This necklace makes me smile. Let me tell you the story...I had blocked out a chunk of my Saturday afternoon to design. The 3 basketball games were over, the baby was in bed, husband was watching sports, boys were building legos. I was all set, and even had my crafting playlist on my ipod. So I sat down at my table and started what I thought would be my next favorite design. I had imagined using some great picture jasper beads with little silver beads to create a striking version of my multi-tasking bracelet/necklace. (Like All Girl No Play.) I spent and hour and a half crafting about 36 inches of the creation before I decided that I hated it! Depressing! If I had time to design all day, this would barely be a blip on the radar. But this was all I had--what a waste. So here's the good news. The next day I had the same chunk of time in the afternoon. I even added a glass of wine to the mix. I sat down with some inspiring components (cornflower blue sponge coral coins, and these brushed sterling "spools" I came across at one of my bead stores). I knew I wanted to figure out a way to showcase the silver spools without just threading them, so I experimented with them using my copper wire, with plans to do the real design with sterling wire. Whoa! I loved the copper against the silver in this design! I redeemed myself! Not only did I come up with a design I'm immediately happy with, but I got to skip a step. The wrapping is funky and not quite uniform, which works with the slightly left-of-center components. It's called Hideaway.
More blue...
A chunky take on a classic design, Falling Water features dyed yellow turquoise (ending up turquoise!) and Greek ceramic beads.
Earth Angel bracelet is really bold, using magnesite slabs and copper spacers.
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