Autumn leaf beads are very common in jewelry designs. However, to find leaf beads that call to mind the fresh green spring sprouts that brighten our yards and gardens is rare. I bought the matte green Czech #11s first while wandering through a show. The Czech pressed matte green beads came from Awesome Beads & Buttons. I bought all he had. However, marrying the two in a design was not easy. I first wanted to make a necklace, with the beads on the ends of fringes. But that didn't lay correctly. I needed something grass-like to put them in. I decided to try this big chunky design of plain peyote base with the embellishment of the leaf beads and just a few little grassy fringes... But it got away from me a bit. There are nearly two hanks of the matte green beads on this bracelet. Since it was the first of the heftier embellished Peyote stitch bracelets I made, I learned a lot. Each stalk is individually knotted to the base. This bracelet took over 25 hours to make. (I thought I'd go crazy with it.) Unfortunately, I can't get those apple green matte Czech #11s. So, there will never be another one quite like this. Completed 10-05 >>MPK
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