Luna Flor Bracelet Project

Last month as a Rings & Things blog partner I received a fun collection of brown lava beads that I have been mixing with a variety of materials. I wanted to explore the play of textures of the course and porous lava beads with the high shine of pearlized glass nuggets and silver. I think it lends itself to an other-world effect.

Luna Flor Bracelet (Moon Flower)

Supplies

Orchid Oval from Humblebeads

3 brown lava beads

1 blue lace agate 8mm round

1 dark indigo 6mm crystal bicone

2 pearlized glass nuggets

1 flower clasp

16 nickel seed beads

8 gunmetal eyepins

2 gunmetal 4mm jumpring

(Gunmetal, crystal, lava & stone from Rings & Things, glass nugget from a local bead shop)

1. Create looped links using the eyepin for each bead with the seed beads on both sides.

2. Attach each link together. Attach the clasp with the jumprings.

A necklace variation using my First Frost Dandelion bead and gunmetal chain.

Rings and Things Product Review

The Art Bead Scene was invited to participate in Rings & Things blog partner program. They send a packet of items to review or use in a project, I share my thoughts and results with you.



This round features Disk & Loop Bracelets. I'm not much a "gluer" so I wasn't exactly sure what I could do with these bracelets when they first arrived. I found myself loving the warm antiqued texture of the brass disks and decided instead of covering up, I'd use them as an integral element of the design.

With a little wire-wrapping I added my teal branch disk beads in between the brass disks, skipping every other one. After the the disks were added I made dangles of copper pearls, amber disks and crystals on brass headpins and attached them to the alternate loops.

I love the fit of the bracelet too. Rings and Things offers the disk and loop bracelets in a variety of styles and sizes. This bracelet is 8.2" long and just perfect for someone with a larger wrist, which is always a challenge when working with pre-made bracelet forms.

(A detail of my wire-wrapping.)

To see more projects using the Disk & Loop Bracelets visit the Rings & Things blog. And stop by my blog today for a free project using the Disk & Loop Bracelets.