Beading by Malin de Koning

Friday, 22 November 2013

Necklaces for different seasons

Necklace - Autumn Leaf Blue

Leaf pendant - HumbleBeads
Light blue recycled glass disc bead
Teracotta matte 6/0 seed beads
Brown facetted ceramic bead - Diane Hawkey
Rustic Bloom ceramic bead - SlateStudioSupply
Rustic Spike ceramic bead - SlateStudioSupply
Oxidated copper swirly hook clasp - CuriousBeadShop
Copper chain, multiple and fringy circles
Bayong wooden side drilled beads
Butternut rustic lampwork bead
Rustic Spike ceramic bead - SlateStudioSupply
Teracotta polymer clay disk bead - HumbleBeads
Waxed linen cord

Necklace - Green and Pietersite

Green raku fired irregular ceramic pendant - Jubilee
Pietersite rectangular beads
Green Howlite rectangular beads
Green ceramic round - Gaea
Large circular links copper chain
Oxidized copper rectangular hook clasp - CuriousBeadShop
Waxed linen cord

Necklace - Sweet Candy

Seed beads
Faux sea glass
Indonesian glass
Glass, bone and resin beads
Wooden button - Meluna
Waxed linen cord

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All my jewelry pieces are available for purchasing, even though I might not yet have listed them in my Etsy Shop. Please let me know if you are interested in any of them. Contact me at: malindekoning[at]hotmail.com

All my best,

Malin

Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Gravitating towards color schemed bracelets

I haven't blogged for a while. And well, I have made more jewelry than these 4 bracelets over the last few weeks. And in different color schemes too. But yesterday, when I got about to take some photographs of some of my latest creations I just saw that a few of them shared this kind of color scheme with ivory, white, greens and yellows. And I thought it might be a nice idea to present them as a group.

Bracelet - Knotted

Ivory faceted geode ceramic bead - Gaea
Green faceted ceramic bead - Diane Hawkey
Chartreuse enameled round - BeadSwedeSupplies
Yellow glass coins
Orange shiny large seed beads
Ivory shiny even larger seed beads
Oxidized sterling silver clasp - BeadSwedeSupplies
Lime green resin coin bead
Yellow shiny large seed bead
Green shiny large seed bead
Yellow waxed linen cord

Bracelet - A White House

White ceramic hispanic style house - Jubilee
White flat oval glass beads
Pale yellow flat oval glass beads
Stripy green and lime flat oval glass beads
Copper lobster clasp and ring
Nature white waxed linen cord

Bracelet - Macrame Yellow

Peach pink ceramic bead - Gaea
Bronze lined (black diamond) large seed beads
Pale grey resin coin
White glass bead
White ceramic bead - Gaea
Sea blue ceramic bead - Gaea
Grey resin coin
Dark yellow waxed cotton cord

Bracelet - Macrame Green

Multi color resin coin
Shiny ivory very large seed beads
Green czech oval bead
Shiny green large seed bead
Green resin coin
Transparent gold etched elongated acrylic bead
Green waxed cotton cord

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All my best,

Malin

Monday, 7 October 2013

Two necklaces

Necklace - Snow

Gorgeous gorgeous shadow box porcelain pendant - Round Rabbit
Milky white 6-sided long glass beads
Sea foam/light topaz 6/0 seed beads
Pale yellow 15/0 seed beads
Opal white gilt lined 6/0 seed beads
Lobster clasp and findings in antiqued silver
Copper heart (hidden inside the shadow box) - DaisyChainExtra
Flexible beading wire

Necklace - TriColor

This is a super long necklace strung on waxed cotton cord. Using 6/0 seed beads, small pale blue wooden rounds and a variation of lucite, resin and glass beads. A magnetic ball clasp in silver color, and a silvery oval bead also. Bead colors are ivory, dark orange and turquoise blue.

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All my best,

Malin

Friday, 4 October 2013

Necklaces

Well, over the last couple of weeks I have pushed myself to start making more necklaces again. For a long period it feels like I have been making almost only bracelets. I think the main reason why necklaces doesn't happen all that often for me unless I conciously think about it, is my always messy and crowded work table. There is simply only such a small area I can use when I work.

Now I am in love with making necklaces again. And I also love how these two turned out.

Necklace - I Want To Fly Away

Balloon pendant - Jade Scott
Elongated boat shaped wooden beads
Different kinds of seed beads in green and brown tones
Copper findings and a copper magnetic ball clasp

Necklace - Near

Near, pink word bead in polymer clay - SomethingToDoWithYourHands
Copper flower clasp - DaisyChainExtra
Copper chain
Pink opalite elongated 6-sided beads
Copper heishi ring beads
Waxed linen cord, dark rust

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All my best,

Malin

Thursday, 26 September 2013

High in the sky and deep in the sea

Bracelet - Hubble

Clear ab facetted glass (crystal?) large disks
White with blue dots lampwork bead - I've misplaced who the maker of this bead is, but it is absolutely stunning, with a fantastic blue color, slightly purple near the edges. Please let me know if you know who made it
White howlite round
Midnight blue with swirly pattern and metallic particles - HumbleBeads
Milky white facetted round stone of some kind, maybe agate
White triangular Indonesian glass beads
Clasp in antiqued silver color
Purple waxed linen cord

I wasn't inspired by the Hubble telescope as such when I was making this bracelet. But when it was ready and I was taking the photos, and about to give it a name I came to think of the crispness of a beautiful night sky when you can see more stars than ever. And so I simply came to think of Hubble.