http://www.gailnettles.com Beads, Jewelry, Tutorials, Makeup & More! Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:40:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.gailnettles.com/viking-knit/viking-knit-chain-photos/ http://www.gailnettles.com/viking-knit/viking-knit-chain-photos/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:02:44 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=586 I know it's been longer than I had planned, to get you these viking knit chain photos, but I've finally had a chance to sit down and catalog what I had, and what you might like to see. First off, I've been making mostly bracelets, along with some necklaces.  So far, no earrings (that's my next [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/viking-knit/viking-knit-chain-photos/feed/ 0 http://www.gailnettles.com/hand-beaded-jewelry/making-a-vintage-beaded-necklace/ http://www.gailnettles.com/hand-beaded-jewelry/making-a-vintage-beaded-necklace/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 00:13:43 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=383 Making a vintage beaded necklace isn't as strange as it first may sound.  Vintage kind of means "old", and how can you make something old? By making a necklace from vintage beads and findings, of course!  And you don't need to pay an arm and a leg for them either, if you know where to find [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/hand-beaded-jewelry/making-a-vintage-beaded-necklace/feed/ 0 http://www.gailnettles.com/bead-supplies/making-beaded-jewelry-when-youve-run-out-of-supplies/ http://www.gailnettles.com/bead-supplies/making-beaded-jewelry-when-youve-run-out-of-supplies/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 17:58:33 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=361 Making beaded jewelry is fun, unless you have run out of supplies.  And if in today's economy you can't afford more at the moment, what do you do? As for me, I take a look at what I've made and rarely worn.  Time to disassemble and create something new! What to Choose? As I mentioned, the first thing [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/bead-supplies/making-beaded-jewelry-when-youve-run-out-of-supplies/feed/ 0 http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/making-beaded-jewelry/ http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/making-beaded-jewelry/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 23:04:16 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=321 Making beaded jewelry has been part of my life so long.  And when I realized I'd been feeling kind of blue lately, I remembered that I hadn't made anything in a few months. Horrors!  Can it really be that long, at least 3 months since I've had beads in hand?  No wonder I have felt out-of-sorts. But [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/making-beaded-jewelry/feed/ 0 http://www.gailnettles.com/glass-beads/bling-in-the-new-year/ http://www.gailnettles.com/glass-beads/bling-in-the-new-year/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:46:42 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=315 Well, it's New Year's Eve day, and the end of 2008.  High time to plan how to bling in the New Year! As you know, I've been doing some collecting of costume jewelry, as well as doing a redux on pieces.  My latest acquisitions have been some crystal necklaces, probably from the late 60's through the 70's.  [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/glass-beads/bling-in-the-new-year/feed/ 0 http://www.gailnettles.com/bead-supplies/beading-and-vintage-jewelry-story/ http://www.gailnettles.com/bead-supplies/beading-and-vintage-jewelry-story/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:13:55 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=202 If you're a beader (or just otherwise love beads), vintage beads can be a big lure. I'm not just talking about dZi beads, old African trade beads or anything; I'm talking about beads from a bygone era that have history or a story behind them. But here's a story of a vintage beading experience gone wrong! [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/bead-supplies/beading-and-vintage-jewelry-story/feed/ 0 http://www.gailnettles.com/seed-beads/beaded-jewelry-projects/ http://www.gailnettles.com/seed-beads/beaded-jewelry-projects/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:54:38 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=135 Are you like me -- you have beaded jewelry projects all around, in various states of completion?  I hope I'm not the only one, who half-way through a project gets another idea that I just have to start! Anyway, I'm sorry I don't have the peyote stitch beading project ready for prime time yet.  I'm done [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/seed-beads/beaded-jewelry-projects/feed/ 0 http://www.gailnettles.com/jewelry/bead-jewelry-and-choosing-your-supplies/ http://www.gailnettles.com/jewelry/bead-jewelry-and-choosing-your-supplies/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:23:16 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=77 Bead jewelry - is it in your blood? If you're reading this blog, you probably love beads, in one form or another. Maybe you like making them, from glass or polymer or silver clay. Maybe you like making bead jewelry -- lampwork, seed beads, Swarovski, gemstones -- it's all fair game. Or perhaps you just [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/jewelry/bead-jewelry-and-choosing-your-supplies/feed/ 0 http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/lampwork-beads-turned-into-art/ http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/lampwork-beads-turned-into-art/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:28:39 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=40 I am always so very thrilled when people send me photos of what they've made from my beads.  Today I am honored to have my friend Jennie send me some pictures of some of her lovely items. Here's the first photo, and it's my favorite as I bought it!   And it's as much fun to wear [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/lampwork-beads-turned-into-art/feed/ 0 http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/lampworking-glass-beads-and-jewelry/ http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/lampworking-glass-beads-and-jewelry/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:15:43 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=7 I enjoy lampworking, when the weather isn't too hot.  Lampworking, if you don't know, is the art of making glass objects (in my case, beads) with a torch.  In other words, I take rods of glass, heat them in the flame of a torch until they melt, then make beads. Here's one set that I made.  [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/lampworking-glass-beads-and-jewelry/feed/ 0