A few weeks back I got an e-mail in my inbox from the Beadin Path people.   These e-mails are hard enough to resist on a good day, but when they were selling super snazzy kits for a bead challenge I couldn’t resist.    Here’s what came in the kit.

I am always a sucker for the vintage lucite stuff.   The moonglow buttons are just stunning.   I always love turquoise and red/coral together.  The black is a bit of a challenge for me, but I figured I could make it work.

Between life, teaching and an unexpected trip out of town, I didn’t have as much time as I was hoping I would.   Here’s what I came up with.   They still need a few tweaks, but I am liking where they are going.

Project number 1:

Since I was busy with the Superduos this week, I decided to make some little flower shaped pieces.   The color was perfect and it helped lighten up the black.  Since the center hole on the flowers was going to provide a stringing challenge, I wired them onto some vintage filigree bits I bought from Beadin Path a while back. I like the mixed metal look, but I think I need to add a little more antique silver to the front.   I also need to put a little ultrasuede on the back of the filigree because it’s kind of scratchy.

Project number 2:

I loved the lucite chain, but I couldn’t make it fit into the necklace, so I decided to make a bracelet.   The day after I got the kit, it dawned on me to make cute retro flowers with the buttons and the petal shaped beads.   A little E-6000  and I had two great flower components to play with.     I would like to add a bit more to this bracelet.  I have some great olive green rubber rings that would look fun with this combo, but I couldn’t figure out how to work them in.   I may yet come up with an idea…

Project 3:

When I added the flower to the bracelet, the clasp made the piece too long, so I had to remove a few links.   One of them already had a dangle on it, so I added another to the naked link.   I used the rubber rings to cover up the slit in the lucite.  I really like how these look.   I will definitely be making some more earrings in this style.

I realize that I didn’t use any of the cute little red barrels.   I had plans, but no time.  Look for them to make an appearance sometime soon.   I still have another retro flower and another button to play with.   Now I just need more hours in my day.

Definitely go check out the projects of the other participants.  Here are the links.

Lorelei Eurto

SongBeads
Pixiloo
Lisa Cone
Suzanne Kiertianis
Copper Diem
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