Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Trade Beads cluster necklace

I bought some old trade beads back in the summer. They'd been sitting on my beading table that whole time while I figured out what to do with them. They've always been a challenge for me because of their size, color, and bubbly shape.

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I wire wrapped them to a bit of oxidized silver chain and used some black leather to make a simple necklace. I'm really happy with it! So much so that I didn't give the leather any time to rest overnight so it still looks a little wibbly wobbly d:

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