party dresses

i started out with some warm up bicones and small pods that i won't bother to show.
them came some pairs of pods for earrings.



the pretty pods on the right, the ones with the filigrana rod centers were supposed to have rubino oro petals on top but i got goofy and made crazy pink ruffles.

one set of ruffles led to a need for lots of ruffles and a new kinda bead
- the party dress.

these little dresses are huge focals, the largest one is 40mm long.

here's a good detail of one of the ruffles.

then i wanted to try applied leaves. i pulled a couple and set them aside on my marver, then made the huge odd black cherry/pod. heated the leaves, mushed them on, flame annealed like crazy and put it in the oven to bake. viola!