For my thirty something birthday, my cousin took me to Sew Beadazzled in Downtown Willow Glen. This is the necklace that I made with the stuff she bought for me.

It’s a princess necklace, about 18 inches in length. I used eight (8) 8mm and eight (8) 6mm Swarovski bicones in different colors, alternately attaching them [...]

I have been wanting to create a necklace with black and red beads. I thought nothing could be more perfect for this project than the combination of fiery red carnelian and onyx.

For this necklace, I used eighteen (18) 8mm round faceted onyx, nine (9) 12mm round fiery red carnelians, eight (8) tubular-shaped black agates, thirty [...]

In one of my many bead-shopping trips, I found some really nice pink opals. Since I am partial to anything pink, yup, I didn’t waste any time buying them. I’m not really sure what the pink opals are called. I did my research, and it seems they’re called pink peruvian opals, but I could be [...]