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-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 [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/hand-beaded-jewelry/making-a-vintage-beaded-necklace/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 [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/glass-beads/bling-in-the-new-year/feed/ 0 http://www.gailnettles.com/bead-supplies/flea-markets-beads-and-jewelry/ http://www.gailnettles.com/bead-supplies/flea-markets-beads-and-jewelry/#comments Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:50:33 +0000 Gail http://www.gailnettles.com/?p=263 For the first time in awhile I went on a flea market search for beads, beaded jewelry and vintage signed costume jewelry.  What fun I had, looking through the piles!  But my eyes hurt from squinting to see the signatures on the jewelry (even with a loupe it was difficult at times). My mission today [...]]]> http://www.gailnettles.com/bead-supplies/flea-markets-beads-and-jewelry/feed/ 0