Celia's Bead Blog

Now Online Celia Elizabeth Etsy shop

2012-02-29T22:02:00.002+01:00

If you are interested in any of my creations, you can find them on my online shop www.celiaelizabeth.etsy.com

Faceted and Smooth Jasper Stone Charm

2011-12-02T14:02:00.002+01:00

Made with facetted Pink Quartz nugget, facetted Jasper stones and copper chain.

Code:CA-JP-024

Faceted and Smooth Jasper Stone Necklace

2011-12-02T14:00:00.001+01:00

Made with facetted Pink Quartz nuggets, facetted Jasper nuggets and smooth polished Jasper stones.
Code:CA-JN-022
Length: 50

Smooth Unikite Bead and Copper Chain Necklace

2011-12-02T13:45:00.005+01:00

Made with polished Unikite nuggets and copper link chain.

Code:CA-UN-026

Length: 50 cm

Smooth Unikite Nugget Necklace

2011-12-02T13:42:00.005+01:00

Made with polished Unikite nuggets and copper link chain.

Code:CA-UN-025

Length: 50cm

Smooth Jasper Nugget Necklace

2011-12-02T13:40:00.004+01:00

Made with polished Jasper nuggets and facetted Jasper stones.

Code:CA-JN-018

Length: 50 cm

Faceted and Smooth Jasper Stone & Chain Necklace

2011-12-02T13:38:00.005+01:00

Made with polished and facetted Jasper nuggets, and smooth polished agate stone with copper chain.

Code:CA-JN-019
Length: 50 cm

Copper Hoop, Jasper and Czech Glass Bead Earrings

2010-12-11T17:26:00.002+01:00

Length: 5 - 5.5 cm
Code: CA -JE-011

Round Copper Hoop, Jasper and Czech Glass Bead Earrings

Jasper and Glass Pearl Necklace

2010-12-11T17:24:00.003+01:00

Length: 43 cm
Code: CA-JN-012

Princess length necklace made with facetted Jasper beads and Glass Pearl beads.

Jasper, Glass Pearl and Embelished Copper Pendant

2010-12-11T17:20:00.001+01:00

Length:
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Jasper, Glass Pearl and Embelished Copper Pendant.

Acqua Blue and Copper Chain Bracelet

2010-12-07T08:54:00.002+01:00

Length: 19cm
Code:CA-ABB-002
Made with vintage antiqued brass box clasp.

Jasper Smooth Oval Beaded Bracelet

2010-12-06T23:23:00.003+01:00

Length: 21 cm
Code: CA-JB-010

Jasper Smooth Oval Stone and Faceted Rondelle Earrings

2010-12-06T15:53:00.003+01:00

Length: 6.5 cm
Code: CA-JE-001
Earring hooks are gold-plated silver

Jasper Teardrop and Rondelle Beaded Earrings

2010-12-06T15:50:00.003+01:00

Length: 4.5 cm
Code: CA-JE-002
Earring hooks are gold-plated silver

Faceted Jasper Stones and Rondelles with Antiqued Copper Chain

2010-12-06T15:48:00.003+01:00

Length: 106 cm
Code: CA-JN-003
Can be worn as a long single strand or doubled (as shown).

Rectangular Cut Polished Jasper Stones and Antiqued Copper Chain

2010-12-06T15:46:00.003+01:00

Length: 102 cm
Code: CA-JN-004
This necklace can be worn as a long single strand (as shown) or doubled.

