Bead necklaces I've made

The 3 string necklaces are hard and take lots of time.







Now this necklace was very hard above, because I used posts between the main beads. The posts have to have a loop on the top and bottom then linked together.
This was a fun necklace. I was experimenting with mixing colors. I have silver caps on the wood beads, which gives the necklace an extra touch. My daughter Jessica liked it so much that I made one for her as well.




The blue beads I baught for a different necklace matched perfectly with the blue swirls in the big green beads in this necklace pictured below. I am very pleased with how it turned out.

This necklace pictured below was an assignment my daughter Jessica gave me. She had the pendant and asked me to make a necklace around it. I just happen to have the right color of beads in my stash for it and I think it turned out beautiful.
This necklace was hard below. The flowers are made from glass teardrop shaped beads. After you string 4 beads together you take the string back through the first bead. Jessica likes to wear this one layered with another necklace with the same beads. It has a very lacey look to it.






I love making beaded jewlery. I sit in my work area and listen to music and let the creativity flow. I love how they evolve into interesting designs. I never buy beads with an intended design in mind. I buy what looks pretty to me. I keep my eye open for interesting beads. I actually find a lot of my beads at the dollar store.

I remember as a very little girl, sneaking into my moms jewlery box and stealing her beaded necklaces and then... now this would have made me very angry if my daughters had done this, tear them apart. I still have some the green beads I stole from one of her necklaces. I have another confession about my moms jewlery box when I was little. My dad had ruby cuflinks, I didn't know they were real, and I popped out the rubies and snuck off with them. I had these rubies in my jewlery box for years and years. Then one day a few years ago, I was cleaning my old jewlery box and came upon them. I felt horrible about the theft. I don't even think my mom realized the rubies were gone or figured they had popped out by themselves and got lost. I never told my mom what I had done. I didn't want to face my mom with the fact I had done this, but I wanted to give them back. So I snuck the rubies back into her jewlery box. So mom if you're reading this, look in your jewlery box for them. I'm very sorry for ruining dad's ruby cuflinks.