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Inspiration

Cinnabar Beads from London

When I visited London, I finally found my cinnabar beads! I’ve been looking for the right ones and here they were! Cinnabar beads means something special to me. They are the color grand slam in the world of “natural” beads. No wonder the mineral cinnabar really is poisonous! Apparently cinnabar has always been the worlds number...

Crochet Bead Necklace

The idea for this crochet bead necklace I first saw on a lady on TV. She was wearing a tasty bit of jewelry made from chains decorated with lots of big beads. The necklace she wore didn’t have any crocheted beads though. After seeing that look has I was so inspired I decided to to...

Beaded Jewelry with Acrylic Pendant

It’s fantastic how much amazing jewelry you can make with beads! Although I’ve beaded for some time I’m only now beginning to fully understand the width of beading and jewelry making with beads. Beaded jewelry is different today since you can custom-make everything from scratch if you want! I mean, the sky is the limit…...
Beaded Pearl Earrings

Beaded Pearl Earrings

Found these sweet beaded pearl earrings, who doesn’t love those? They’re fantastic when you want to feel special… Dreams of wearing these pearls to dinners, to restaurants or at a friends house. Pearl earrings are romantic jewelry and full of passion, I’m thinking they are like a love story from a british drama movie! Freshwater pearls...

How To Make Macrame Bracelets!

It’s time to make macrame bracelets, and I’ve just finished the first one. Wow that was so fun! Macramé bracelets are such great accessories, if you make a few you can combine them together with different looks. Making macramé bracelets is pretty simple and there are many kind of knots to chose from. But if you...

African Jade Beads Jewelry

The African Jade gemstone is mined in South Africa, and where it gets the name from. This gemstone is commonly used in jewelry making as beads, graduated fans, nuggets etc. Truth is that it’s not real jade, but actually an opaque garnet that resembles jade.  This gemstone contains a mix of colors including white, light green...

Amber Beads Jewelry

In this Amber Beads Jewelry I have combined rich amber bicone beads with black disk beads. To add bit of glamour and that little extra I’ve used a few golden stardust beads to it. The pendant is made with molded black polymer clay, and the impression on top of it is made with clear stamps. (The...

Next Top Model – Live 2009 in Oslo

I’ve just attended a fashion show here in Oslo. It was the Next Top Model girls from the Scandinavian version of the TV-show who displayed the latest fall fashion from the clothing store Cubus. There was so many beautiful garments for the fall to come Well it’s already begun here in Norway it seems like....

Silver Necklace from the Laguna

With this Silver Necklace from the Laguna I started out with a completely different pendant at first because I couldn’t get the right ideas for it. To fix that I changed my focus to other complimentary colors and this round metal clay silver pendant, and that did the inspiration both for me and the necklace....

Metal Clay Silver Jewelry for Men

This is the metal clay silver jewelry piece for men which I made last night. And guess what? It’s for my guy! Just had to make it because I love to see new jewelry on him. I was thinking it could be a versatile necklace for him. With black beads and the silvery metal clay...

Funky Jewelry Tips from Rachel Ray

One of my favorite TV-shows are The Rachel Ray show. I love the her wonderful cooking as much as all of the other useful tips. It’s always fun to see Rachel wearing so much funky jewelry at the show! She is very fond of big jewelry, so one of the highlights to see how she...

Shell Necklace

Here is the beaded shell necklace I made today. I’m so pleased to work with a mighty shell flower pendant such as this one! In this Shell Necklace I’ve added irregular agate nuggets and shell chips. I was inspired by the fact that all these beads came from the nature. It’s something special about that....