I was feeling a little low the other day, as a friend had forwarded a FB auction win of someone who had made beads 'similarly'... but IMHO... not so similar. I wanted to talk a little about these beads because I also received a comment on FB - where I was asked how the wire stayed on the beads... ? I guess the details of the beads weren't obvious, there is a base bead, a layer of wire and then an encasing layer.

You all DO realize there is 1/16" of clear glass encasing on these silvered glass beads that holds the silver in place... this also preserves the sheen from the silvered glass when it's reduced, no silver beads popping off the base bead, and makes these less labor intensive... no need to carefully polish the beads.

If you look over the horizon of these beads - you don't see mostly clear - and a slender core of color... you see silver and silvered glass. I feel like being aware of the heat tolerance of the silver - combined with applying an even layer of clear make these extra special.

Update tonight at JillSymons.com - where these beauties are available. smiles - Jill