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Crocheted Rainbow Cuffs
I also had these beautiful brilliant glow-in-the-dark beads laying around and I felt the need to spell out "STILL HERE" on a brilliant rainbow background. Gee I wonder why in this year of 2025 in what is supposedly still the United States of America, hm. Then I did just the slightest bit of lining the space between beads with a little bit of silver holographic thread because I could and I did and I can't really describe how or why that just works better than leaving the plain black thread but no complaints. It also kind of helps reflect a little of the glow... to the human eye. The camera was not a fan of me trying to get how astonishingly neon green the glow really is, but I tried. I can assure that it is very obvious and very bright for a surprisingly long time in total darkness, but the longer you charge it, the longer the glow lasts of course.
The other two cuffs came about because I wanted to see what another "plain" one would look like, and then what the color spread would look like widened to twice the size. Now we all know!
STILL HERE cuff, Unadorned Narrow Rainbow Cuff, and Unadorned Wide Rainbow Cuff are all currently available, but I am capable of taking commissions for more.
Drama Cuff
This is some leftover leather from a vest that I... tore apart and repurposed into a bag that I've realized is not actually in gallery, and one edge most certainly retains evidence of that. We liked the "lived-in look", and it was already one nicely turned edge, so why mess with it? I hand-sewed the rest, because on top of not being all that intelligent, I didn't want to risk doing damage to my very solid steel sewing machine which may or may not retain the solid-ness given how thick the leather actually was in parts. Extra-sharp beading needle and pliers it was!
We also worked out a magnetic clasp as the favored approach to actually keeping it on, which looks a mess in the photos because... I forgot to clean the magnets before taking the pictures. ...Nevermind these details, it was all conditioned, cleaned up, polished, and very well-received, so that is success enough.
Eight Red Butterflies
17 May 2012So the story goes, there was once an assassin hidden amongst the courtesans. For every successful kill and escape, she would add a red butterfly to her bracelet. One day the bracelet was found on the side of a dock, hung on the handle of a knife that had been hers, and no trace of either the assassin nor the nobleman she was sent to kill (who would have been the ninth butterfly) was ever found. A romantic heart may tell you that she fell in love with the nobleman and they sailed away together. I see nothing wrong with hoping for that.
So I am terrible at waiting for things and I also sort of wanted to do something simple. No, actually simple, not just the "fake simple" I usually get roped into. I've had these eight red glass butterfly beads set aside for a very long time, and that little story in my head ever since. Finally doing something simple in a "less is more" sort of thing makes me happy.
(For Sale)
Fondly
29 May 2019"I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night." - Sarah Williams
Kind of couldn't help but think of the quote while I was finishing this. I needed a little something different, again, and I'd been picking and different kinds of layered bracelets lately, so this happened. I really wanted something to showcase that "cheap plastic ring" which did not in any way look cheap to me. The blue highlights are so subtle that they're hard enough to pick out in person depending on the light, nevermind trying to get decent pictures of them, but I hope I've succeeded enough for folks to be able to adjust their monitors and marvel. Or something like it.
(For Sale)
Martian Sunrise
25 October 2013Maybe I've been reading too much classic hard science fiction lately. Nah, that's not possible.
I just wanted to do something a little different for a bracelet. Hand sewn, hand beaded super soft fabric managed to get a little "stiffened" and reinforced in the process, sort of turning it into a soft bangle. The centerpiece is a gorgeous 12mm "red tiger eye" bead that really flares in direct light, giving off a fiber optic type of glow. I'm rather fond of the semi-rustic look of it, myself. I'll have to play with this style/method more.
(For Sale)
Peacock Cuff
20 October 2012An old, battered peacock cabochon I'd gotten years ago at a discount really needed a new life. Add leftover seed beads, some wire scraps, Swarovski crystals and a band of super-soft black leather I'd been playing with and... results! There's a little extra dusted gold detailing along the top and bottom, since... well, shiny.
I so needed to do something simple. Even if hand-sewing leather is full of cursing.
(Sold)
Triple B
26 June 2018I very much needed a little break from the giant Desert Bus 2018 chocobo, so I dug through some old beads and managed to get the vast majority of the work done IN ONE DAY. Miracles, here. Just a little bit complicated and reinforced, a whole lot shiny, and... well the title was an amusing thought that stuck, what can I say.
(For Sale.)
Unraveling Night
The stretchy yarn was at least well suited for the very simple macrame band. As for the tiny silver beads, what can I say, it needed stars.