Glass Beach ~ A New Beaded Bracelet

The challenge package was titled something like “A Day at the Beach”. When I opened my package and saw the shells, pinkish stones, glass fish and sand colored glass beads, I immediately thought this was a bracelet and it needed to look like the sea had washed the pieces ashore and piled them in a long beautiful line.

I pulled out everything for this bracelet. I did some stringing, some weaving and even some wire-wrapping. The beads were so varied in size that I felt like I had to do a variety of techniques to achieve the look I wanted.

I added a lot of gold glass beads and quite a few pearl beads. I don’t think I’ve perfected the bead weave techniques or the beads on a string. I do think the use of multiple techniques, the gold wire, the variety of beads, really helps get that washed up on the beach look.

I like this bracelet better than the first (and only) seed bead bracelet I just finished. The fit is somewhere between a weave and a cuff. I like that the beads are tightly woven together.

Whew! That’s finished! I think I’ll try something a little different next.