Beaded Ball Jewelry

Beaded Ball Earrings

Seems like every winter, when the temperature drops and the snow flies, 

I start to hole up in my cozy craft/laundry room 

and make a little jewelry.

One year, I made bracelets out of vintage earrings. 

You can read about them here.

Then there was this icy collection.

I love using crystal pearls and liquid silver beads.  

They are inexpensive and so shiny!

And who could forget this festive bracelet???

Or this Beaded Leather Wrap bracelet?

Lots of fun to make and wear.

This year's project was to learn how to make beaded balls.  

My sweet friend Alice had given me this amethyst beaded ball pendant for my birthday 

and I wanted to try my hand at making one.

I took my Darling Daughter's advice 

and searched for directions for making beaded ball earrings on YouTube, 

and low and behold, there was everything I ever needed to know about making them. 

 And more, of course.

Let's forget about going down that rabbit hole that is YouTube...

Here's a closer look at the pendant Alice gave me.

It's basically a woven ball of beads.  

You can see the star shaped clusters woven together here in the first one I tried making.

You can just slide your favorite chain necklace right through the openings and you have a pendant.

I used bi-cone beads here instead of round, to show the star shape more clearly.

Then I made this one, using some aqua rondelle shaped beads 

And then I tried my hand at making a smaller version, for earrings.

I love these sparkly blue ones.  

They can dress up denim or play up some one's beautiful blue eyes.

These are an iridescent green and blue mix, my favorite color combo.

Then, for New Year's Eve, or any event requiring a bit of silvery sparkle, 

I made these earrings.

And this pendant to coordinate.

It's been fun learning how to weave with beads.  

This YouTube video was essential. 

The directions and supplies you'll need are described at the beginning. 

The steps are not at all hard, 

but they have to be done in the right order. 

Aren't they Just*Grand?

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