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I sometimes make jewellery with glass beads. I “specialise” in dragon bracelets. Happy to take commissions. Shinylittlethingsshop.com

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it is not about sports. it has never been about sports. it is about banning trans people from public life entirely AT BEST, and at worst, forcing them into situations that will endanger their lives. this is why we don't play along with the "just asking questions" sports bullshit

08.08.2025 18:15 — 👍 2720    🔁 782    💬 17    📌 10
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Another dragon bracelet. I was commissioned to do a phoenix-themed one, and this combo is what the person liked best.

#beadedsky #beadsky #beadweaving #beadwork #dragon #dragons

06.08.2025 14:15 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Just did my yoga! 🖤

27.07.2025 21:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This old fan art I did in an app called colour touch. Say hello to Sam the septic eye 👀.

25.07.2025 19:04 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks!! It does take several hours but I enjoy making them. 🙂

27.07.2025 16:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That sounds so neat! Do you have any completed ones you’re open to posting? I’d love to see them!

27.07.2025 13:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Bracelet made to look like a dragon with silver dragon head and tail interlocking clasps (the tail hooks through the dragon’s mouth). The body is made of matte glass beads. The underside of the body is emerald green and the scales are various greens, blues, and purples. The bracelet is clasped and in a circle shape on a black background.

Bracelet made to look like a dragon with silver dragon head and tail interlocking clasps (the tail hooks through the dragon’s mouth). The body is made of matte glass beads. The underside of the body is emerald green and the scales are various greens, blues, and purples. The bracelet is clasped and in a circle shape on a black background.

Bracelet made to look like a dragon with silver dragon head and tail interlocking clasps (the tail hooks through the dragon’s mouth). The body is made of matte glass beads. The underside of the body is emerald green and the scales are various greens, blues, and purples. The bracelet is unclasped and placed in a serpentine shape, with the head at the top. It is also twisted so that the viewer can see the underside of the bracelet as well as the scales in different parts. It is placed against a black background.

Bracelet made to look like a dragon with silver dragon head and tail interlocking clasps (the tail hooks through the dragon’s mouth). The body is made of matte glass beads. The underside of the body is emerald green and the scales are various greens, blues, and purples. The bracelet is unclasped and placed in a serpentine shape, with the head at the top. It is also twisted so that the viewer can see the underside of the bracelet as well as the scales in different parts. It is placed against a black background.

Bracelet made to look like a dragon with silver dragon head and tail interlocking clasps (the tail hooks through the dragon’s mouth), draped over a pewter female sorceress figurine who is holding up a dragon in her right hand, arm raised above her head, and is holding a crystal ball in her left hand, which is held up by her shoulder. The dragon in her right hand is small and has its wings extended out. The dragon bracelet is draped over the small dragon’s right wing and head, extending diagonally down behind the sorceress’ head to her opposite shoulder, where it drapes back over to the front of her body. The underside of the bracelet is visible only in the segment of the bracelet stretching from the sorceress’s right hand to behind head on its way to her left shoulder—otherwise only the scales and clasps are visible. The dragon bracelet body is made of matte glass beads. The underside of the body is emerald green and the scales are various greens, blues, and purples. The bracelet is unclasped and draped over the figurine as described above. It is positioned with its head hanging down on the figurine’s right side (on the left in the photo) and its tail end is draped over the figurine’s left shoulder. This is all placed on a black tabletop with a cream canvass background.

Bracelet made to look like a dragon with silver dragon head and tail interlocking clasps (the tail hooks through the dragon’s mouth), draped over a pewter female sorceress figurine who is holding up a dragon in her right hand, arm raised above her head, and is holding a crystal ball in her left hand, which is held up by her shoulder. The dragon in her right hand is small and has its wings extended out. The dragon bracelet is draped over the small dragon’s right wing and head, extending diagonally down behind the sorceress’ head to her opposite shoulder, where it drapes back over to the front of her body. The underside of the bracelet is visible only in the segment of the bracelet stretching from the sorceress’s right hand to behind head on its way to her left shoulder—otherwise only the scales and clasps are visible. The dragon bracelet body is made of matte glass beads. The underside of the body is emerald green and the scales are various greens, blues, and purples. The bracelet is unclasped and draped over the figurine as described above. It is positioned with its head hanging down on the figurine’s right side (on the left in the photo) and its tail end is draped over the figurine’s left shoulder. This is all placed on a black tabletop with a cream canvass background.

