Arts and Crafts - Share Your Talents

[Prettymaid]

Very pretty!

[Topkat]

Very nice Zelda!~ I have a friend who makes stunning beaded jewelry, mostly with crystals, The stuff is so gorgeous & she sells tons of it! It turned into a real money maker for her...
Maybe you have a new career ahead of you. If not, always nice to make gifts or things for yourself. She read books on it that she took out of the library & learned to do it herself!

[EaglesKiwi]

Great job, Zelda!

I'm betting that as soon as you start work on the bracelet you'll also start thinking about your next project after that!

[SallyGee]

Good for you Zelda. Very pretty!

[TimothyBFan]

I love it Zelda!! I love jewelry and sure wish I had that talent!

[Brooke]

Zelda, that is beautiful!

[zeldabjr]

thanks guys...it took a while to get the hang of it...then it got to be fun...I think I'm hooked!

[zeldabjr]

this is the baby afghan I just finished crocheting for my friends...the baby's one month old now...so I'm a little behind...oh well....

[Prettymaid]

Very nice! They'll love it!

[Prettymaid]

Thanks for refreshing this thread Zelda, because I've been meaning to ask you jewelry makers for some advice.

I bought this bracelet a short while ago to honor Hubby's brother, Chuck. It is an ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) bracelet. It has the ALS colored beads and a baseball glove charm to represent Lou Gehrig. The problem is that there is nothing to stop the beads and charm from falling to the underside of the bracelet; therefore when I have it on it looks like a plain wire bracelet. This photo is taken from the underside; that's why it looks okay in the pic.

My question is, is there something I can apply myself to stop the beads from sliding underneath? I thought of clear plastic earring backs, but the wire is too thick and bent (where it closes) to slide anything onto it. Is there something that I can crimp onto both sides of the beads to keep them on top?