Last week’s post was about Lac Beads from India. Karin Martinez won an assortment of these beauties donated by Maruti Beads.
This week, Maruti Beads has donated an assortment of Kashmiri beads for another lucky winner. Maruti Beads employs artisans and crafts people who fashion Kashmiri beads by hand from polymer clay, marble powder and resin. The beads are embellished with faceted glass, rhinestones, seed beads, wire and various metal components and, because each one is made by hand, no two are exactly alike.
These are big-holed, durable beads. I think they might be too small for a Pandora-style bracelet. But if you like the way they look, Maruti Beads offers Pandora-style beads as well.
Or how about mixing them with silver beads or lamp worked beads?
Besides Kashmiri Bead, Maruti Beads makes Lac Beads, Shambala Bracelets and a new style bead they call the Maruti Bead. You can reach them on any of the following social media links or at their website.
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These beads are beautiful! I’d love to use them to decorate an Indian themed birdhouse, maybe hanging them in a few swags from the eves of the roof.
I would make a bracelet and earrings.
I would def be making earrings and a bracelet with these gorgeous beads.. thanks and good luck all.
I would love to win these Kasmiri beads, I think they’d look fabulous in bracelets, and earrings!
oh.. such lovely giveaway.. If i win the beads.. I will make them into a choker.. 😀
wow, these are spectacular! Since they remind me of Pandora beads, I think I would want them on a bracelet!
I’ve never made a belt before, but there’s a first time for everything. I think they’d look great swinging around the waist.
If I won the beads, I would like to make some key chains for my family members. I know they would love them. Thank you
Wonderful beads, they would make a great wrapping bracelet !
I would make a bracelet. These beads are sooo pretty.
I’d love to combine these with some other beads into a beautiful necklace!
OOOooooh these are gorgeous!! I see a necklace with them in a sort of chandelier-tiered fashion.