Vintage beauties

I´m sorting my treasures, some of the beads are very uneven, some just available in small amount, but these are beautiful!...uneven though, but charming.

let´s see, what they will turn into some day.

treasure chest !

flea market finds....a most appreciated gift from a friend. She is highly proficient in treasure hunting!

common seed bead storing in "before pastic times" . elaborate manufactured little boxes made of cardboard and paper.

Brown -green, partly cut, diminutive glass beads

...are used creating this elegant pair of ear jewelry

the antique beads are brown, but in front lightening they shimmer green.

unfortunately these rare beads are nearly used up, so if you consider to buy a pair made of these wonderful beads, be quick.

available here:

my favorite beads....

almost 20 years ago these antique beads were offered to me,

I´m happy to have bought all of them!

old cut beads

these are not partly cut charlottes, but old, real cut beads....similar to these:

 To work with is time consuming, because not all of them can be used, but the surface is beautiful !
......subdued sparkling .

 Plain shapes to bring out the characteristcs of the beads.  

...available here

Spring wedding

For the wedding planners....

..more "pearly" earrings available here
more idea´s for those who plan a marriage here ...and for all romantically minded (married or not)

Creative space....

Big project, first steps,...... uneven, antique cut beads, ... gives a beautiful surface .

This will be a pure and simple design, to accentuate the material! stay tuned for the result.

What are you working on? share your project here...

My creative space

Starting a new work with these antique beads from Lucie .

...and yes, the little shovel is pure silver and handmade by me! (did I mention yet to be a tool addict?)

For more creative spaces hop over to kootoyoo´s new: creative space

Old beads

cut, faceted beads
Here you can see faceted approx. 60 years old beads . To work with is rather time consuming, you have to sort out a lot. Btw, the ruler shows mm, not inch!
In large part I use old beads in my work. "Old beads" means , they may be up to 1 and a half century old... most of the old beads, that I have, are approximately 50 to 100 years old.

It is quite hard to define. Characteristic is: old beads are much more uneven than new produced. They sometimes are unevenly colored, and the holes are all a different size.