We had some crafty time too, while Anne was visiting, so we played with the beading. Anne's first time, so learning some new stuff for her and working on a few projects of my own. Bwa ha ha! I've started her on a new craft! The Enabler strikes again!
This one is inspired by a necklace I saw at Kohl's using yellow beads. I used light green instead, as I still have bunches of them, and made it a double strand, because I wanted too. The beads are just linked together, in a relatively random pattern, nothing complex. I did try to mix up large vs. small beads in the pattern, and the two sides of each chain do mirror each other, but other than that... The accent beads are just from Wal-Mart, and match the light green beads I had to a T! Score! And I've got a sweater in the same light green, so I'm looking forward to wearing this one a lot, assuming it ever becomes sweater weather again in Texas...
This one below was a simple one - just a ribbon with some decorative beads to match a pretty pendant. Took some doing to find blues and greens that matched the pendant, though! They aren't straightforward colors, apparently. More of a blue-grey than a sky blue, for example, and the green's the same. Still, am very pleased with the final project, worth the effort. And the funny thing, Anne made a similar necklace with the same pendant in different colors. Hers is in light and dark roses (rose and mauve? burgundy?) with a burgundy ribbon and silver beads. Very pretty, and I wish they'd had more than one of those pinkish pendants, as I'd have been making one too! I do like my blue and green one, though, and know I've got those colors in my wardrobe too, so it all works out.
I do have to say, I think Anne enjoyed this bonding more than the run :)
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