Wow - time flies! Can't believe the weeks have flown by...but I have been trying to get back in the crafting groove....
Have some crochet projects ready for photos....scanning them just won't work, and I want to be able to give the pattern instructions for at least one of them....so stay tuned on that...
Meantime, on the jewelry front, I have done a bit more - using only what I have on hand. Amazing what you find when you start looking in all those little drawers in my 'organizers'...lol!
I found some really cool faceted teardrop beads in one of those drawers, in a very deep dark blue....and just had to see what I could do with them....and trying to not be so precise with things....think a little out of the box on them. These beads are what are called "briolettes" in that they are side drilled near the top, and that presents a different challenge when creating the loop to attach to a finding. My solution this time was to take the long tail (left deliberately) from making the loop and continuing to wrap the wire down the top of the bead....and letting it wrap as it wanted, rather than forcing 'neatness'. I rather like how they turned out....
Here are the earrings:
Of course, I decided that these earrings really needed a necklace to go with them....hanging from a delicate long-and-short silvery chain, with a lobster clasp. Lovely!
More later.... can't wait to share with you!!
