How the skinny bracelet is made

Here is the link: Knotted Leather Bracelet
I am delighted to show you the making process of my skinny leather bracelet.

While I am skilled at other areas, taking video is not my forte! The video was made in all modesty, no background music, no editing, and a little haste, because my girl, who sat behind me, was muting her favorite cartoon show so that I could record this video.

I prepared the materials upfront, which were: leather cord, findings, charm. The tools were: crimp plier, glue, scissors, bent-nose plier, measuring tape. Please note that this is not a tutorial, however, if you can learn something from it, I'm just happy for you.

So, next time you see this kind of item in my shop, you know how it came into being.
Thank you all.

Spring is in the air, New Necklaces

Flowers budding, tree sprouts new leaves, everywhere I see footsteps of spring. It's time to have some floral theme.
The necklaces below are created for a friend of mine. I hope you like them too.
(1) Double leather string with silver ornaments, intersected with droplets of fucshia bead.

(2) Prehnite necklace. A piece that will hang nicely atop a blouse or round shape collar.

(3) Camellia and Buttery Jade

Simplicity

Hi! Happy New Year to you all.

I welcome 2012 by creating simple yet charming pendant style necklaces. It's said that sometimes Less is More. How true.

(1) Purple Teardrop with Matryoshka Charm Necklace

Pendant under natural lighting. It is wrapped with silver plated wire to accentuate the handcrafted feel

Held against my wrist, the glass reflects lights beautifully, this is also what it will look like when resting against the neck

When lighted from the back, the glass will look transparent

(2) Lucite Heart Shape Pendant with Quill Charm and Leaves

Lucite bead as a focal point is adorned with two leaf beads and a quill charm



(3) Freeform Weave Prehnite Pendant

I always love irregular shapes of stones, they look organic. The one I use here is a date-shape prehnite ( a kind of mineral that resembles the flesh of white grapes). It is faceted, and I want it to look more "shabby", so I wrought around it a swirl of gold tinted wire. I've done it several times with different tone of wire and this is the one that I am most satisfied with.

Laid on my fingers

Attached to a dark brown genuine leather string, another option to metal chain