tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330Thu, 29 Aug 2024 06:27:39 +0000earringshandmadebraceletlarge seed beadssilver beadsblack beadsglass beadsspacer beadstoggle claspblue glass beadsmetal beadsre-strung jewelryseed beadsred beadsbracelet earring setsbugle beadscat beadsdyed seed beadsguitar pick earringsrecycled beadssilver toggglesilver toggleteal beadsFirst Postbicone vaseline crystal glassbronzebrown glass beadsbumpy glass beadscarved beadsclay beadscork beadsdyed abalonefaux ceramic glass blue/brown swirl beadsfrench hookgoldgreen beadshematitehome-made earring cardslobster claspmetal spacersmulti-colored braceletmulti-colored earringsnecklacenecklace earring setssnake toggle clasptoggle claspsturquoisewhite beadsI love my country and I love to bead. Take a look around my Etsy listings and scroll down to see all my creations!http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Natalie)Blogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-3736506555702160565Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:55:00 +00002012-09-09T21:55:32.956-07:00 Here is the batch of earrings I completed earlier this Spring. I had visited South Sun Beads in San Diego, CA with my mom, who was visiting from Montana.  We love going there.  They have tables and tables of reduced beads and they have great sales inside their huge store.  They usually hand out free Mega Lotto tickets, too while you are walking around!  Check them out some http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2012/09/some-pretties-from-spring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MontuckyGirl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-4492586967176626744Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:47:00 +00002012-09-02T14:50:38.696-07:00bracelet earring setsguitar pick earrings Thought I better post what I've made this last year.  I have been doing great selling my jewelry and it keeps me busy! These are all my own original creations.  If you would like to share them with others, please share the link to http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2012/09/jewels-of-last-fall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MontuckyGirl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-6530736650682908164Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:13:00 +00002011-07-09T14:13:51.985-07:00bracelet earring setsguitar pick earringsnecklace earring setsWell, I've been uber busy, my oldest is 4, my youngest 9 months. I took a break for beading to do scrapping, and now I've got a bunch of jewelry to share that I've been working on for a few months! Got a bunch for you to see!  There are quite a few pics!  See if you can guess what these first few earrings are made with!!! It's crazy, but I http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2011/07/ive-been-like-really-busy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-4200443228707709285Thu, 27 May 2010 21:31:00 +00002010-05-27T18:45:16.788-07:00home-made earring cardsI have been so busy with scrapbooking that I haven't been posting my beading projects! This is the time of year when people start getting graduation notices in the mail.  I received two from girls and one from a boy.  So I decided to give the girls one of my bracelet and earring sets. I didn't want to just put them in a box, which I could have done, I wanted to make them a little bit http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2010/05/wow-its-been-while.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-5598154368912716278Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:27:00 +00002009-12-11T00:28:28.751-08:00blue glass beadsbraceletcat beadsdyed seed beadsearringsspacer beadstoggle claspsHere are a couple sets that some lucky family members will be getting.     And the next piece: http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-presents.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-4892973000173468480Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:52:00 +00002009-11-28T16:52:54.301-08:00bicone vaseline crystal glassdyed abalonefaux ceramic glass blue/brown swirl beadsfrench hookmetal beadsmetal spacerssilver beadssilver toggle My parents came down to visit for Thanksgiving and Bead Bum made a couple bracelets with blue crystals, shell beads, and glass beads.  The metal spacers are silver. I have hers showcased here. The beads were bought at Michael'shttp://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/11/bead-bum-creation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-6958839008500754144Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:44:00 +00002009-11-06T17:44:10.242-08:00       http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-keychains.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-2523991749114556840Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:09:00 +00002009-10-29T21:09:05.872-07:00black beadsbraceletclay beadsearringsglass beadsgreen beadshandmadelarge seed beadsmetal beadssilver togggle I look at the pieces in this ensemble, the green beads have these little blackish brown speckles that made me think of the temperate rainforests located on the Washington peninsula in U.S.  I went there years ago and the green was just surreal. I had to choose carefully, colors that would not take away from the green, colors that would in fact bring out the green.  