Last of the Grace Bracelets

Sunday was the last day for the Grace Bracelet. These are the pictures that I received last week to finish out this project. The pictures on the blog are pictures that were emailed to me. If you posted your picture on facebook and did not email it to me your picture is not listed. If you would like to have it listed on the blog please email the picture and your materials list to off_the_beaded_path@Yahoo.com and I will list it on here. Also, I can only list what you email me so if you leave info out please do not get upset if it's not on here. I can't put what i don't have. Also, I double checked my emails but if you emailed me and do not see your picture please let me know and I will check again to make sure. If you see that I have any of your info listed incorrectly please email me and I will be happy to change it.

I have been blown away by the creativity you guys have and your eye for color. Everyone who has participated has did a fantastic job!

Jackie Demyers:
used 6mm teal china pearls, 4mm crystal AB fire polish, 3mm crystal AB fire polish, 3mm black china pearls, 11` seed beads in black, and 15` silver seed beads.

Kim Nua:

6mm-freshwater pearls-multi colors( yellow blue brown)

4mm-fire polished beads-peridot ab

3mm-bi cones-Bermuda ab

3mm-Rondelle's-Bermuda ab

4mm-pearls-forest green

11-size to hos -gold green

15-size matsuno's-mat green

gold tone filigree clasp box

 Joy Casady:

Used materials as listed in book for this project

Lisa Mitchum:

30 6mm gold preciosa round beads

44 4mm blue teal fire polished beads

15 3mm jet black 2xAB crystal bicones

20 3mm bright gold round beads

14 4mm teal pearls

size 11 seed bead brown iris

size 15 light gold seed bead

Barbara Bryant:

6mm Teal Pearls

3 mm Silver Bicone

15/0 gold seed beads

4mm Copper bicones

3mm rounds

clasp

Jackie Severance:

Sm. Turqoise rectangle stones (about 3-4mm)

4mm Fire polished Amethyst AB

3mm Black bicones

3mm Swarovski Pearls-Tahitian

4mm Transparent Amethyst luster round Chech pressed glass beads

11/0-Silver lined Golden bronze

15/0-Silver lined Light Topaz

Donna Kimball

pink 6mm

pink firepolish
smoke crystals
gray 3 and 4mm rounds
pink 11 SB and gray 15 SB

S. Daniel:

I used Lilac 6mm Pearls

Lilac AB fire-polished beads

Aquamarine crystal bicones

Sterling Silver 3mm beads

Lilac 4mm Pearls

Lilac Lined size 11 seed beads

Silver Lined size 15 seed beads

Sterling Silver Toggle Clasp.

Jayne Wilks:

6mm Glass pearls – Teal

4mm Fire Polished – Crystal

3mm Bicone – Swarovski Crystal – Teal

3mm Stardust silver metal bead

4mm Shiny silver metal bead

Size 11 – Petrol blue

Size 15 – Silver lined clear

Mary-Ann Swanger:

6mm med blue glass rounds

4mm Swarovski Purple dark Lapis round

3mm Swarovski puple Petrol round

4mm Preciosa firepolish light aqua round

3mm swarovski crystal ab round

3mm light blue ab bicone

15/0 ceylon sky blue (miyuki)

11/0 opaque blue (preciosa)

Nancy

6mm facetet gold and tan round beads

4mm blue/green fire polished
4mm gold/clear fire polished
3mm swarovski gold shadow
size 11 gold
size 15 blue

June

 4mm Firepolished Blueberry/Green Tea, silver 3mm, purple iris seed beads, gold & bronze seed beads, gold clasp and amethyst ab bicones. 

Joan Biciunas
6mm Swarovski - purple velvet
4mm clear AB rounds
4mm silver fire polished rounds
3mm silver bicone
4mm silver round
15/0 hematite
11/0 silver lined
11/0 black delica

Week one in the books!

Week one of our Bead Along is in the books and here are some more pictures I received. If you haven't finished the Grace Bracelet yet you have one more week to get it finished.

1. Tressa Willaims
  

Turquoise 6mm rounds

Opaque Teal Fire Polish

Rosealine Gold Bicones

Chocolate 4mm Rounds

Rootbeer Size 11 Seeds

Rose Gold Size 15 Seeds

2.Sabine:

6mm - midnight blue rounds

4mm - crsytal rounds

3mm - crystal bicones

3mm - pearl white pearls

4mm - pearl white pearls

11/o - silver lined crystal

15/o - silver lined cobalt

Cheryl:

6mm light pink pearl

firepolish - crystal
bicone - opal
3mm silver
4mm pink amethyst
seed bead 11 - pearl
seed bead 15 - rosaline

Pat Jones:

6mm black pearls
3mm white pearls
4mm black pearls
Champagne fire polish
Garnet bicones
s11 green seed beads
s15 bronze seed beads

Debra Stapleton:



30 6mm rivoli in crystal blue beads

44 4mm ab crystal czech beads

15 3mm grey czech beads

28 3mm antique rose czech beads

14 4mm amethyst czech beads

size 11 delica in gunmetal

size 15 delica in grey

1 crystal button

and I used opelon with grey czech bead for closure



Wendy:

6mm round in Blue Iris

4mm round in Cream

4mm Firepolished beads in Metal

3mm Bicones in crystal AB

3mm round in Tahitian

Size 11 seed beads in silver

Size 15 seed beads in turquoise

Kathy:

6 mm round dark gray

4mm fire-polished black
3mm bicone diamond purple velvet
3mm & 4mm rounds dark purple & dark gray
11 seed silver lined dark royal purple
15 seed purple lined transparent

More Grace Bracelets

Here are more pictures of the Grace Bracelet from the Bead Along that I have received so far.  These are looking so great!

