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Another bracelet

I'm making bracelets lately and this one is made from brass jump rings bought from The Dragonfly Company.
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and heres a close-up,

Gaming Reflects Real Life

Just like in real life, while those around her stream through the finish, Kat's stuck upside down with her wheels in the air... facing the wrong way!Just like in real life, while those around her stream through the finish, Kat's stuck upside down with her wheels in the air... facing the wrong way!

Skull and Bones

I saw an illustration in a bead magazine and thought I might make something similar.
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The black crystals have small copper bi-cones on either side and the spacers are seed bead cubes. Here's a close-up thumbnail.

Driving Around

So I've spent my weekend playing Track Mania, a multiplayer online racing game. I say 'racing' but a good proportion of that I was enaged in the sort of activity as illustrated by the screenshot below ;-)

{dowders} lol - who's that stuck in the tree?
{kat} err.... that would be me...    {Take screenshot}{dowders} lol - who's that stuck in the tree?
{kat} err.... that would be me... {Take screenshot}

Chocolate and cream set

These beads are temporarily strung in the hope that they might be purchased and turned into a necklace. The string is 19.5 inches long and has a crimp at either end for now.
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Silver Byzantine Chainmaille Necklace

I bought the book "Great Wire Jewelry some time ago for the instructions on Viking Knit but liked the look of the Byzantine chainmaille in it. I kept thinking about making some and finally plucked up the courage to order silver jump rings from The Dragonfly Company.
Here's the finished article,
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Triangle beads

I made these beads some months ago but couldn't decide what to put with them. I finally decided to add smaller beads and swarovski crystals.
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I occasionally

like to make odd shaped beads. This one is about 2.5 inches long.
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and just developed as I played with the glass. The ability to make long stalactites of glass helps when making the legs of beasties or putting handles on blown glass vessels.

Horsey

Here's a further development of the picture I posted a couple of days ago,
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DH still thinks it looks like a donkey. I find the mouth difficult to do but the jaw is much better.

Push-me-pull-you

I made this the other day. Not quite sure what it is, hence the name.
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