Faceted and Smooth Jasper Stones with Antiqued Copper Chain

2010-12-06T15:44:00.003+01:00

Length: 50 cm
Code: CA-JN-005

Faceted and Smooth Jasper Stone Necklace

2010-12-06T13:54:00.003+01:00

Length: 65 cm
Code: CA-JN-006

Faceted and Smooth Jasper Stone Necklace

2010-12-06T13:53:00.003+01:00

Length: 50 cm
Code: CA-JN-007

Jasper Teardrop and Antiqued Copper Chain Necklace

2010-12-06T13:50:00.004+01:00

Length: 43 cm
Code: CA-JN-008

Jasper Necklace with Decorative Dangle

2010-12-06T13:49:00.018+01:00

Length: 72 cm
Code : CA-JN-009
Detail :

Glass Pearl and Copper Chain Dangle Necklace

2010-11-26T23:16:00.001+01:00

Glass Mirror Beads and Fresh Water Pearl Necklace

2010-11-26T23:15:00.003+01:00

Double strand necklace made with table cut luster glass beads, mirror beads, fresh water pearls, and sand-blasted flat beads, with sterling silver findings.

Pink Quartz Chips and Stones Necklace Set

2010-11-26T23:08:00.002+01:00

Earring and Necklace set made of pink quartz chips and stones with purple glass round beads, metalic seed beads and sterling silver findings.

Glass Pearl, Pink Swirl and Copper Chain Necklace

2010-11-26T22:57:00.001+01:00

Glass Pearl, Pink Swirl and Copper Chain Dangle Necklace

2010-11-26T22:56:00.001+01:00

Glass Pearl and Acqua Glass Necklace

2010-11-26T22:53:00.004+01:00

Double Strand Glass Pearl, Crystal and Copper Chain Necklace

2010-11-26T22:51:00.004+01:00

Inspired by vintage Hollywood, this necklace is a double strand, short-princess length necklace made with glass pearl beads, faceted crystal chandelier beads, antiqued copper chain and clasp.

Glass Pearl and Copper Chain Necklace

2010-11-26T22:49:00.001+01:00

Tara Shell, Glass Mirror Beads, Agate Necklace

2010-11-26T22:45:00.005+01:00

Tara Shell, Glass Mirror Beads, Agate Necklace

2010-11-26T22:45:00.004+01:00

Oval chain link and Pink Quartz earrings

2010-11-20T21:32:00.002+01:00

Long dangling, oval chain link earrings with faceted Pink Crystal beads and gold-plated hooks.

Oval chain link earrings

2010-11-20T21:29:00.002+01:00

Oval chain link earrings with gold-plated hooks.

Oval Chain link and Pink Quartz

2010-11-20T20:45:00.004+01:00

This necklace can be worn as a long single strand lariat or doubled to a princes length necklace. It's made of Oval Chain link faceted Pink Quartz beads and large Pink Quartz nuggets.

Oval Chain link, Pink Quartz and Agate nuggets

2010-11-20T20:35:00.002+01:00

This necklace can be worn as a long single strand lariat or doubled to a princes length necklace. It's made of Oval Chain link, Pink Quartz nuggets and Agate nuggets.

Oval chain link and Pink Quartz

2010-11-20T20:33:00.001+01:00

This necklace can be worn as a long single strand lariat or doubled to a princes length necklace. It's made of Oval Chain link and faceted Pink Quartz.

Oval chain link, Pink Quartz and Jasper

2010-11-20T20:32:00.002+01:00

This necklace is a princes length necklace. It's made of Oval Chain link, smooth Pink Quartz nuggets, glass pink swirl, and flat oval Jasper beads.

Oval Chain link, Pink Quartz and Jasper Necklace

2010-11-20T20:28:00.002+01:00

This necklace can be worn as a long single strand lariat or doubled to a princes length necklace. It's made of Oval Chain link, faceted Pink Quartz nuggets and flat oval Jasper beads.

Vintage style glass pearl, crystal earings & copper chain earrings

2010-11-07T19:26:00.010+01:00

These earrings are made of faceted vintage crystal beads, glass pearl beads, bronze chain and hook.

Tourquoise and Silver Necklace

2010-11-07T17:59:00.008+01:00

This is a lariat length necklace made with natural shell beads, handmade resin beads, oval tourquoise and silver beads. I made this particular necklace for myself. I love the western style colors and it can be worn long as a long single strand lariat or doubled as shown to matinée length.

