Red Sea Star

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Finished it this morning:
It’s pretty, but a little disappointing: the sparkle of the round orange Swarovski crystals doesn’t really stand out, it’s the clear seed beads and the big red glass faceted bead in the center that really catch most of the notice.  Still, it’s a very lovely bead.
I have managed to get my new [...]

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Working on another Sea Star

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

It’s an interesting concept: basically it’s a simple set of interlinked rings in 6mm beads, heavily embellished to form the points of a star.  Could trivially be shrunk down (Gwen Fisher has a set of triangle beads on her page) or expanded, say to form a bracelet (for someone who has 30-40 hours to spend [...]

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82 miles over the weekend

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Went out riding with Mike on Saturday and Sunday - 30 miles on Saturday and a 52-mile round-trip to Los Gatos on Sunday (Mike’s first half-century!). Mike is training to do a century ride in October, and I’ve been going out on training rides to keep him company. (I really don’t seem to [...]

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