Crochet?

I'm attempting to teach myself tubular bead crochet. This is interesting because, despite my craftiness, I never mastered basic crochet techniques. Here is a picture of my first attempt. It is a little sloppy, I'm still learning. Also, I'm using crummy beads because I don't want to waste my good beads on a practice project.

This YouTube video-* Bead Crochet YouTube *- was the best help! I usually can't stand to watch videos, I'd rather read written instructions but this one is done so well (and has printable instructions if needed) that I watched it twice! 

I just finished a custom order. I have been having some medical problems lately so I am trying to work from home as much as possible. That means that I don't go to my classes as often as I should but I do get more beadwork done in between homework assignments.

The Pendant was custom made according to Customer specifications.
 

This is the design I pictured to match the Pendant. However the customer had a different vision.
The customer gets what they want :-)
 



The finished product!

Yesterday I took a necklace and remade it into a bracelet with matching earrings for my best customer, Shari. Today I've done some house cleaning and I plan on working on the dragonfly necklace for Sean as well as catching up on some school work.
 Keeping busy :-)