Fortuneteller's Bracelet by Erin Siegel

 Erin Siegel, my friend and Co-Author of Bohemian-Inspired Jewelry has submitted a great tutorial for a bead and Linen cord bracelet with a button clasp. This is a great project that can utilize my color mixes of Linen cording from the Jewelry Accord store!  In this project, Erin used Sage, Fuchsia, Red and Plum cording which I've listed in the shop and called the Fortuneteller's Mix.

Fortuneteller’s Bracelet
Erin Siegel

Sodalite is said to be the stone of “insight”. The bright, colorful threads of waxed linen cord
remind me of a long, flowing gypsy skirt that a fortuneteller might wear.

Materials
72 Sodalite 6mm rounds
1 copper 20mm artisan button by Second Surf Studio
4’feet EACH of 4ply Irish waxed linen cord in the following colors: Plum, Fuchsia, Red and
Sage

Tools
Scissors
Ruler

Finished size: 7 ½”

1: Hold the four pieces of linen cord together at their centers. Tightly twist the centers of the 4
cords together for 2”. Fold the cords in half and form an overhand knot, leaving a ¾” loop of
twisted cord.

2: Separate 2 cords. Use 1 cord to string 1 Sodalite round. Use both cords to form an overhand
knot after the bead. Repeat 17 times. Repeat entire step for remaining cords.

3: Use all 8 cords to form an overhand knot. Separate cords in half and form 3 square knots.

4: Use 4 cords to string one buttonhole. Repeat for the other buttonhole. Form a square knot on
top of the button. Trim cords to ¼”.

Resources:
Sodalite rounds: Fire Mountain Gems. Waxed linen cord: Jewelry Accord. Copper button:
Second Surf Studio on Etsy.

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This necklace is fast, fun and easy. Check out my free project on the Art Bead Scene Blog today!

Come Meet Us!

Photo by Andrew Thornton

A picture of me and Lorelei at Bead Fest Spring last weekend. We met up at the show toting our author copies of Bohemian-Inspired Jewelry. This was the first time seeing each other since we finished up the book. A thank you to Andrew for capturing the special moment for us! This pic is a keeper and one I will cherish. Now, we've got our sights on the next BIG bead show of the year...The Bead & Button show.

Come meet us and get your copy of Bohemian-Inspired Jewelry SIGNED by both of us!

The Bead & Button Show

June 9th-10th 

Frontier Airlines Center

400 W. Wisconsin Ave.

Milwaukee, WI 53203

www.beadandbuttonshow.com

Earthenwood Studio Booth, #1227

Melanie Brooks of Earthenwood Studio graciously offered to accommodate us and our book at her booth this year. We will be selling and signing copies of Bohemian-Inspired Jewelry. *This will be a rare opportunity to get a copy signed by BOTH of us in person!* We hope you will want to take advantage. 

Are you going to the show? 

Please let us know, we would love to meet you.

See you there!

xoxo,

Erin

&

Lorelei

Newsletters to Follow

Want a new sneak peek to Bohemian-Inspired jewelry!?  If you haven't seen the last few emailed newsletters from Beading Daily and Jewelry Making Daily, be sure to check them out at their websites. They have done a fantastic job in promoting the pre-ordering of our new book. They have included some special tidbits from the book like never-before-seen pieces from the 5 contributors

Take a moment while you're there to sign up for their newsletters. They will keep you up on the all newest happenings from Interweave Press! Jewelry Making Daily News  and Beading Daily

Findings Friday: Fold-Over Cord Ends

Use fold-over style ends to finish off cording in your jewelry designs. Fold-over ends have loops at the top with flaps on either side and a point at the bottom to help the cord stay in place. These findings work great for suede and leather lace, round leather cord and other types of cord as well as some ribbons, too.

To use, simply set the cord's end into the fold-over finding.

 Crimp the ends one side at a time. 

Use chain nose pliers to gently fold one flap of the end down over the cord.

Then fold and crimp the other side down.

 And there you have it! 

Now, you can attach your beading or a clasp to the loop of the fold-over end.

