Storm Front Fringe Bracelet

Description

My inspiration for this piece comes from the amazing storms that periodically blow across central Texas where I reside. These thunderstorms usually take a few hours to roll in and I like to venture outside my house to watch the skies change from clear blue to cloudy grey to stormy black. Most of the time there is lightning accompanied by torrential rains and I tried to capture the colors of these wonderful storms in this bracelet.

This base of this bracelet is stitched in right angle weave and it is filled in with more than 200 loops of seed beads, glass chips, hematite beads, Swarovski crystals and Czech glass. There are more than 60 Swarovski crystals in four different shades and over 150 chips of glass and hematite stitched to a base of hematite cube beads. The bracelet features a beaded toggle and loop closure and is stitched with Fireline, making it extremely durable.

The beaded portion of this bracelet is around 6 1/2 inches and the toggle closure adds a little over an inch. The toggle and loop are added with a separate piece of thread so I can shorten this bracelet if necessary.

There are more than 1500 beads in this piece and more than 8 hours of LOVE went into this lovely one of a kind piece of art.

This bracelet was created for the Etsy BeadWeavers March Challenge "Stormy Weather".
Visit the Etsy Beadweavers Blog at:
http://www.etsy-beadweavers.blogspot.com/

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I welcome custom orders. If you prefer a particular color or color scheme, please contact me for a price quote. Prices vary according to the piece we design.

I guarantee my work. Please contact me if you have any problems or questions.

Each piece is individually handcrafted by me. I also donate 5% of the purchase price (not profit) to charitable organizations. If you have a particular charity you'd like your proceeds to go to, please let me know.

Within the US, I ship Priority Mail with a flat rate. If you purchase multiple items, I can combine them in one package and you will only pay shipping one time. Please let me know BEFORE you checkout and I will update the shipping options for you.

Outside of the US, I ship First-Class Mail with a Certificate of Mailing. If you would prefer to have it sooner, I can ship Priority International and it will arrive in 6-10 days. Please let me know at checkout in the "note to seller" and I will send an updated invoice through PayPal.

Thank you!

Added on Sep 01, 2009