Zephyr Flights

The zephyr beads I made a while back are all gone, and I wanted to do something unique with the design and keep the zephyr flights going.

These little tiles are connector beads with the zephyr patterns and in some lovely colors.

These have four holes, one in each corner, but I also made some with five holes and some with three.

I'm having fun designing around these connectors. I can see them linked with oversized jump rings into a bracelet. Or with loops of seed beads through the holes in a necklace design. They are 3/4" square, a good size for a hanging pendant connector or two-strand pearl necklace focal bead.

The colors are coming out well from my earlier color experiments. I've learned to be consistent with the colors and these little beads are in matched pairs.

The colors are soft and subtle, like ancient mosaic tiles from an excavation, even the colorful versions, using the bird's egg blue, barnwood red and a bright dutch red color.

I'm going to make a necklace design using them, I thought about turning them on an angle so the top hole connects to the necklace and the other three holes have strands of beads or chains hanging from them. Simple, but contemporary.

I have some light chain and and heavy links that will work for this.

GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY:
If you have ideas about how to create with these little connectors, give a reply to this post. I'll select one and send you a four-way connector bead to try out your ideas!