The end result http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/10/thinking-outside-of-bead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-8997388407750351197Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:26:00 +00002009-10-28T16:26:23.574-07:00glass beadshandmadelarge seed beadsmulti-colored braceletmulti-colored earringsre-strung jewelrysilver beadstoggle clasp This bracelet and the next were inspired by a crazy flowing shirt that my husband bought me last year.  I absolutely love the colors on the shirt, however; I have tried to wear the shirt many times and it is just not made with any practicality.   It is too flopsy and it gets in the way.  So before I bid it adieu, I wanted to capture what was most beautiful about it, the http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/10/wellits-forwhen-you-feeli-dont-know-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-4702961397461314290Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:15:00 +00002009-10-28T16:15:27.470-07:00braceletearringshandmadered beadssilver beadssilver toggleturquoise The dainty turquoise bead lures you in...then switches gears with the silver bead and larger beads.  Then the eye candy gets better with the more intricate "UFO" shaped silver beads .  Just when you can't stand it anymore, that red, red bead...well, I am speechless. I can't take it, please, then Boom!  The End! Wow, what a ride...and to think, it's only a bracelet.  Or, is ithttp://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/10/sometimes-imperfections-can-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-6078961585215462037Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:53:00 +00002009-10-22T14:53:35.545-07:00blue glass beadsbugle beadsbumpy glass beadsearringsglass beadshandmadelarge seed beadslobster claspnecklacesilver beadsteal beads"Why can't you be blue over me?" Leann Rimes once sang.  Well, now you can.  And with a funky twist to boot!    I made this necklace using blue glass beads that are clear as well as frosted.  I also used teal/blue beads with blue dots on them.  The showcase beads for the necklace and earrings are blue clear class with blue glass bumpies on them.  I used http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/10/blue-oh-so-lonesome-for-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-8212067211341664999Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:10:00 +00002009-10-20T13:10:52.986-07:00blue glass beadsbraceletearringshandmadelarge seed beadsred beadssilver beadssilver toggglespacer beadswhite beadsI love this delicate bracelet.  I used red and clear glass beads that had a hint of iridescence infused on their surfaces.  I also used round white beads that had a cloudy white effect on their surface which looked kind of like the glass that was popular in the early part of the 20th century.  Many of us may have had grandparents with pitchers and tumblers with this white cloudy orhttp://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/10/winter-romance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-5958288721125122969Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:57:00 +00002009-10-20T12:57:44.064-07:00black beadsblue glass beadsbraceletcarved beadsearringsglass beadshandmadelarge seed beadsmetal beadsre-strung jewelrysilver beadsspacer beadstoggle clasp This bracelet and earrings are another example of reusing and rebeading with jewelry you may have that is not functional or has broken parts with beads that are still useful. I had a "memory wire" bracelet I bought back in Missoula, MT at the University of Montana in the University Center, from when they were having an artisan/craft show there.    The bracelet had all shapes of http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/10/bohemian-roses-wrapped-around-my-heart.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-842654288409925010Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:45:00 +00002009-10-20T12:45:04.627-07:00black beadsbraceletearringshematitere-strung jewelryrecycled beadssilver beadsspacer beads I had two more recycled, glass beads left from the bracelet I dismantled.  I decided to make another braceletwith them.  I also used some hematite beads that I had from a bracelet I had bought at Windfall Gallery in Philadelphia, PA.  It was one of the stone bracelets that was supposed to have healing powers.  It was made with elastic cord which has long since worn out.&nbsphttp://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/10/still-more-recycled-reused-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-2884596996530699270Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:20:00 +00002009-10-20T12:22:12.246-07:00black beadsbraceletbronzebrown glass beadscat beadsearringsgoldlarge seed beadssnake toggle clasp While in Montana, two years ago, I went to a bead show with Bead Bum and we found some really neat cat beads that had a antique/bronze wash on them.  I found a snake toggle clasp at Michaels and used some rich gold, amber, bronze, and black beads. I placed the cat beads the way I did so that from different angles you could see them upright. I have a tortoise shell cat and two black cats http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/10/kind-of-egyptian-i-guess.