Red Wire Wrapped Heart

Today I made another wire wrapped heart but this time I used red wire over copper and added a few beads. I used large gold coloured seed beads. I'm liking wire wrapping and have a few more ideas now to make a few new pieces. I haven't decided yet weather to make a beaded chain for this pendant or just you a plain copper or silver chain to hang it on. I think the pendant is fussy enough without a beaded chain added to it so I will have to try it out and see what works best.

Copper Wirework Heart

I recently picked up the February 2014 issue of Making Jewellery Magazine and fell in love with Sian Hamilton's Wired Heart tutorial.

Using the copper wire that I've been gathering out of old scrap electrical cables I made the heart.

To make it a little bit more Valentine-y I made a beaded chain using red seed beads and silver plated wire.

I love how its turned out.

I Won Some Beads!!

I get the Beads & Beyond Magazine every month and I love it. It has a great selection of projects every month to suit any style. They also have a few giveaways in each issue and I enter them most months. In the February issue Beads Unlimited where offering a selection of red coloured beads for Valentines Day so I entered and then completely forgot I had!

This morning I woke up to a package in the kitchen filled with three bags of red coloured beads! I was so happy, it was a great surprise. Now I just have to decide what to do with all these new beads!!

Preciosa Czech Pearls

Preciosa Czech Glass Beads

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