I have one of Kandice's bracelets that she made with pleather. I've worn it
a lot, and I'm hard on bracelets because of all the work I do
restoring/repairing our house. The pleather gets wet all the time, and has
had a couple of pretty good tugs, too. So far, it's held up great and still
looks really nice.

And, Tina, I agree about the "plastic" look of some of the colored cords. I
have a small length of blue buna cord. I don't like it at all for exactly
that reason, though I've heard others rave about it. I'm going to try
designing a bracelet where the beads are fixed with tiny bits of the blue
buna showing in between--I think that might look good. But I sure wouldn't
use buna for a single focal with a couple of other beads. It's very
"plastic," as you say.



"Kandice Seeber" wrote in message
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I've been using 1-2mm black pleather cord. It doesn't crack, is finished
nicely, and drapes really well. Beads made with 1/16" mandrels fit really
well on the 1mm cord. The larger holed beads fit well on the 2mm cord.
I got my pleather cord on ebay - from javabead, I think, or beadaholique.
Both are great sellers.
You can get the cord end crimps from beadaholique - sterling silver works
best.

--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net

I have some focals I'd like to feature simply on a cord. With a little
silver and maybe a couple accents.

What is a good cord to use?

For myself I'd probably just want to put it on a soft leather or suede
cord,
and just knot it in the back. Even make it up as the mood strikes me.
Some
of the more nicely finished leather cords crack with use. I've also seen
nicely finished rubber cord. Satin cord snags too easily, and I worry
about
the scratchiness of ribbon.

And then there's color.

I think of leather in blacks and browns. Lighter colors of leather get
darkened by oil, and even a little dirt -- especially suede. Red still
seems like leather, or else a cut. What do you all think of purple
leather
or turquoise or green? Does it feel like a wrong color for leather?

As I said, I've seen very nicely finished rubber cords. And it seems to
come in a lot of colors. But while the black rubber sounds "nice", the
colors seem kind of "plastic".

I love to hear thoughts on this.

Tina