Showing posts with label silver filigree orb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label silver filigree orb. Show all posts

Angela's Ashes Dangle Necklace

March 21, 2010

Well, I promised a necklace last night so here it is:


I wanted to call it a lariat necklace but it technically doesn't have the front closure that a true lariat necklace has.  Hence the name "Dangle."  I do love it, though.  The necklace is 28" long at the end of the longest dangle, a large black pearl with a clear bicone crystal bead attached.  There are also two wire-wrapped crystal beads and a filigree silver orb.  The colors are definitely "smoky," hence the name Angela's Ashes (and the fact that I love Frank McCourt's writing).  Anyway, here's another view:


I've worn a few hand made necklaces very similar to this one and have gotten many compliments ~ it's just different enough, you know?  I LoVe it!

Wanted to add it to my Etsy site tonight but I have a backlog of tivo'd House episodes to watch ~ guess Etsy will have to wait till tomorrow!  Ciao. 



" 'Tis."
~ Chapter XIX: Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt 
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Black Tie Affair

January 26, 2010

Black Tie Affair


I made another tassle, or lariat, necklace since my first one was already purchased from my etsy store.  This one has a 24" silver chain and toggle clasp.  There are five strands to the lariat ~ pearls, glass beads and a silver filigree ball  all dangle playfully from it.  I am in the process of making one more that's just a little different, both chain and bead-wise.  I'll probably put that one on etsy, too.  Which means that I'll actually have to make a fourth one so I can wear it myself ~ I LOVE it! 

I'm also working on a charm bracelet, although my time has been spread thin lately.  What with maintaining the etsy store and this blog, and trying to educate myself about social networks, art-related and otherwise, I could be swallowed whole by this computer and not come back out for about a billion light years.  It's both exciting and frustrating at the same time.  On the one hand it's amazing to be learning so much, while on the other hand I really want to be just making jewelry.  Hopefully I will eventually find a happy medium.

 



Time to put the kids to bed and then (hopefully) create a precious treasure I can share with you soon.  Ciao.

 "It is not what he has, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is."
~ Henri Frederic Amiel
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