I was just going to knock out a cute little necklace today, since I’m pretty tired and burnt out. Nothing serious, just post-post-post call hangover from the weekend, hot and muggy house, and I’m on my own with the babies tonight. I gave myself free rein to work on whichever project made me feel inspired, and this one called to me. My sister gave me a necklace for Mother’s Day that was pretty cute, but needed a little less symmetry to give it some oomph. Likewise, Beth gave me a charm necklace for my birthday that I like, but the dog tag chain wouldn’t really go with anything I wear. Sorry for the less-than-ideal photo of the two originals, but here they are:
The Raw Materials
So I added a few glass pearls I had from a necklace I made a while back and some silver seed beads, stole Cassandra’s idea (Thanks, Cassandra!) of putting a charm next to the clasp, and wound up with a very elegant and reversible (!) choker.
In fact, it’s actually doubly reversible, because the charm Beth gave me is two-sided.
By now, the astute reader has noticed the orange “beads” that look a little unusual. Yeah, about that…. Turns out I don’t have much in the way of findings, e.g., crimp rings to attach the necklace to its clasp. Whoops. So those would be slices of past-their-prime carrots that I used to hold my masterpiece together until I can get to Michael’s. Jeez. Other than that, I’m quite happy with the result. And I suppose I could give myself double creativity points for inventive use of carrots.
I will give you QUADRUPLE points for incentive, creativity and pure awesomeness! I lay no copyright claim to the idea, and I am happy to share; that’s what this challenge is about!
I especially like the idea that it’s reversible – sooo many options! Congrats on a VERY successful Make n’ Tell!
I’m embarrassed to admit that I thought those carrots were big, plastic beads until you announced their true identity — and I was really liking them! But this necklace is adorable anyway. And I really enjoyed reading about your beer invention (your entries are always so well written and a pleasure to read.)
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