MAN these are good brownies!

[gemfyre]

I will most certainly make these again.

AND!

I finished the bracelet! Everyone was suggesting I use clamp ends and I thought they'd look all weird but I got them out anyway and threaded my three strands. I was looking at the clamp and wondering just how I was to secure the thread to it... I remembered someone mentioning seed beads... and a light went off.

Of course, you thread the ends through the clamp, then through a seed bead and tie it off (3 strands created a plenty big enough knot to secure it). The seed bead sits snugly inside the clamp and holds it all together.






Now I have a new dillemma.

The toggles and clamps are gold, I wanted them this colour for the old antiquey look. But now I want to put a few jump rings around the strands to hold them together... and I want silver jumprings. I just think the silver looks better among the beads.

What do you think? Is it an absolute sin to have silver and gold in the same piece? Should I just use gold jump rings? Decisions, decisions...

I also made a shocking pair of earrings.

Comments

[shewholaughs.livejournal.com]

When you were describing it earlier I couldn't imagine how it would look in my head, but it's really nice.

If you use silver jumprings by the clear crystal beads I think that would be okay - anywhere else I'd go with gold, otherwise I think they'd stand out too much.

Nice job :D

[softpaw.livejournal.com]

I think a crimp bead would also have worked to hold the strangs toghter inside the clamp bead

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Probably, but crimps tend to have sharp edges and I didn't want to risk the thread breaking.
Cheap seed beads are plentiful however. :)

[sternenglanz.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure whether silver or gold would work better... just wanted to say that I think your bracelet is beeyooteeful! It definitely has that gorgeous vintage look. Congratulations on your latest success!

[shadowshifter.livejournal.com]

nice bracelet :)

never really been fond of big earrings tho :P

nothing wrong with gold and silver together as long as its white gold and silver :P yellow gold and most tints of rose gold will clash too much. if you can grade it down to wherever you want to use silver it shouldnt be a problem.