makin' stuff

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These are the things I've made in the past 2 days.

• I wore the pink earrings today to work, because they are cute...their cuteness is not conveyed in this picture. They have little star charms on each pink beaded strand, with four strands per hook. Pure cuteness.
  
• The goddess necklace is something very personal, I found the charm this weekend when wandering around this bead store with my mom. I strung her on sea themed glass seed beads. Her arms were tricky to string, and if you saw her up close it would look like she had a parachute. I used some basic 'how to string a bracelet' instructions to make this.
  
  
• The labrodite bracelet I am most proud of, as the weaving between the larger stones was complex. I didn't use any pattern, I just sort of theorized how I would do it. I had gotten the large stones a month or two ago, on sale because they piece they were strung on was falling apart.

I have one beading book to explain knots and joints, and what sort of pliers are needed for what.
The one annoying thing about beading is that I have to take my glasses off to do it. Even with my most detailed knit and crochet projects I hadn't had to do that.

Oh bother.