Byzantine Beaded Bracelet

A bracelet in the making.

All the pieces spread out on my beading tray.

And when all is said & done........this is what I ended up with last night.

A byzantine chain maille with Autumn Jasper beads nestled in between the chain lengths.

Turned out really pretty.......this will be submitted to the Willow Jaynes Memorial ride on Saturday.

Byzantine Earrings

After completing my first bracelet, I just had to make some earrings! Attending the Intergalactic Bead Show in TN didn't hurt matters much either. After careful searching, I located a lovely light orange string of beads and then of course the flattened black beads to go along with it. Of course, bead caps were in order, so off for another search. Finally found some although I wasn't happy with the price of those puppies, they just had to go with these lovely orange beads. While watching TV last night (hands always busy while I watch) I created the byzantine pieces to go along with the bead selection. This is what I came up with!

Here are the orange & black bead combo.

These are the new bead caps minus the black beads.