After much deliberation, I came up with a design that used my little wire flowers.
See it morph into a necklace!
I chose a Green Girl Studios bead as my focal piece because there’s a bead show rolling into town this weekend. If you wear one of their beads to the show you get a free bead! That’s motivation for me. ;-)
Not that I needed that extra incentive. Her work is quite inspirational.
Detail shot.
All in all, I’m pleased with the design. I like the balance and it hangs nicely.
The hardest part was blackening it. I always hover over the piece as it sits in the baggie with the crushed egg. I’m such a worry wart.
On the home front, there was one boy who never stopped loving me. It might have to do with the fact that I wasn’t shoving my camera in his face as much as I was with the other boys. I think it has more to do with his sweet disposition. So I think he deserves some face time on the blog.
I hope you all had a great weekend! Hopefuly tomorrow I’ll have something to show for what I learned over mine. :)
September 21st, 2009 at 11:49 am
Great job, Opal! You did a fantastic job!!
September 21st, 2009 at 11:49 am
The necklace turned out beautifully!
September 21st, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Love! You did a wonderful job!
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww…
Kittyface!
xo
September 21st, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Love the necklace! It’s perfect. Great choice in design!
September 21st, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Quincy is a darling! My jaw dropped as your necklace picture loaded on my screen, you are an amazing jewelry designer! So much detail, with the handmade flowers and then the blackening, it makes my head spin imagining how you keep track of it all. I hope they give you many beads at the bead show for such a gorgeous design.
September 21st, 2009 at 1:29 pm
That is exquisite! And so is the cat. And he looks like he just finished a 200-pound tuna :)
September 21st, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Lovely necklace! You better get an excellent free bead, IMHO. And a handsome kitty, too.
September 21st, 2009 at 2:40 pm
It came out wonderful.
Want to give the kitty smooshy kitty kisses.
September 21st, 2009 at 7:08 pm
I like the juxaposition between the lightness of the flowers and the heaviness of the coils.
Yay for sweet kitties! I like seeing photos of yours since my kitty recently passed away.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:03 am
Beautiful work!
and Quincy is such a good boy – of COURSE he loves you, you have the necessary thumbs to do food dish duties!
*wink*
(((hugs)))
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:18 am
That is such a pretty necklace, good job!
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:30 am
Absolutely gorgeous. Well done.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Look at that cute coy face!
And wires! Yippee. I love wire jewelry. Gosh, it’s so all about me all the time, isn’t it? Sari!
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:57 pm
LOVE the necklace. Those flowers are sooooo cute!
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:56 pm
That is an incredible necklace. It’s great that you have the added incentive for choosing that bead.
xo
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:02 am
Beautiful! The bead is really gorgeous and your necklace complements it wonderfully!
September 23rd, 2009 at 8:20 am
OH! I quite like that. The butterfly/lady bead is really nice too!
September 23rd, 2009 at 3:46 pm
You have an eye for color and texture. You also know a handsome kitty when you see one :o)
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
so pretty – good work!