Redesign - Faux Pearl Necklace

I was asked by a customer to redesign an existing necklace.  It was to be a present to the customer's daughter, to be worn on her wedding day.

The necklace started out as a long, single strand, vintage faux pearl necklace.  The customer requested that the necklace be shortened by 15 pearls, and these be used to make a matching bracelet.  I interspaced the pearls with clear, swarovki crystals to make the bracelet long enough.

Both the customer, and her daughter were delighted with my finished work.  I have to say that I'm quite proud too :)

It was a difficult job, as silk thread was too thick for the holes in the pearls.  I had to then use 2 doubled strands of nymo on two different needles.  I then had to double, sometimes triple knot in between every bead to give the hand knotted look to the necklace and bracelet.  There was lots of tears and tangles but it was worth it.

Purple Snakeskin Bracelet

I love making peyote bracelets.  It is time consuming, but the results are worth it.  

I have made a few new bracelets recently, and this is one of them.  I originally made a version of this bracelet a few years ago, and it was sold very quickly.  I decided to make another for the website.  The idea for this pattern came to me when watching a programme on snakes.  I wanted to try and capture the way their colours graduated from one to another.