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Inspiration

Making Beaded Earrings Earrings Earrings! Book Review

Found this fantastic book about making beaded earrings. The designs in this book are so modern and yet really simple! You don’t see that a lot in beading books, many beaded designs are either complicated and boring or modern and ugly. From what I read about from reviews on “Earrings Earrings Earrings” by Barb Switzer, there...

Hama Beads Jewelry: Super Mario Mushroom Pattern

Many jewelry designs you can see out on the street are very inspiring, and some are just crazy! Maybe I told you before, but one day I saw a teenage girl wearing a huge pair of earrings, they covered half her face. I’ve made a hama beads pattern for them. You could say they were...

Murano Glass Necklace with Silver Foil Bead

This blue murano glass necklace is a two strand necklace, and it is actually made by my mother-in-law! I really like it a lot, I think she did a great job with it! We made necklaces and jewelry together all the time when she visited me and my husband in december. That was so fun!...

Wooden Bead – Jewelry

I can always find such nice beads at work, both wooden beads and others. The idea for this necklace came as a bold from the sky, suddenly and bright! I’ve always liked the look of a wooden bead but that fact brought me to the question of what I can make with a wood bead?...

Making Drew Barrymore Diamond Hoop Earrings

Found these pretty diamond hoop earrings online one day, then later on I saw Drew Barrymore wearing earrings in the same hoop style earrings. Then it was clear to me, I just had to make my own Faux Diamond Hoop earrings! Hoop earrings like these are so useful when accessorizing for a dinner or an...

Rhinestone Beads Necklace

I’ve found so much cool rhinestone beads! They are fantastic and is sparkling like no other! I’ve used big rhinestone bead pendants as well as smaller rhinestone beads and spacers. I stumbled upon them at one of my favorite local bead shop “Tartaruga” in Oslo. I can’t resist them so I designed two rhinestone bead...

New Photos in Beaded Jewelry Gallery

I’ve updated the beaded jewelry gallery, so that all the new designs can be seen there and not only through the posts. This makes it much easier to take a visual cruise only with lots and lots photos of jewelry and beads! So feel free to check out all the designs in the Beaded Jewelry...

Feather Butterflies on Barrettes

This is my recent inspirations regarding hair decorations… Found these wonderful feather butterflies at work, so I had to buy them and make my own Butterfly Barrettes! Truth is that feather butterflies can make your day… make your “good hair” day. When you take a closer look at the feathers and the details on the...

Indian Feather Earrings

I was so incredibly impressed by some old photos I saw of indians wearing so much beautiful feather jewelry. Couldn’t resist making a pair of feather earrings! There are lots of feathers to choose from and playing with colored feathers is fun too. My feather earrings are layered with brown feathers in the bottom and...

Cinnabar Jewelry with the Beads

Yey! I’ve finished up last my first cinnabar jewelry piece! And I’ve made it from the cinnabar beads I bought in London. I can’t tell you how much I love red cinnabar jewelry! It’s so nice to see and touch the carvings in a cinnabar bead! Something that’s also amazing about cinnabar jewelry is that you...

White Elegant Necklace

This elegant necklace is one of the necklaces emerging from ideas of last week! The white round porcelain beads can be so super elegant. An elegant necklace like this I believe should be worn with something special. A black classy and elegant dress maybe…? Or, oh what about the little black dress? That ought to...

Black Headband with Flower

Check this out! I found this shiny black headband and couldn’t resist decorating it with black feathers and a black flower. A black headband is always handy, you could wear it with any clothes you want and spice them up that way! Oh my, this black headband is perfect to wear to work… I will...