Try using some of these on your next cord jewelry project! Cord end findings can be purchased from 

Fusion Beads and Ornamentea.

Announcement of Contributors!

We would like to start off by saying thank you to all of you who put together your fabulous designs and submitted them to the Flickr group. There were some really fantastic pieces submitted, and it was hard to pick only 2 out of over 65 designers!

We've decided to start a new blog for this little adventure- a place to talk about techniques using cordings, occasional giveaways, maybe some tutorials, and guest posts from our 3 other contributors of the book! I hope you decide to start Following the blog, you can click the Follow Me link in the sidebar!

Last weekend when we got together, we thought it would be fun to do a video to announce the contributors, but finding the best spot to do it after we quickly ran out of time, was challenging. In the end we picked Barnes & Noble... You may need to turn your volume up, we were talking softly because we didn't want to cause too much ruckus while filming.

The talented women we chose, both submitted several designs with a wide range of materials- linen, leather, suede lace, ribbons, silk, and did a great job pairing them with beads, and artisan made components. The answers they gave to the survey were thoughtful, and positive, their goals right in line with our goals for this book.

Without further ado.....

In case your video doesn't work, you can also see it at my YouTube channel.

Denise Yezbak Moore:

Denise Yezbak Moore, is a self-taught artisan who incorporates romantic, sophisticated and even whimsical overtones into her pieces. One of Denise’s favorite mediums to work with is Vintaj Natural Brass. She enjoys dabbling in Art Clay Silver, resin and wirework.

Her designs have appeared in a wide variety of publications including Bead Trends, Stringing, Best of Stringing, Bead Star, Bead Unique, Bead Style, Jewelry Affaire and Belle Armoire Jewelry.  She will also be featured in an upcoming issue of Australian Beading Magazine.

Over the years, she’s explored many hobbies and obsessions--heirloom sewing and quilting, antiques, floral designing, painting, creating porcelain dolls and crafting dollhouses. Each of these guilty pleasures provided another step along Denise’s path to becoming a jewelry designer. Denise nurtured her long-time fascination with antique jewelry, by becoming a certified antique appraiser. She also holds a B.A. in Psychology.

For more information about Denise please visit her blog, www.Deniseyezbakmoore.blogspot.com, or her Etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/Rustyroxx.  To contact her please email at: Denise@Rustyroxx.com

Tracy Statler: 

Tracy Statler is a self taught jewelry artist. After taking a few basic stringing classes, jewelry making started as a casual hobby then became a passion over 7 years ago. Her creative drive comes from being raised participating in the arts. Choir, madrigal, piano, dance, musicals, she did them all. Her mother was an art teacher so Tracy's kitchen table was always "Mom's Studio" full of all kinds of artistic mediums. Tracy naturally finds beauty in unusual things and loves to use small unexpected elements to make a piece of jewelry stand out.
After her second child was born, she left the corporate world to pursue her creative interests
full time. She is a wife and a mother of two great kids. Other than quiet moments with her family and maybe after a good yoga or pilates class, she is the happiest when making jewelry and teaching and sharing her interest with others. 
For more about Tracy and her creations you can visit her blog at http://www.makebraceletsblog.com or contact her at tjstatler@comcast.net

Mary Jane Dodd:

mary jane's first mixed media project was completed at the age of 4... being born and raised at the jersey shore,  it naturally included sand, shells, driftwood & paint... while her cerebral life has called art history home since she was a teenager, her hands on life has been spent dabbling in this and that...  more than ten years ago she challenged herself to the design and creation of jewelry... and now it is just one fabulous journey of pushing personal limits by learning as much as possible in order to make her imaginings manifest...


mary jane's work has been seen in belle armoire jewelry & step by step wire... she is currently the featured designer in bead trends dec. 2010 issue... this past summer, 'funny things are everywhere', a mixed media piece, was included in the 100th new jersey craft arts annual at the newark museum...
for more information about mary jane you can visit her blog at www.mairedodd.blogspot.com... feel free to contact her at mairedodd@gmail.com...