Acqua Blue and Copper Chain Necklace

2010-11-07T17:54:00.006+01:00

Length: 50 cm
Code:CA-ABN-001

This double strand matinée length necklace is made of aqua blue table cut luster glass beads copper colored resin beads and antiqued bronze chain and clasp.

Vintage Style Black Glass Beaded Necklace

2010-11-07T17:37:00.007+01:00

This necklace is a double strand, short-princess length necklace made with black glass table cut luster beads faceted Czech bicone glass beads and antiqued bronze chain and clasp.

Tibetan Silver Beaded Bracelets

2010-08-29T09:33:00.006+02:00

These bracelets are made Tibetan silver beads and spacer beads with findings and silver plated bar and toggle clasp. Each bracelet has a special focal bead which gives it its own personality.

Jewelry making tools and materials

2010-08-29T09:30:00.002+02:00

Work Space
Your work space doesn’t need to be very big. If you are anything like me, you’ll need more space to store your beads and bobbles than area to work in. I do most of my work on my home-office desk. I move my laptop aside and set up a work area. I lay down a large textured rubber placemat on my work surface. This prevents beads and pearls from rolling away as well as creates a well defined work area which prevents clutter. If I am using light colored beads I use a black placemat, and for dark beads I use a white placemat.

Tools
Wire work requires pliers. It takes some practice to learn how to use them properly and at the beginning, your hands may cramp every once in a while. Shown above left to right are: round nose pliers, wire cutter, and tapered-nose pliers with grooves. These are all useful for making loops and modifying chain lengths. Most pliers have rubber padded handles. Each of my tools has a different colored handle, that way I can easily spot it and grab for it when I need it.

Beads
Beloved beads! Oh, how I thee love!.. Yeah, well, I imagine that you too, since you are here reading this page, means you have been in someway or another enchanted by their beauty. I lay out my beads in sequence as to how I want them to be strung along the necklace or bracelet. It helps to place beads in a row or on a beading board, this way you can see that you have the correct amount, see the color combinations and try variations before you attach the beads together. Be experiemental, be bold, try randomly tossing them on your table and see what happens- you may create something you couldn’t ever plan out.

Findings & Components for Jewelry
In this photo you can probably only see some headpins. There are hundreds of kinds of findings each with a particular function. Headpins go through beads so you can make loops and attach them to fish hooks for earrings, or in this case to a chain as a charm. Crimp beads secure and hold the end of a beaded string. Clasps are available in many shapes and sizes. There are so many more types of findings… and they are available in all kinds of materials, like silver, gold, or silver and gold plated, pewter, even some in wood or plastic.

In summary
■ keep your work space well organized and uncluttered
■ use a surface that prevents beads from rolling away
■ experiment and have fun!

Aqua Blue and Copper Necklace

2010-08-29T09:03:00.004+02:00

This double strand princess length necklace is made of aqua blue table cut luster glass beads, copper colored resin beads and antiqued bronze chain and clasp.

Glass Beaded Earrings with Vintage Beads

2010-08-29T08:53:00.011+02:00

This is a collection of earrings made from recycled vintage glass beads, aqua blue table cut luster beads and light blue faceted oval beads with gold-plated fishhook findings. Glass seed beads and factted spacer beads have also been used.

Natural Stone Chip Necklace w/ Copper Focal Piece

2010-08-28T23:29:00.003+02:00

This necklace is a matinée length necklace made with natural stone chips and a handmade resin, copper-colored medallion. This particular necklace was commisioned by a friend as a gift for her mother. I’m happy to say, her mother was very pleased with it. She wears it all the time!

Tip: Large medallion pieces are eye-catching but they shouldn’t be heavy for the wearer. Resin and other plastic materials are perfect for focal pieces. Plastic molded pieces can look cheap if they are not made well so don’t be afraid of being “picky” when choosing your materials.