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/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/hand-beaded-bracelets/blessings-bracelet-part-2/ http://www.gailnettles.com/hand-beaded-bracelets/blessings-bracelet-part-2/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 16:44:08 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=347 The blessings bracelet that I spoke of in the last post is done now.  It's in shades of purple and green, with accents of pink and a kind of butter-cream ivory. So here are the supplies, the finished product and the general technique. Blessings Bracelet Supplies As you see in the photo, the supplies are kind of eclectic.  [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/hand-beaded-bracelets/blessings-bracelet-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/bead-buying/ http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/bead-buying/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:23:51 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=99 I don't know about you, but I love virtual on-line bead shopping. And yes, I do very much enjoy going to bead shows and fondling the merchandise, there aren't a whole lot of shows where I live. For that matter, there aren't many bead shops close by, either! Lampwork and Swarovski So, the internet, and especially ebay, [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/bead-buying/feed/ 0