Friday Beady-Eye Candy

Michelle* asked for more details on my Copper Bauble. I bought the beads at a shop in Scarborough called Bead F/X.  I know everyone talks about Arton Beads on Queen W. and no, I've never been, I happened to be on Warden Ave. and I liked this place a lot.  They light all the rooms with Ott lights so you can see the beads very well and they have lots of sparkly goodies.

The seed beads are size 11/0 Light brown czech beads. 

They're translucent and that was my starting point to building the colour palette.  Then I just walked around with my pal Keri and grabbed any appropriately sized larger beads that I thought would work.  We laid them all on the table and chose the ones that would work the best.  I also wanted a balance of matte and sparkle.

I started taking pictures of my own, but they're not as good as the ones from the Beads F/X sight, so I snagged some from there too.

6mm Diamond nosiette:

5X7mm Red Green Cubes (one of favourites of the group):

6mm flat discs in Bronze

Firepolish - 6 mm Faceted Round - The Evil Queen's Apple (love that name!)

 

6mm Atlas Beads in Bronze:

6mm Fire polish 2 way cut in poison green beads (fits nice with the Evil Queen's Apple--I didn't even see that until now)

8mm Rocco Rounds in Bronze:

And my favourite of the bunch.  I like the stone look they have and the very matte colour just popped on the bracelet.  Firepolish - 5 x 3 mm Faceted Donut - Ole Guacamole:

Makes you want to run out and get some sparkly stuff eh?  Makes me want to play with beads instead of revising this manuscript.  But I get to go bike shopping (finally!) when I'm done.

*(Thanks Michelle, I've been so busy with work I don't have anything to post, this was helpful!) 

Comments

[Romi]

Gorgeous! I love sparkly things. :g:

[Michelle]

I love beadfx great store!

[Angie]

Welcome to our inner magpie. Can't wait to see the amazing results.

[Maggie]

I thought rather than being a lurker, I would comment on how beautiful your Copper Bauble is. Thank you for the link to Bead F/X as well. My daughter is in love with your skull scarf and I finally figured out a substitution for the yarn you used as I couldn't find it anywhere.

[RobynR]

I've been to both and much preferred Bead F/X. In fact, I went to them for all of the beads I used for my wedding. And I lived in Mississauga at the time.

[Mandy]

Thank you for the delicious bead porn. :)

[Andi]

Ooohhh! Bike shopping! What're you looking for? And I love bead shops! Have to have lots of time though.

[Maryann]

Wow, what a lovely selection of beads. Can't wait to see the finished product!

Bead shops are addicting...tis great to have the Ott lights available to assess the true colours. Smart. I think everyone should have one.

Happy beading!

[julia fc]

boy is my bloglines behind. Happy birthday, and dude: you're killing me with the beads.

[Leslie]

Ah, yes, beads. I went bead crazy a couple of years ago, but never could amass enough stash. You're going to give me the itch again. Rats!

[Sally]

Do you have a shop where you sell your bracelets? I want one!