So my mother's birthday is coming up. She said no presents, which she says every year. But she never turns down anything I send her. :)Anyway, I decided to make a book thong out of some leftover materials I had laying around. The round beads, you may recognize from my recent purchases Queen Bee II in Akasuka-bashi (Tokyo). The focal is a flat brushed aluminum link that I picked up at a Michael's just over a year ago. The charms are from Artbeads, if I recall correctly.
Basically, I took 12 inches of beading wire, made a loop on the end using a crimp bead, put some heavier beads on the end, then strung 15/0 seed beads that I had leftover from some other bracelets. The trick is, in theory, to have at 10-12 inches of thin or flat stuff in the middle, so some people use thread (waxed 4 ply seems to pop up a lot), or ribbon instead. I put the heavier dangle on the side I imagined to be the lower side. I'm not sure that really matters.
We can ask my mom her opinion on how practical the design is after her birthday. :)
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