http://www.gailnettles.com Beads, Jewelry, Tutorials & More! Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:45:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 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 [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/hand-beaded-bracelets/blessings-bracelet-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.gailnettles.com/hand-beaded-bracelets/do-you-have-a-blessings-bracelet/ http://www.gailnettles.com/hand-beaded-bracelets/do-you-have-a-blessings-bracelet/#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 00:14:53 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=334 My friend Jennie mentioned the concept of a "blessings bracelet" to me a few months ago.  It's a bracelet that, whenever you look at it, it reminds you of your blessings. I know, in today's world it's hard to come up with anything to consider a blessing -- sometimes it all seems so bleak.  But [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/hand-beaded-bracelets/do-you-have-a-blessings-bracelet/feed/ 0 http://www.gailnettles.com/jewelry/hand-beaded-bracelet-turquoise-and-silver/ http://www.gailnettles.com/jewelry/hand-beaded-bracelet-turquoise-and-silver/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:28:06 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=31 A hand beaded bracelet is fun to make (or at least I think so).  This kind in the photo takes me about 2.5 hours, start to finish, due to the number of strands I use (I like more substantial bracelets in general).   I think I used either 8 or 10 strands for this bracelet, [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/jewelry/hand-beaded-bracelet-turquoise-and-silver/feed/ 1