Perhaps because it is the topic I am most likely to bring up during the lull in conversation, I have developed a beady reputation among my friends.  The cool part of this is that I am often the beneficiary of beady bits and pieces.  This happened a couple weeks ago when my friend Sarah surprised me with some earring wires and this package of components from a long ago project.

(A facsimile of the original package - see more jewelry components from Plaid here)

Right away I had some ideas, I just needed some free moments to make it happen.  I am all about tools these days, and just got my Coiling Gizmo in the mail -- exactly what I needed for this project.  I decided to use bare silver colored beading wire to string the pendents to accentuate the spare pendant frames.  I used small pieces of coil to cover the crimp tubes where the wire is attached to the pendant, and crimp tube covers near the clasp.





As a thank you I asked Sarah to pick one to keep - but my laptop decided it would not attach the picture to an e-mail to make that decision prior to my post.  So Sarah - which do you like?  What do the rest of you think?


6 Comments

  1. What a creative way to use the components! Great job!

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  2. Creativity is definitely your forte! That is cool!

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  3. Very cool! Love them, fun and simple.

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  4. Oh I love getting leftovers !!! I have that coiling gizmo which I got on clearance somewhere and keep meaning to take it out - wires all the rage. These came out great!

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  5. They turned out great Elisabeth! So much cooler than anything I would have ever done with them! I can't decide which one I like best...

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