Shiny New Browncoat Charm Bracelet

While chatting with the lovely and talented Beth Revis, I came to the rather shocking realization that I had somehow never made a Firefly themed charm bracelet.  That's when I started plotting this one. I know I posted my Kaylee bracelet already, but this one was conceived of and started before that.  While I was waiting for many of these charms to arrive, I managed to make the Kaylee bracelets out of charms and beads I had on hand.  Anyways, onto this little bit of shiny...

I wanted a less fancy feel than some of my other bracelets, so I stuck with all glass beads, no pearls or crystals.  Amber, brown, opaque red-brown and black beads fill it.  There are 17 charms, each a nod to a character or episode.  They include: 

Cow, who sadly may have forgotten how to be a cow
Chinese coins (x4)
Dancer for the ever graceful and sometimes deadly, River Tam
Space suit
Caduceus for the good doc, Simon Tam
Strawberry for sweet Kaylee

Vera, the man they call Jayne's very favorite gun
Shepherd Book's bible
Guitar, for the often nomadic feel of the show's score
Horse for the ranch where Mal grew up
Inara's fan

Zoe's pistol
Apple, for the many war stories the crew shares
Dinosaur for Wash
Star, one of many out in the black

All in all I'm pretty darn happy with how it turned out.  Hope some of you fine folks enjoy it too.  

Kaylee's Shiny Happy Charm Bracelet

In talking to the lovely Beth Revis the other night, I suddenly realized that I had never made a Firefly themed charm bracelet.  I know, I'm shocked too!  So I set about trying to remedy that situation.  That involved ordering some charms that I don't have on hand and then sitting around waiting impatiently for them to come in.  (Seriously Beads and Charms?  I put in that order a WEEK ago, and it still hasn't shipped yet?!?)  Since I then had Firefly on the brain, I decided to see what else I could come up with, using the beads and charms in my stash.  The result was a shiny happy charm bracelet for everyone's favorite mechanic, Kaylee.

The beads are a mix of glass, Swarovski crystals, lamp work florals, rose quartz, glass flowers, blue & white Chinese ceramics, and purple floral ceramics.

 The charms include: a compass to help you get where you're goin', a "Believe" bead, since whatever Kaylee believes is true, a strawberry for her favorite fruit, gears and workin's, a wrench for fixin' Serenity when she's broke, a guardian Angel to watch over you out in the black...

 A butterfly, a heart since Kaylee is the heart of Serenity, a party dress for attending fancy shindigs...

 A star, a feather, a teddy bear from Kaylee's coveralls, a "Wish" bead, and a happy little sandal.