ACBeads Jewellery

10 abril 2015

Butterfly Challenge Blog Hop

Hi and welcome!

Today is the Reveal Day for the Butterfly Challenge hosted by talented Alenka Obid (aka as Pepita) from Slovenia. Thank you so much to Alenka for your organising.

After the indecision created by seeing so many beautiful patterns out there (you can read about it here), I've decided to make two bracelets.

One bracelet is a peyote pattern from MigoToChou (Amanda). This is a beautiful, feminine and elegant bracelet done in odd two-count peyote pattern. To my surprise, I didn't how to do it and I found it complicated and time-consuming. In a blog post, I've found an easy way to overcome it: doing an even count peyote and eventually adding the rest using brick stitch (pinned here). How about that?

I've tried to use similar or close delica beads as the ones from the original pattern so it looks pretty close to the photo seen in Etsy.

And the second bracelet is a Deborah Roberti design. It is called Butterfly Lace Bracelet. It looks lacy. I don't know what kind of stitch you call it. Usually made with two colours of bicones, I've opted for a simpler look. I've used matte dark blue seed beads and Swarovski crystal bicones.

If you've been following my blog for some time, you may already know that I have opened an Etsy shop for my beading pieces. You can finding both bracelets for sale there.

As this is a blog hop, you can expect other participants. This is the list. Do check them out but let me warn you for finding 'out of this world' beading! Be(ad) happy!

1. Alenka (Pepita) --> the hostess

2. Monique (A Half-Baked Notion)

3. Beti Horvath

4. Kathy Lindemer

5. Kepi

6. Christine Altmiller

7. Amy S.

8. Dini Bruinsma

9. Cynthia (Antiquity Travelers)

10. Alicia

11. sheilaposter

12. Therese Frank

13. Rebecca White

14. Rachel Mallis

15. Liz E

16. Ana (ACBeads) --> you are here

17. Jasvanti Patel

18. Carolyn

19. Nan Smith

Latest makes

Hi, dear readers!

Today, I'm sharing my latest makes. A custom order for several bag charms and some gifts.

Bag charms in various colours:

And last, but not least, a light purple bag charm that is special to me because the beads came from a fellow blogger.

These glass beads were a gift from Lizzie who writes The Need to Bead blog that you can find here. Thank you, Lizzie.

I have made some pieces of jewellery for gifting on birthdays and at Christmas (sorry about the late posting).

Tomorrow, I'll be sharing my creations for the Butterfly Challenge. Stay tuned!

19 março 2015

Butterfly Challenge

Hi! I've just taken a new challenge. I've joined in Pepita's blog hop dedicated to Butterflies. If you are a fan of butterflies like myself, maybe you would like to join us too at Pepita's blog.

You'll have to create something on the theme of butterflies - it can be a piece of jewellery, an ornament or something else, and write a blog post about the final creation with the list of participants on the 11st May.

Some time ago I shared a simple necklace I've made using a butterfly pendant. You can read it HERE.

I'm not sure if I'll redo it in a more elaborate look or if I'll use some of the butterfly charms I have in my stash and make a bracelet fit for Spring.

I'm still indecisive whether I'll do something in beadweaving using one of the amazing patterns I've found on Etsy.

A pattern for a peyote bracelet - FLUTTERING BRACELET- from MigotoChou.

A pattern for a butterfly that can be used in a ring or lapel pin - from ButterflyBeadKits.

A beaded pendant - BUTTERFLY EFFECT - from mariposa8000.

I'll have to choose at least one. What is your favourite?

Be(ad) happy!

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
~ Rabindranath Tagore ~

27 fevereiro 2015

Been Featured

Hi, lovely readers!

I am very happy because I have been featured in a design blog. Lovely Susan of Susan Newberry Designs has featured some of my jewellery pieces and some of my treasuries in her great blog. If you don't know her blog yet, you really must. It is dedicated to all things design - interior, graphic and fashion design.

Her latest post is about Pantone Spring Green for 2015. You can read it here. There are wonderful choices in this colour.

I have chosen some items from Susan's Etsy shop. I really have a thing for typography word art. I've also chosen a gorgeous set of floral prints. But there is an infinite amount of beautiful prints, calendars and greeting cards too.

Aren't these gorgeous flower prints something you'd love to have on your walls so that you could look at them when the days are dark and Spring doesn't come?

I'm sharing my two pieces that Susan has shown in her own blog. By clicking on the image, it will take you to the corresponding blog post.

Have a great weekend!

Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SusanNewberryDesigns
Blog: http://susannewberrydesigns.blogspot.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/snewberrydesigns
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/snewberry55/

10 janeiro 2015

A Time To Stitch 6 Blog Hop Reveal

Hi! Today is the reveal of A Time to Stitch 6 Blog Hop. This is the 6th edition of the blog hop organised by Therese Frank and Christine Altmiller. A big thank you to the hostesses.

This time the objective was to use a graphed chart, a word chart or a picture chart for creating our beadwoven piece. You can read more about it here.

After I signed up for this challenge, I searched for a beautiful peyote pattern for a bracelet. I am attracted to small geometric patterns like those designed by Diana Costa (Etsy Shop), Anna a.k.a. as Anabel (Etsy Shop) and Carol Dean Sharpe (Etsy Shop). These are my favourite designers in what comes to peyote bracelet patterns.

Nevertheless, when I laid my eyes on the Crazy Paisley from Fusion Beads, I said to myself, this is the one I'm going to make. As my bead stash is limited, I had to order new beads which eventually arrived, but then came Christmas and Christmas gifts. After that, I couldn't find the ordered beads anymore. They have gone astray.

Printed instructions with bead list

So, plan B had to come in. Last year I had heard about Bead-It-Forward project and I had decided that I had to donate something to this charitable programme in favour of breast cancer research.

I have made two squares and I plan to make two more. If you are reading this and you are interested in participating too, you can read the guidelines here.

Each year there is a theme and this year's theme is Animals - Wild About Finding a Cure. You can create your own patterns or use the ones already available. There are several I love but the one I chose (the two-drop peyote bunny pattern) was, by coincidence, designed by Therese. I have used the word chart instead of the graphed chart which was a surprise to me because I think I am a visual person more than a word person. Don't tell anyone but I've spotted some mistakes when comparing the two squares. I'll be remaking the flawed square this weekend.