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This is a glass-beaded Y-necklace made by the Swedish jewellery-artist, Yvonne Stark. Today is Wednesday, July 7th and high time to link up with my two favourite alphabet-memes, Mrs. Denise Nesbitt's abc-Wednesday and Mrs. Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday. We have almost reached the end of our journey through the world of letters and words. This week's letter is 'Y', the next to the last letter of the English alphabet. I have written a prose-poem about the letter 'Y', but since my blog is about jewellery-making, I would like to begin by showing the wonderfully detailed work of the Swedish jewellery-artist, Yvonne Stark. The only pictures on this post are Yvonne's 'Y'-shaped necklaces. ( Take a look at her 'galleri'-page here .) Here's a photo of Yvonne Stark (and not Anna!): Please visit Yvonne Stark's shop here . ------ And now to my little prose-poem: 'Y is a sly letter'. The English letter 'Y' is a sly ...

One very important jewellery S-word that I did not have time to include in my S-post is Seed beads ! Photo courtesy of Yvonne Stark of Stark Design Seed beads are small glass beads that can be used as spacers (beads between other larger beads) or woven into cuffs or sewn on clothes like sequins . There are alot of beaders that use seed beads. Seed beads come in different sizes such as 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 and 15. The larger the size-number the smaller the bead! Size 15 is tiny, only 1.3mm in diameter, while size 6 is 3.3mm in diameter! Yvonne Stark (also an S-word) is a Swedish designer that makes beautiful pieces of beaded jewellery and accessories using seed beads. To see more of Yvonne's work go to her shop here. and then click on "Galleri". If you live in Sweden, why not buy some seedbeads while you are visiting Yvonne Stark's shop ! (This is not and Ad, just something I like.) This is Yvonne Stark and not Anna! ------ My cat Cajsa celebrated her 11th birthd...