Sunday, August 12, 2012

Gold Glitter Brooch


gold glitter brooch

When I made my silver brooch I couldn’t not make a gold one!!! I mean logic dictated that I should !!:D

gold glitter brooch

gold glitter brooch

I think one of my main issues is that I want to use every single type of bead that I have in every piece that I do, I just can’t help it .I can’t seem to be able edit myself sometimes so I did go a little bit crazy wanting to really use these 6mm pyrite beads that I had gotten that I think are just the bomb but firstly I really did not think that 6mm would be that huge (trust me these are) and secondly they are quite heavy.
I sewed them on but they just didn’t work. So I just had to take them off.
gold glitter brooch

gold glitter brooch

 I played around with some other beads I think I just thought I had to keep adding but nothing worked so I conceded to leaving the piece be after the rows of pearls. Which is a good thing .if I am unable to edit myself then I am glad that my limited variety of beads did the editing for me.
The brooch is very simple. It’s a gold glitter resin cabochon, set in a white and gold bezel followed by two rows of pearls.
gold glitter brooch

gold glitter brooch

I did a sunshine edge around the piece just in case I wanted to add an edging or hang some fringes from the piece but I haven’t gotten around to doing that. I might do a white and gold picot edge just to add a bit of golden accent to the edge to mirror what is going on in the middle, if I do I will update this post with new pictures. But for now I hope you can enjoy this piece.
gold glitter brooch

List of materials used
                MATSUNO OPAQUE WHITE BEADS NO 743
                MATSUNO METALLIC GOLD SEAD BEADS NO 561
                3MM WHITE PEARLS
                4MM WHITE PEARLS
                OPAQUE CREAM LUSTER SEED BEADS SIZE 11/0
                BLACK ULTRASUEDE
                1.5 INCH BASE METAL PIN BACK
                FIRELINE 0.006 THREAD IN CLEAR
                LACY'S STIFF STUFF
                E-600 GLUE

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