyuki's "Dark Bronze 457D" and "Light Bronze 457L" as far as the lightness of the colors. Personally, I like to have all four colors in my bead stash so that I can choose the bronze that goes best with the other beads that I'm using.
Don't be fooled by Toho's "Dark Bronze 222". It's not bronze at all. It's copper and a very ugly bright red copper. I have yet to find a copper color that I like very well and I've tried quite a few. I do like Matsuno's "Copper" but their beads are very poor quality so I won't use them anymore. I use Miyuki's "Metallic Chocolate 461" when I want a hint of copper. It's a very dark, brownish bronze with just a slight hint of red. It's a wonderful color but for some reason Miyuki only makes it in size 11/0 which really limits its use. That's puzzling to me since a lot of the Czech beads, such as Superduos and fire polished beads, come in "Chocolate Bronze". It's a popular color and I'm sure that they'd sell plenty of 15/0 and 8/0 "Chocolate" beads if they were available. And, speaking of Czech beads, when you see "Bronze" Superduos and druks, etc. the color goes best with Miyuki's "Dark Bronze 457D". Neither of Toho's bronzes are the right shade of bronze.
TALLULAH TILA BRACELET
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Transparent Montana Gold Luster" (204)
- 8/0 seed beads Toho "Transparent Montana Gold Luster" (204)
- Tila beads "Matte Metallic Mauve Green Iris" (TL-2035)
- SuperDuos "Metallic Suede Gold"
I got to use some of those pretty "Transparent Montana Gold Luster" seed beads in this bracelet. I've got them in 15/0, 11/0 and 8/0 now but I haven't had a chance to try the 15/0's yet. Can you tell that I'm having fun trying Tallulah Tila in a lot of different color combinations? This color combo is very soft and subtle. A copper clasp seemed to go the best with these seed beads. I just wish that I had one that was a slightly softer shade of copper.
EASY EARRINGS VARIATION
- 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457D)
- 3mm rondelles "Peach AB" (Chinavoski)
I adapted these earrings from Nunzia Scalpore's free YouTube tutorial, which you can watch HERE. You can download my free PDF tutorial which explains how to add the top section for the earring wires and the optional drop bead from the link below. Note that you will need to follow Nunzia's video tutorial first before adding my tweaks. My PDF file does not include the instructions for making the main part of the earrings.
Click HERE to download the free tutorial
- 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457D)
- 3mm rondelles "Khaki AB" (Beads One)
- 7x5mm Czech drop beads "Black Diamond AB"
- 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457D)
- 3mm rondelles "Celery Topaz AB" (Chinavoski)
- 7x5mm Czech drop bead "Crystal Celsian"
- 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457D)
- 3mm rondelles "Vintage Rose AB" (Beads One)
TALLULAH TILA BRACELET
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Pewter" (D4222)
- 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Pewter" (D4222)
- Tila beads "Metallic Steel Gray Blue" (TL-2064)
- SuperDuo beads "Pastel Light Brown/Coco"
This is the un-embellished version of Teejay's "Tallulah Tila Bracelet". This pretty, yet casual, bracelet goes very nicely with blue jeans.
TALLULAH TILA BRACELET
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
- 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
- Tila beads "Opaque Lilac Gold Luster" (TL-1867) *
- SuperDuo beads "Metallic Suede Pink"
* also called "Mauve Luster" or "Opaque Dark Orchid Luster"
This design was created by my friend, Teejay, and I've blogged about it a few times HERE, HERE and HERE. As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I like this bracelet because the Tila beads are upright. I don't care for the way they look when they're on their sides in a bracelet. This is the embellished version of the pattern which has seed beads surrounding each of the SuperDuo beads. I've also made a less elaborate version without the embellishment and I like it that way even more. See my post from April 9th for an example without the extra seed beads.
I found these Tila beads in a local shop. They called them "Mauve Luster" but there was no color number on the label. I've seen them go by different names online so look for the number: TL-1867. Although you probably can't see it in the photo, they have a gold luster finish on them.
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Antique Silver-Nickel" (464A)
- 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Antique Silver-Nickel" (464A)
- Silky beads "Oil Rubbed Light Sapphire"
- SuperDuo beads "Opaque Violet White Luster"
As I mentioned a few days ago, I went ahead and made a pair of these earrings for myself to go with the Silky Stacker bracelet that I blogged about HERE. I had used "pewter" seed beads to make the sample earrings that I blogged about HERE but my bracelet has the shiny "Antique Silver" seed beads. Although I like the smooth, rounded look that I got with the pewter beads, I think these turned out quite nice too. I also used violet SuperDuo beads this time because that's what I used in the bracelet.
Below are the links to the patterns that I used. Both are from Deborah Roberti.
Silky Squares Earrings
Silky Stacker
I got the Silky beads from GC Supplies Texas on Etsy, HERE.
