Ok so now for the before. This necklace was planned to be a quicky chevron choker with just the purple and pink seed beads. The peacock colored pearls weren't even on my mind. I had basically completed the project before I had put away the pearls from my last project. ( My usual method of madness. I have beads & supplies everywhere.) Anyhow, for some odd reason, I decided to pick up a bit so I went to put the white pearls from the last project away, where they belong, in my bead box containing all my pearls. All of a sudden, the peacock pearls which were sitting on top, just started shouting out "Pick me, Pick me!!" Then a light bulb went off in my head, and viola- The birth of what I feel is my most beautiful creation yet.
So anyhow, here is the before pic. Not a bad-looking simple netted choker. Teens really like these
You must be wondering why I am showing the before and after. Well, its all about the inspiration. I was inspired by the color of the peacock pearls. Their color and luster were a perfect match for the shine of the purple and the matte of the pink beads. With this project, I feel I learned a great lesson in design. The lesson is to ask myself, "How can I take this project and step it up a notch? How can I make it even better than it is now? How would it look if I added this? , etc, etc, etc. Wow, now I am totally motivated to conquer that heaping pile of beads that need to be put away, just so I can be inspired again. No Time like the present. Gotta Run, Can't wait to see what I'll find.
TTYL and make it a great day
Debbie
2 comments:
Nice Debbie. I love the beads you attached to the choker. :-) SHirley
Beautiful Deb, It really took it to a totaly different level adding those beads Paula
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