A Rose by Any Other Name...
A lovely fibula for your knits

A fibula is the perfect adornment for any knit sweater, hat, or scarf. They were originally made by the Greeks to fasten their togas, but today artists create them to decorate knits and more!

This fibula is artfully made with twists and curves of silver tone wire. Its focal bead has a sparkly, gold glitter center, wrapped in swirls of white and pink roses on each side of the bead. It is flanked by two intricate bead caps, and a ruby red and iridescent glass bead. The pin point is filed to a sharp point that is buffed smooth, and will work best with loosely woven or bulky knits.

It measures 2-3/8 of an inch in length, and 7/8 of an inch in width.

Thank you for looking!

Blessings,




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A Fascination With Deep Purple!

Adorn any sweater, hat, or scarf with this exquisite deep purple and silver tone fibula. Did you know that fibulas were originally made by the Greeks to fasten their togas? I guess you could say they were the first safety pins, but today artists create them to decorate knits and more!

This fibula is artfully made with a dazzling deep purple, faceted glass bead as its focal. I have had this bead for quite some time, and never found the right project to include it in until now! It is surrounded with intricate bead caps and beads which compliment, but do not take away the attention from the bead. The pin point is filed to a sharp point that is buffed smooth, and will work best with loosely woven or bulky knits.

The Deep Purple Fascination fibula is 2-5/8 inches in length and 1 inch in height.

Thank you for looking!

Blessings,





Heart's Desire Beading Company 2010 © - All Rights Reserved

Ready for Sweater Season
A Heart Shaped Fibula

A lovely heart shaped copper fibula perfect for dressing up your loosely woven scarf, shawl, hat or sweater! It is adorned with handmade copper beads and a beautiful green turquoise rondelle! Including the dangle, this shawl pin is 3 inches in length; and 1-7/8 inches in width. Because of the width of the pin, I would not recommend using this on tightly woven knits or silks.

Thanks to Julie Siqmund for her wonderful tutorial!

Do not forget to take advantage of Free Shipping within the USA, offer good through January 1, 2011!

Thank you for looking!


Blessings,




Heart's Desire Beading Company 2010 © - All Rights Reserved

What is a Fibula?

In the Shop section of my website you may have noticed a section call Fibulas and More, and wondered what a bone has to do with jewelry? The word fibula actually has three meanings according to the dictionary on Ask.com, and they are as follows:

1. The outer and narrower of two bones of the human lower leg, extending
from the knee to the ankle.
2. The corresponding bone in the hind leg of an animal.
3. An ornamented clasp or brooch used in ancient Greece and Rome to
fasten clothing.

Of course the third definition of an ornamented brooch is what you will find made there!

The modern fibula is perfect for dressing up sweaters, shawls and loosely woven scarves. Most of these brooches are bold and unique in design, and are considered statement pieces of jewelry!

Over the years of creating jewelry, I have found several books and tutorials with instructions on creating different styles of fibulas. If you want to try your hand at one of these wonderful pins, try these sources for great instructions:

1. Bead On a Wire, by Sharilyn Miller
2. Heart Fibula, by Julie Sigmund (a tutorial found in her Etsy shop called
juliebeads)
3. Creating Wire and Beaded Jewelry, by Linda Jones
4. Contemporary Copper Jewelry, by Sharilyn Miller

Thank you for stopping by to read this musing on life and jewelry at Heart’s Desire Beading Company!

Blessings,

P.S. The heart fibula in the pictures is made from Julie Sigmund's turtorial on Etsy!