I recently made a new friend. She invited me over last weekend to do a bit of beading with her.
She delved into the beading/jewelry making arena after realizing the shop keepers she'd been buying jewelry from for years, we're buying the beads from the local markets and, while talented, were really just employing a few basic techniques in order to produce their jewelry.
She decided to give it a go herself and quickly found she was addicted. Her beading ventures have remained a hobby but you should see some of the stuff she's made. She's made herself and family/friends hundreds of necklaces and earrings. If I'd waited a little longer than a month to take her up on her offer of an afternoon of crafting, I'd have begged her to allow me to photograph her hoard of beads and amazing jewelry pieces. The colors. The variety of bead types and sizes. Drawer after drawer of beauty.
I confess, I did bring my camera along. You know, just in case what I made turned out decent enough to wear. Or I mustered up the nerve to document the process. I chickened out though. A little early in this friendship for her to realize what a crazy, crafting, nut I am. That will come soon enough because I plan on holder her to her offer to host another beading night.
I'm happy with how my first beading experiment turned out. I stuck with a relatively simple pattern and didn't go all wild and crazy but that really is more my style anyway. So . . . . what do you think? Would you call it funky, stylish, or just plain boring?
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stylish and lovely!
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