My first commission. People seem to like the dragon bracelets the most. I’ve bought a variety of bead colours and started making small segments of scales to test colour combinations—I might start posting those and asking for input.

#beadedsky #beadsky #beadwork #beadweaving #dragon #dragons

27.07.2025 13:40 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

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27.07.2025 01:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Wikipedia is this economic anomaly. In many ways, it’s sort of magical that people will just volunteer without explicit economic incentives to create artifacts that are meant to share knowledge with everyone in the world”

26.07.2025 14:46 — 👍 3050    🔁 493    💬 90    📌 207
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Hi everyone! I have a jewelry shop. I'd love to sell you something beautiful.

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Shares appreciated!

25.07.2025 23:07 — 👍 229    🔁 134    💬 26    📌 10
Collar beadwoven necklace with fuchsia and purple crystal glass beads and gunmetal black metallic seed beads

Collar beadwoven necklace with fuchsia and purple crystal glass beads and gunmetal black metallic seed beads

Another necklace. I really like the colour combination on this one. I need to find another combo to use for another one—this was really fun to make!

#beads #beadwork #beadweaving #beadedsky #beadsky #beadednecklace

25.07.2025 16:55 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Oooooo 📌

24.07.2025 18:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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24.07.2025 12:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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24.07.2025 12:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hey Bluesky, please let me know of any web resources for public domain/open access/copyleft (non-AI) images for art, architecture, and landscape (artworks, cartography, plans, drawings). I want to make a list for students, but I'll share it with everyone! Please repost!

23.07.2025 14:34 — 👍 7    🔁 12    💬 8    📌 0
A pair of beaded fringe earrings in the trans pride colors with a white crescent moon shape on the brick stitch top

A pair of beaded fringe earrings in the trans pride colors with a white crescent moon shape on the brick stitch top

A beaded trans pride flag pin edged in rhinestones on a white background

A beaded trans pride flag pin edged in rhinestones on a white background

A bead wrapped keychain in the trans pride colors on a white marble background

A bead wrapped keychain in the trans pride colors on a white marble background

No LGB without the T 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

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#Trans #Pride #FuckTransphobes #Beadwork #TwoSpirit

23.07.2025 23:16 — 👍 353    🔁 174    💬 3    📌 3

Oooooooooo I can’t wait to see it (if you decide to post it)! That sounds awesome!

23.07.2025 19:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Also I just saw you have a *TWIN PEAKS PATTERN* and I think I will have to treat myself to that later because *obsessed*!

23.07.2025 18:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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My year long IBW colour challenge is all done! And I really like how it’s turned out ☺️ I combined Preciosa PermaLux Matte beads together with sparkly Champagne Miyuki beads and the finished bangle floats beautifully around your wrist!
#violettapretoriusbeadwork

16.07.2025 19:46 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Ooooo this is gorgeous!

23.07.2025 17:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you! I enjoy that combo *a lot*, personally, but I know lots of people don’t love gold like that. I like it a lot with red, too!

23.07.2025 17:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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A fun woven stretch bracelet.

#beadwork #beadsky #beadedsky #beadweaving #beading

23.07.2025 00:53 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Oooo pretty colour combination!

22.07.2025 13:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My first necklace. It was both fun and annoying because each flat spiral is a standalone piece. I was feeling in a cherry blossom-esque mood at the time.

#beadwork #beadsky #beadedsky

22.07.2025 00:23 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh wow that’s so cool!!

21.07.2025 18:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you so much!

21.07.2025 18:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This is one of the first woven pieces I’ve done.

Bracelet with glass crystal beads, size 7 1/4

#beadsky #beadwork

20.07.2025 17:58 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

lol I named my whole thing Shiny Little Things (I use glass beads) 😆

I have trouble resisting the sparkly shiny stuff, so a section of a website devoted to *only* those things is 👌for me

20.07.2025 14:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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