I got lucky the other day when I found these ladybugs of Thai silver.
Thai silver is purer than sterling, which means it is slow to tarnish, and the pieces are handmade in hill tribe areas of Northern Thailand.
These Thai silver ladybugs have a whimsical charm that is perfect for a mother-daughter set. Not too grown up for a little girl, not too childish for mom.
The mother's bracelet has a Thai silver ladybug that is actually a bell. Shake it and it has a lovely jingle.
I used five strands of rainbow-colored glass seed beads for this bracelet.
The bracelet closes with a heart-shaped clasp and has an extender chain so that it adjusts to fit most women's wrists, wrists that measure about 6 to 7 inches.
The little girl's bracelet is a scaled-down version of mom's. It has three strands of rainbow seed beads instead of five, a small claw clasp for security, and a smaller ladybug. It is adjustable to fit wrists from about 5 to 6 inches. Both bracelets have red glass ladybugs on the ends of the extender chains.
These bracelets are not for sale. I have donated them to an online raffle to help a Florida family raise money to pay some of the expenses involved in adopting their second child from China.
Once I have the link to the online raffle, I'll post it here. In the meantime, e-mail me if you have any questions: jeanne.sather@gmail.com
See also: Mother-Daughter Ladybug Bracelet 3
Photo: @ Monica Strasen 2010.
Design and text: @ Jeanne Sather 2010.
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