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-1360915387833270554Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:17:00 +00002009-10-20T12:21:56.415-07:00braceletearringsglass beadslarge seed beadsmetal beadsteal beadstoggle clasp I bought some beads at Michaels and decided to make a bracelet with this pretty green.  In real life the beads have a deeper teal color to them.  The showcase bead has pink flowers and meallic glass on it.  The spacer beads are very large seed beads in teal and clear.  The metal beads came in the same kit as the glass beads. The round ones have a corrugated look and the http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/10/just-plain-pretty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-8464802662274411059Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:10:00 +00002009-10-20T12:22:36.870-07:00black beadsbracelethandmadelarge seed beadsred beadssilver beadsspacer beadstoggle clasp I have this great Calvin Klein t-shirt which I bought marked down at Dillard's.  It is a dark, cool, red t-shirt with a tattered collar.  Then it has stamped flourishes, butterflies, and a crown in black with Roman numerals and retro numbers on it.  Then it has a silver distress inking look over those designs.  It looks just like a grungy scrapbook layout! I just had to http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/10/fashion-and-scrapbook-layout-design-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-1069951266523028934Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:56:00 +00002009-10-20T12:11:35.425-07:00bracelethandmadere-strung jewelryrecycled beadstoggle clasp I went back to my hometown Missoula, MT July of 2009 and really became interested in jewelry and especially bracelets, that kind of struck my creative nerve as grungy/bohemian/shabby chic????? I went to the Missoula Saturday Market as the People's Market located on Pine St.  I was looking around the booths and I found a bracelet made with recycled beads, silver textured beads, and gunmetalhttp://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/10/recycle-reuse-recreate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-599066821565053183Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:46:00 +00002009-10-16T12:57:22.638-07:00dyed seed beadsearringshandmadeseed beads I bought these really pretty matte seed beads that were dyed purple from a store located on the Salish-Kootenai Native American Reservation in Montana. Well, the beads dyed the string and other beads, purple as well as my skin when I took a nap in them. So word to the wise, take these out when you sleep!  The other beads have gold and sea-green metallic casing on them. The base is just http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/10/so-i-fell-asleep-and-mycheek-turned.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-5398682416669170300Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:36:00 +00002009-10-16T13:35:38.233-07:00bugle beadscork beadsearringshandmadeseed beads I used to work at ShopKo in Missoula, MT in the domestics department.  I noticed some of the napkin rings on clearance that had some stringed cork (beads) on them.  The napkin rings where ghastly as a whole. They came in neutral, green and red colors.  They had a nice organic, natural-dyed look to them.  So Bead Bum and I bought some as we saw potential in them. Bead Bum hashttp://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/10/just-when-you-thought-napkin-rings-had.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-8237457319810437138Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:06:00 +00002009-10-16T12:07:11.454-07:00earringshandmadeseed beads These are made with pink and clear seed beads.  The design in the main part of the earring is a heart.  It is easier to see in real life. This was a pattern out of one of the books and it was fairly simple. The very middle strands that hang down are connected to make a loop and to make the earring have a more bohemian look to it.http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/10/some-unusual-prospects.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-8108440746466783907Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:01:00 +00002009-10-16T12:04:09.455-07:00earringshandmadeseed beads As a teenager, my parents took me over to Post Falls, ID to visit relatives who lived there.  We went to some little bead store that mainly sold seed beads and Native American beading and craft supplies.  There I saw examples of seed bead earrings.  I looked through some of the books the store had for sale. They were in black and white, but I knew I could make some colorful, http://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/10/hair-brained-schemes-and-money-burning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088214031250817330.post-4587609524565912780Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:06:00 +00002009-10-16T12:03:37.712-07:00First PostI am starting this new blog as a way to catalog my beading projects as well as to promote bead jewelry.  I will be uploading projects soon and also hope to start selling my creations as well.  If you are a bead enthusiast please leave a comment and let me know some great sites I should visit. Thanks Nataliehttp://patriotbeads.blogspot.com/2009/10/beading-is-one-of-my-new-hobbies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Natalie)0