More UFOs completed

Here are two completed necklaces - I showed one half-done in an earlier post. Both of these necklaces have been made using lampwork beads from Carli Hall of Bead'licious. The chains are made using diamond netting stitch. The necklace on the right is made using grass green fire polished crystals and cooper-coloured 15o and delica beads. Copper coloured glass rondelles are used on either side of the lampwok bead, and copper coloured glass flower beads are used as bead caps. You can't see it in this photo, but the clasp is a button and loop closure with a copper coloured vintage glass button.

The chain on the right is made with 3mm Swarovski pearls, pistachio green 15o and black 11o seed beads. The effect is a bit like argyle socks! It's very different but I really like it, and it is a good complement to the lampwork beads. The clasp on this one is also a button and loop closure, made with an opaque green antique button.

At the same time that I purchased the beads from Bead'licious, I also purchased some sets of beads from Wendy Bergamin of Bergamin Beads. Wendy makes some wonderful beads, and I have several of hers in my stash. Anyway, I had all of these coloured beads in my stash and wasn't sure how to make them into a necklace, then at the last Quilt and Craft Fair at Jeff's Shed (end July), I saw some small red rondelles, which I knew would be perfect spacers for these beads. This is a perfect Winter necklace, just because it is so very bright! I purchased the clasp at the Bead and Button Show when I went there in 2008, but I have to say it's the only part of the necklace I don't like - the toggle bar scratches my neck. I'll see how I go with it, but I might have to come up with a different arrangement. This only took a few minutes to make, but I'm sure I will get a lot of wear out of it.