April Jefferson:
 

Black Pearls, 6mm

Medium Green Fire Polished beads, 4mm

Dark Yellow AB, 3mm

White Swarovski Pearls, 3mm

Clear Rounds, 4mm

11/0 Clear AB

15/0 Dark Metal

Kathleen Vayianos:

  6 mm round dark gray

4mm fire-polished black
3mm bicone diamond purple velvet
3mm & 4mm rounds dark purple & dark gray
11 seed silver lined dark royal purple
15 seed purple lined transparent light amethyst AB

Louise Parkinson:

  - Firepolish - Capri Blue

- 4mm bicones - swarovski fuschia
- 6mm and 4mm rounds - Haematite
- 3mm rounds - turquoise size 8 seed beads
- size 11 seed beads - pearlescent lime
- size 15 seed beads - silver-lined clear

First Grace Bracelets

The first pictures of the Grace Bracelet are rolling in and boy are they pretty! The people who have sent in pictures so far have done a fantastic job!

1. Kari Ledbetter - Colors Used:
        6mm Round - Light Yellow Pearls
        4mm- Olivine Rounds
        3mm Bicone - Light Olivine AB
        3mm - White Pearl
        4mm - Light Yellow Pearl
         11/0 Opaque Jade
        15/0 White Pearl Seed

2. Pearl X - Colors Used:

      

6mm rounds Pearl

4mm fire polished light amber/copper

3mm bicones opal

3mm & 4mm rounds various shades of purple

11 seed mid purple

15 seed light purple

3. Sue - Colors Used:

   

6mm silver fire polished beads

4mm fire polished round emerald green

4mm fire polished round copper AB

3mm bicones, deep turq AB

3mm silver round fire polished AB

size 15 silver seed beads

size 11 silver/gold varible seed beads

4. Jane:

     One in gold cream and browns and the other in purples and lilacs.

5. Sandi McCraw - Colors Used:

   3mm Copper Rounds

4mm Goldstone Rounds
6mm Goldstone Rounds
3mm Copper Bicones
4mm Matte Metallic Gold Fire Polish
15 Copper Seeds
11 Galvanized Gold Seeds

Beaded Fantasies Bead Along

A few weeks ago it was proposed to me that I should do a bead along and use the book Beaded Fantasies as my guide. After much thought I decided to do so.  A bead along is basically this...you do a set pattern and you have a specific amount of time to do it. Once you have completed the project you post a picture of it for everyone to see. The great thing about the "age of internet" is that people from all over the world can connect in one place and be able to do something together. It is my hope that with this bead along people will learn new techniques and get many ideas on different color combinations they can use. I also like to do bead alongs because we can communicate and discuss things we like or don't like about a pattern or ways that we might could change it. 

For this bead along we will be using Beaded Fantasies by Sabine Lippert. It is her brand new book that just came out about 2 months ago. We will start on July 1st. Participants will have 2 weeks to complete the project.  Once finished please post a picture on our Off the Beaded Path facebook wall telling what colors you used in your piece. I also ask that you email your pictures to me along with the list of colors used and what you did or didn't like about the pattern so that I can post the pictures here on the blog. Facebook is great but if you don't check it everyday it's easy to miss important notes or pictures. Listed below are the projects to be completed and the timeline. I tried to choose 8 patterns that were easy but would teach new skills. I made sure to put the hardest last. I only picked 8 because I wanted to be done with our projects before the holidays started. 

START: July 1st                                      Pictures and comments due by:
Page 30 Grace Bracelet                             July 15th
Page 36 XXOXX Bracelet                        July 29th
Page 45 La Fleur Bracelet                        August 12th
Page 49  Queenie Bracelet                        August 26th
Page 74 Double Star Earrings                  September 9th
Page 77 Milady Pendant                          September 23rd
Page 91  Scheherezade Pendant              October 7th
Page 121 Sparkling Tops Necklace         October 21st

The great thing about doing this Bead Along is that there are no rules.  If you can't get a project done in time....no problem. Can't do a project....no problem. Can't afford to do a certain project....no problem.  If you don't want to join in on the bead along you can always watch and enjoy all the great beading that will be going on.  I hope that a lot of you will be able to do this bead along and I hope we learn lots of new techniques along the way.

And I know someone is going to ask....I can't do videos on how to do these projects.  This is Sabine's book and I don't have permission to do videos.  Don't worry though....we will all get through this together.  Give the projects a try. Challenge yourself.

Beaded Fantasies by Crissy

One of my friends Crissy stopped by the shop this week and showed me the goodies she had made from the Beaded Fantasies Book.  Below is the pieces and the pages that she worked on.  Great work Crissy!