Aunt Verna

 

So, my Aunt Verna heard that I had made jewelry for the family for Christmas and asked me to make something... It proved to be more of a challenge than I had orignally thought. If you know my Verna, then you'd understand why my previous attempts to make her something I rejected as the final product... they all seemed commercial, teenager-ish and just nothing that really spoke "Aunt Verna" to me.

Above are the best pictures I took of the necklace that I decided was "Aunt Verna" like. Some info... I used recycled hard drive rings , double sided red velvet ribbon, black and silver silver pearls and the back clasp is magnetic. It's all hand sewn... It's a piece of art in my own eyes. Verna would give me colored pencils and art supplies for Christmas and if you know me that's HUGE for someone who loves to express themselves creatively. I also remember her wearing a red colored beret and I thought it would be a great color for her.

It's been great getting back into being creative now that I'm feeling better :)

Back from Surgery

So, I'm back from surgery and ready to get creative again. I'll post pictures later of the piece I made for my Aunt Verna. YAY!

PS. My mother in law thought it would be funny for me to get my gallstones/gallbladder and make jewelry out of it... a pendant and earrings. I know she's only joking but do people do that?!

Down but not out

Sorry... I've been out of the jewelry making bit of my life. I ran to PA to get my husbands car and the day after I got back I ended up in the hospital for two days.... Tomorrow I get my surgery and should be up and running before ya know it!

Unusually Pretty

 

Knowing me, there are few days that I get all dolled up. These two pieces were completed yesterday and as I took pictures of them I noticed how usually pretty they are. The bracelet started when someone from Etsy asked for a Haute Bride type bracelet with the crystal brooch in the middle and 5 strands of pearls bursting from it. Well, I did what she asked for but then I didn't like it... thought the 5 strand of solid pearls looked boring. SO, I added my own pattern to it and I think it looks like music notes on five lines of music.

The other necklace was inspired from the winter tulips that Franny gave us... they were starting to die, as all fresh flowers do... I was watching the petals lean back and then drop off and thought the rasberry/white mix of colors looked really pretty. So, I took the pictures with some of the fallen petals.

Oldest Necklace EVER

 



If you knew me in High School/College I had this necklace... Depending on WHEN you knew me it was either tied behind my neck, fastened with a safety pin or just literally falling off and in pieces...
I LOVED this necklace that I bought from the stand in front of the lemonade stand that worked at in the Park City mall. So much that I finally bought it after staring at it forever and just recently RECREATED it. I still had the pieces so thanks to the internet I found the knotting technique. An hour later and two different thicknesses of hemp rope I had my necklace back... YAY! It's amazing the things I'll do for something I enjoy. Anywho, thought I'd share!

Project

 

So, someone on Etsy was looking for a 5 strand pearl bracelet with a crystal brooch in the middle. I started this project just to see if I could do it... As you can tell I'm not done AT ALL! In fact I have the bracelet held around my wrist with sticky tack... But I like the look... I used coin pearls and some smaller odd shaped ones... It' still a work in progress but I'll update it when it's completed :)

Tutu Thursday

 

Here is a tutu I made today to show someone on Etsy. It's a duo tone with my favorite dark pink/purple and sewn to a purple ribbon... I sprayed it with sparklies but the camera isn't capturing that :( But I think I'll take this one out and around town tonight :)