blue and light amethyst

these were made for a birthday present.

blue (and red veins, but mostly blue) beads are alternated with light amethyst rondelles and tiny swarovski pearls. the three big crystals in the middle are swarovski "cosmic" beads in light amethyst.

i'm pretty happy with how these turned out. if i were to change one thing, though, i might go with a bigger contrast in color. instead of a the light purple accents, maybe i might try a really deep/bright purple. or red.

or i dunno, maybe this way is better.
more experimentation!!!

barrettes v2

these were gifted to my hair-accesories-fiend friend, dayni.

same technique that was used on the facebook bobby pins: 26 gauge wire, wrapped around the hair clip between beads .

used a different kind of barrettes -- these are the ones that lock. undecorated ones can be found at any craft store.

top one was randomly decorated with glass beads in browns, golds, and beiges.

the second one was better planned -- 8mm czech fire polished beads with different colored freshwater pearls.