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Babs Beads
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31 October, 2015
Bones bracelet
For this weekend, I got an order for a scull and bones bracelet. It's a gift for a friends daughter. I've made similar before, but it was years ago, so it was quite fun to pick up the bone making thing again.
29 October, 2015
Cool flowers
When I first got into bead making, the florals was my aim. I don't know how many hours I've praticed to achieve that smooth, even and bubble free encasing that gives the florals their depth. But it's many.
And I still love making them, though they're quite time consuming. But flower will be flowers and the variation possibilities in colour combos, pattern, shape, background and so on is endless.
Here's a recent floral with a pale aqua coloured center, a hint of dicroic and white and lime green flowers.
25 October, 2015
Sunday alien
Well, maybe not an alien, but I think it looks like something from outer space. Or from deep, deep sea.
The inside of this round bead is made of so called "silver glass" that reacts to the flame with shimmer and colour variations. I've added a few encased dots on the surface.
Labels:
bead,
handmade,
lampwork,
reactive,
silver glass
Location:
Uppsala, Sverige
24 October, 2015
Fashionable owl
Owls seems to be an important fashion detail this autumn. I see them everyshere: on clothes, in jewellery, on fabrics, as home decor details... So whys not make a few myself?
This one looks like it's been up all night and really could use a cup of coffe:
Location:
Uppsala, Sverige
An angel watching over us
Bad things are happening in Sweden right now. Houses, meant for housing for refugees, are burnt down, a teacher and a student was stabbed to death and two others are severly wounded after a terror dead in a school.
I know this is just glass, just a bead. But if it can help us in any way, wether it protect us or let us see the good things and try our best, or just puts a smile on someones face, it's worth a lot.
I know this is just glass, just a bead. But if it can help us in any way, wether it protect us or let us see the good things and try our best, or just puts a smile on someones face, it's worth a lot.
22 October, 2015
Etched dots
I bought a dotted blous this spring. Very unlike me, since I don't really appreciate dots on clothes. But this bluse justhadmy name on it. It's beige with white dots and made in a lofty, material.
Ofcourse I had to make a necklace for it! The result was an etched bead with a dark beige center and white dots evenely spaced over the surface.
In fact, I've never worn a bead that gets as commented on as that one! Ofcourse I only weare it together with the bluse, wich emphazises both, but I'm still amazed over how much attention something beige can get!
I do love the design. Very calm and exat, but still exciting as the etched surface gives the bead a kind of inner light.
Hard to describe - even harder to catch in a picture. But here's an exampel of a etched, dotted bead with a teal coloured center:
Location:
Uppsala, Sverige
21 October, 2015
Calm Sea - for those of us who long for summer
The design for Calm Sea bead came to me after a summer vaccation a few years ago. I love the sea and I love summer. A love I seem to share with a lot of people!
To me, this bead shows the sea and the cliffs of the nothern westcoast of Sweden. To others, it's a sandy beach. I think it's wonderful that the design can represent everyones favourite bathing place.
Here are two recent exampels of the Calm Sea bead:
To me, this bead shows the sea and the cliffs of the nothern westcoast of Sweden. To others, it's a sandy beach. I think it's wonderful that the design can represent everyones favourite bathing place.
Here are two recent exampels of the Calm Sea bead:
Location:
Uppsala, Sverige
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