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/lampwork-beads/lampwork-pandora-style-beads/ http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/lampwork-pandora-style-beads/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:37:17 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=413 Lampwork Pandora beads go by many names.  Sometimes they are called Murano beads, sometimes glass beads.  Ah, but once you've seen artisan handmade lampwork beads, you may never want to go back! Step right up and learn about the gorgeous handmade lampwork beads that await you! First -- What Are Pandora Beads? If you're not [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/lampwork-pandora-style-beads/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, [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/bead-supplies/making-beaded-jewelry-when-youve-run-out-of-supplies/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 [...]]]> 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/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 [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/making-beaded-jewelry/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/more-lampwork-jewelry-photos/ http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/more-lampwork-jewelry-photos/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:50:21 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=52 Here are more lampwork jewelry photos, courtesy of Jennie.  Like I said in the previous post, I'm always thrilled and touched when people send me pictures of their creations, made from my beads. I really liked what Jennie did with this one set of beads.  I think I named them "Storm Warnings", but she did a [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/lampwork-beads/more-lampwork-jewelry-photos/feed/ 0