Blooming Flower Focal Beads

This was a fun bead to make, It is a combo of NS teal, Blue amber purple, and GA silver strike 3.

This view gives you a better understanding of the three dimensional part of the bead. :o)

This is the first attempt at making this sort of bead, and since I figured it out myself, I was actually surprised that it came out the way I was picturing it. :o)

Here's the top view of the bead.

I used GA silver strike 5 and Blush to make this flower. I used a tungsten pick to make the petals "point".

Here's perhaps a better shot.

Very creative name eh? The petals in this bead are parramore white, NS orange, NS extra light yellow, and some GA silver strike 3.

Here's a side shot.

This bead was made with NS Butterscotch.

Here's a side view again. :o)

This bead was made from silver strike and blush and of course clear.

Here is a shot of the same bead from the top........the petals wrap around the bead giving it a neat effect.

This bead was made with silver strike 3 , red exotic and turbo cobalt. This one sort of closed on me.

Here is a side shot.........