Scarlet

One color I almost never use exclusively in designs is red.

I am not sure why.

I love red.

Red cars, red accents, red birds...

This necklace and bracelet set uses scarlet beads and wood beads with leather.

Oh, and a tiny bit of bling.

It is also a fun way to play with knotting and design.

The necklace is strung on waxed linen cord first.

The leather cord is added as a design element afterwards.

My handmade wire components are perfect for this design.

I like the wooden beads too.

I guess I just love natural components.

I made a little triple strand bracelet to go with it.

It is also strung on waxed linen thread first and then the leather cord elements are added.

One challenge I always face when making jewelry is to make it smaller.

I have large wrists, so to fit me it needs to be big.

For most everyone else, I have to make it too small for me.

This one is like that.

Too small for me.

Perfect for someone  else.

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Fern necklace

This necklace does not use polymer clay.

I love polymer clay, espcially Sculpey.

You know that.

This necklace uses an air dry clay that I found in the clearance section.  

It is a kids' clay. 

 Mine was pretty dried out so I added some water, closed the lid and waited.

A few days later, soft clay.

It was fun to work with because it was very similar to earthen clay that you fire.

But this just air dried.

I did seal the pendant with Varathane to be on the safe side.

I love the mix of beads in this piece.

And I always seem to reach for silk in my designs at some point.

I really need to build my natural stones stash up...

I love how they look with clay.

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Guest Blogger for Darice....

I am thrilled to let you know that I have been featured as a guest blogger on Live.Craft.Love. The Darice Craft Blog.

I have long been an avid consumer of their products.

Many of their products are among my very favorites on the workbench.

So I was thrilled to use their beads and memory wire to make this BoHo bracelet...

Hop on over to the blog to see the full tutorial here.

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