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!)
Gorgeous! I love sparkly things. :g:
Posted by: Romi | July 13, 2007 at 01:28 PM
I love beadfx great store!
Posted by: Michelle | July 13, 2007 at 03:56 PM
Welcome to our inner magpie. Can't wait to see the amazing results.
Posted by: Angie | July 13, 2007 at 06:43 PM
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.
Posted by: Maggie | July 14, 2007 at 12:06 PM
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.
Posted by: RobynR | July 14, 2007 at 03:14 PM
Thank you for the delicious bead porn. :)
Posted by: Mandy | July 15, 2007 at 05:22 PM
Ooohhh! Bike shopping! What're you looking for? And I love bead shops! Have to have lots of time though.
Posted by: Andi | July 15, 2007 at 05:22 PM
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!
Posted by: Maryann | July 16, 2007 at 08:09 AM
boy is my bloglines behind. Happy birthday, and dude: you're killing me with the beads.
Posted by: julia fc | July 16, 2007 at 07:45 PM
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!
Posted by: Leslie | July 17, 2007 at 04:28 PM
Do you have a shop where you sell your bracelets? I want one!
Posted by: Sally | July 26, 2007 at 08:01 PM